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Friday 11 March 2016 Year 6 169th Edition Tel: 013 262 4416 Mmakola Primary School in Ga-Tloporo Vil- lage, Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality poses a huge safety risk to learners. A storm damaged five blocks in 2010, leaving cracks in the walls. Learners and educators are at risk. Government provided mobile classrooms as a relief measure, but in December last year, the storm came again and blew away the classrooms. Fortunately, pupils and staff members were absent when both incidents took place. The school was built in the late 50s through contributions by community members. The building is very old. Attempts of trying to get a new building were unsuccessful. The Depart- ment of Education kept on promising but their 6 Years after storm: words never became actions. An SGB member, Mr Mpho Mogaladi said a number of meetings were held between the SGB, community and Department of Education representatives. Mogaladi said the school had not been renovates since its opening in the 1950s. "We are worried about the safety of these children and that of the teachers. The school has been without a roof for nearly six years now. Some of the school furniture was destroyed and never replaced, leaving pupils with limited resources," he said. A parent, Caroline Moagi told the Dispatch: "The state of the school's building is too dan- gerous to the lives of our children. We can’t be comfortable when our children are at school as The block of Mmakola Primary School that was blown away by a heavy storm in 2010. The Department of Education provided mobile classes that were also blown away by the storm in December last year. DOE blames last year’s storm for renovations not done we always think that something bad could happen." She said promises were made by the Department of Education that a new building will be provided but they are still in vain. Limpopo Provincial Department of Education Spokesperson Dr Naledzani Rasila said the department is busy re-prioritizing the process of schools renovations. He said this because some schools were damaged after heavy storms in November and December last year. "A number of schools were affected by the storm last year and made it difficult for the department to renovate all of them as we have a little budget currently. It is a concern to us that schools are unable to offer quality education to learners. We have now included service providers, aim- ing to speed up the renovation process. In other parts of the province we already started building new schools to deal with the backlog," he said. The roads in Elias Motsoaledi are in a very bad state. Motorists driving along the roads in the municipality claim they have not been main- tained for a very long time. Pot holes are seen all over the roads and putting lives of motorists in danger. This includes provincial, district and local municipal roads. On other parts of the roads, big pot holes are visible, leaving just a little piece of the tar road making difficult for Elias Motsoaledi roads, a threat to motorists motorists to pass. Unemployed residents are seen on the middle of the road between Philadelphia Hospital and Moteti Village filling pot holes with sand aiming to earn a few bucks from merciful passing motorists. Motorists claim that sometimes a municipality vehicle is seen fixing pot holes but it does not last for long and the road is damaged again. Johannes Ditshego says he travels from Moteti to Groblersdal where he works on weekdays. He claims that he witnessed a number of acci- dents where the poor standard of the road contributed a lot. "I am driving a small vehicle and I’m urged to replace my tyres now and then as a result of these pot holes," he said. Seun Mogotji, Elias Motsaoledi Ward 10 Coun- cillor said the issue of roads was reported to relevant departments in the province but noth- ing has been done since they reported. He says the cheap material used by the govern- ment to fix the pot holes is easily washed away by rain. The Limpopo Roads Department was not avail- able to comment as its spokesperson; Kagiso Mootane's cellphone was off. Still waiting for school renovations
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Page 1: Sekhukhune Dispatch 11 March 2016

Friday 11 March 2016Year 6 169th Edition Tel: 013 262 4416

Mmakola Primary School in Ga-Tloporo Vil-lage, Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality posesa huge safety risk to learners. A storm damagedfive blocks in 2010, leaving cracks in the walls.Learners and educators are at risk. Governmentprovided mobile classrooms as a relief measure,but in December last year, the storm came againand blew away the classrooms. Fortunately,pupils and staff members were absent whenboth incidents took place.The school was built in the late 50s throughcontributions by community members. Thebuilding is very old. Attempts of trying to geta new building were unsuccessful. The Depart-ment of Education kept on promising but their

6 Years after storm:words never became actions.An SGB member, Mr Mpho Mogaladi said anumber of meetings were held between theSGB, community and Department of Educationrepresentatives. Mogaladi said the school had

not been renovates since its opening in the1950s. "We are worried about the safety ofthese children and that of the teachers. Theschool has been without a roof for nearly sixyears now. Some of the school furniture wasdestroyed and never replaced, leaving pupils

with limited resources," he said.A parent, Caroline Moagi told the Dispatch:"The state of the school's building is too dan-gerous to the lives of our children. We can’t becomfortable when our children are at school as

The block of Mmakola Primary School that was blown away by a heavy storm in2010.

The Department of Education provided mobile classes that were also blown awayby the storm in December last year.

DOE blames last year’s storm forrenovations not done

we always think that something bad couldhappen." She said promises were made by theDepartment of Education that a new buildingwill be provided but they are still in vain.Limpopo Provincial Department of EducationSpokesperson Dr Naledzani Rasila said the

department is busy re-prioritizing the processof schools renovations. He said this becausesome schools were damaged after heavy stormsin November and December last year."A number of schools were affected by thestorm last year and made it difficult for thedepartment to renovate all of them as we havea little budget currently. It is a concern to us thatschools are unable to offer quality education tolearners.We have now included service providers, aim-ing to speed up the renovation process. Inother parts of the province we already startedbuilding new schools to deal with the backlog,"he said.

The roads in Elias Motsoaledi are in a very badstate. Motorists driving along the roads in themunicipality claim they have not been main-tained for a very long time. Pot holes are seenall over the roads and putting lives of motoristsin danger. This includes provincial, district andlocal municipal roads. On other parts of theroads, big pot holes are visible, leaving just alittle piece of the tar road making difficult for

Elias Motsoaledi roads, a threat to motoristsmotorists to pass.Unemployed residents are seen on the middleof the road between Philadelphia Hospital andMoteti Village filling pot holes with sand aimingto earn a few bucks from merciful passingmotorists.Motorists claim that sometimes a municipalityvehicle is seen fixing pot holes but it does notlast for long and the road is damaged again.

Johannes Ditshego says he travels from Motetito Groblersdal where he works on weekdays.He claims that he witnessed a number of acci-dents where the poor standard of the roadcontributed a lot."I am driving a small vehicle and I’m urged toreplace my tyres now and then as a result ofthese pot holes," he said.Seun Mogotji, Elias Motsaoledi Ward 10 Coun-

cillor said the issue of roads was reported torelevant departments in the province but noth-ing has been done since they reported.He says the cheap material used by the govern-ment to fix the pot holes is easily washed awayby rain.The Limpopo Roads Department was not avail-able to comment as its spokesperson; KagisoMootane's cellphone was off.

Still waiting for school renovations

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Refuse Removal workers in Groblersdal Townengaged in a protest that started on Wednes-day 2 March. The employees were demandingthat they should be appointed permanently byElias Motsaoledi Local Municipality in theircurrent positions.The refuse removal was given to the contrac-tors since the past fifteen years where workersare appointed on renewal contracts with thetender holder. The contractor is said to be paidmillions only to supply labour to the municipal-ity where other resources such as vehicles,drivers, fuel and rubbish bins are supplied bythe municipality. Workers claim that since therefuse removal duties were given to the con-tractors, they started earning a little salary of R2490-00 per month and could not provide fortheir families.Negotiations between workers, South AfricanMunicipal Workers Union (SAMWU) and themunicipality were held after a number of com-plaints lodged by the refuse removal employ-ees. An agreement was reached by the partiesinvolved that the municipality will again takeover the full responsibility of the refuse re-moval duties in 2016, where contractors will nolonger be tendered to do the job.But in February this year, Elias MotsaolediLocal Municipality continued to advertise thetender for the refuse removal contractor. Thisangered the workers in the refuse removal de-

Elias Motsoaledi Refuse Removal workers down tools

partment and they ended up downing tools toprotest against the decision taken by the mu-nicipality. Fruitless meetings were held be-tween workers and the municipality whereemployees vowed not to return to their dutiesunless the municipality absorb them as perma-nent workers.An employee who wishes to remain anony-

mous said: "We have been renewing our con-tracts every month since 2014 and we are nothappy about it. We were hoping that the con-tract we signed in February was the last as themunicipality promised to appoint us perma-nently and the contractor's tender was ending.We were surprised to hear that the municipalityadvertised a 3 year tender contract for refuse

removal work for the excess of R28 Million," hesaid.He claims that their colleagues working in sat-ellite offices to doing the very same job areunder the municipality and paid good salaries.The protest ended on Friday 4 March andworkers claim that they are waiting for theresponse of Elias Motsoaledi Mayor Cllr JuliaMathebe. They say if the Mayor is not re-sponding to their demands, they will be engag-ing in a full blown strike where they will bemarching to the municipal offices demandingtheir grievances to be considered.Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Spokes-person Mbusi Mahlangu said appointment ofstaff in the municipality is guided by the munici-pal procurement processes.“The municipality is urged to outsource refuseremoval services as it is due to employee relatedcosts and the municipal personal budget. Thisis according to the National Treasury that theamount to be spend paying employees mustnot exceed 30% of the total budget in themunicipality. We are already on 30% and can-not afford to appoint more workers,” he said.He added that the municipality did not have anagreement with refuse removal workers thatthey will be permanently employed.“There is no formal agreement that legitimatesthe promise that we will be absorbing theseworkers starting from this year,” he said.

Some of the rubbish was lying for days without anyone picking it up when refuseremoval workers protested, demanding the municipality to appoint them perma-nently.

The eighth-generation Toyota Hilux has beenofficially unveiled in Groblersdal on 25 and 26February 2016 by NTT. Completely re-designedfrom the inside out the all-new Hilux features aluxurious interior that’s more occupant-fo-cused, wrapped in a new body, offering im-

NTT Toyota launch new HiluxStill the toughest bakkie in town

proved easier-to-drive, on-road performance;while remaining true to its core values of un-compromising off-road ability. The Hilux fea-tures a newly developed frame and suspen-sion. To achieve both greater capability anddriving stability. All-new rigid and enlargedside sections and cross members enhance off-road performance and comfort in combinationto the upgraded leaf spring suspension andshock absorbers.There are newly developed 2.4- and 2.8-litreengines and transmissions with improvedtorque in all rev ranges, and significantly im-proved torque at low speed. This providesextended cruising distance enabled by improvedfuel efficiency and reduced engine noise comes,in part, courtesy of a newly developed six-speed automatic transmissions with more steps

and optimised gear ratios. A world-first (for abakkie) – the Hilux features Intelligent ManualTransmission or i-MT to support smooth shift-ing with rev matching technology. Styling wise,a tough yet refined appearance is achieved bycontrasting the front panel with its sturdybumper section and the integrated look of theslender upper grille and LED headlamps. Inte-rior wise, the Stylish instrument panel featuresa unified design aesthetic and free use of metal-lic decoration.Cutting-edge, luxurious features, include au-dio system with electrostatic multi-touch con-trol panel, electronic 4WD changeover switchand luxury seats. The all new Hilux is availablefrom NTT Toyoa Groblersdal for a personaltestdrive. Give the sales team a call to book yourtime behind the new Hilux.

Reynier and hissales team fromNTT Toyota dur-ing the launch ofthe all new Hilux.Book your testdrive tomorrowat 087 286 2921

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Makuduthamaga Ward 26 Councillor DanielKaledi Maabane has resigned. Maabane offi-cially handed his resignation letter to the mu-nicipality on Thursday 3 March.He was representing Congress of the People(COPE) since he has been elected councillor in2011.Although he is still a COPE membership cardcarrying member, Maabane said he is also in theprocess of resigning from the organization.“The organization has no longer a platformwhere people’s interests are addressed. This iscausing tension between me as a councillor andthe community which led to my resignation,” hesaid. He said party meeting are no longer heldand the organization management is no longerfound to give clear explanations.“It has been a great journey to me being acouncillor in Makhuduthamaga Local Munici-pality. The position provided me with experi-ence that I will share wherever I go in the nearfuture,” he said.He said he will continue with political activitiesalthough he said it was very soon to tell wherehe is heading. “I will continue to engage in

Cope Councillor resigns in Makhuduthamaga Local Municipalitypolitics to serve the interest of the community.I will soon reveal my next journey after officially

resigning as a COPE member and the public willbe first to know,” he said.

Sekhukhune Congress has filed an urgent re-quest with the IEC following an incident whereANC membership forms and membership cardswhere distributed in voting stations. The in-tense recruitment campaign by IEC officialswas uncovered by the Deputy Chairperson ofSekhukhune Congress Mr Loiky Kganathiduring his observations to various voting sta-tions around the District Municipality. Ac-cording to Sekhukhune Congress PresidentPastor Derrick Mosaona, the party tried tocontact the IEC officials and the MunicipalElectoral Officer without any success. He saidthe party has forwarded the issue to their legalrepresentative for a legal opinion and advice.“The party plans to take the matter up to theprovincial office of the IEC and also the Elec-toral courts if needed. We will force for theimmediate removal of the electoral Staff andserious security measures to ensure fair elec-tions. This situation will force us to have armedguards in critical voting station just for precau-tions." Derrick Mosoana said.

5 And 6 March were announced as voterregistration to prepare for Local GovernmentElections that will take place this year. In someparts of Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality,voting stations had a poor turnout, signifyingthat people were hopeless and no longer inter-ested to take part in the coming elections.Some were claiming that they will not votebecause nothing is changing to the better intheir lives. Most of those who turned out to thevoting stations were mostly women. A signifi-cantly low number of young people turned outto register for the first time. Others were check-ing whether their name appeared on the voters'roll. Marriam Selokela (34) said she will nolonger take part in elections as she is joblesssince completing metric in 1999. She said sheapplied unsuccessfully for employment andnow she has lost hope in government. “I votedtwice hoping that my life will change to thebetter. I am not going to vote as nothing ishappening to change my life,” she said. An 18year old Vusimuzi Ndlovu said he registered tovote for the first time in his life. “I want toexercise my democratic right by voting for theparty that I hope will make a difference in my lifeand the country. I hope some teenagers like mewill do the same as we are the leaders of tomor-row,” he said.

ANC membershipforms and cards

distributed invoting stations

Voterregistration

turned out poor

Former Makhuduthamaga Local Mu-nicipality Councillor Daniel KalediMaabane has resigned as a COPE rep-resentative in the municipality.

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Inductions of Grade 12 pupils were held at Sepheu Moleke SecondarySchool on Thursday 18 February. The event was held at the school'spremises at Masanteng Village, Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality.Learners, educators, parents and community members came in numbersto attend the function. Motivational speakers were also invited toencourage pupils about educational related challenges.Sepheu Moleke Secondary School is known in the Lepelle Circuit forproducing the best matric results recently.The School Principal, SJ Motala said the induction plays a major role inthe school's matric results. "This is an effective way that learners arebeing motivated in front of their parents so that they will support andencourage them to take their studies seriously and work hard," he said.Motala said the induction is also contributing a lot as pupils will see theimportance of time management."In the induction we motivate learners to spend most of their time on theirstudies. This includes during holidays and weekends where a lot ofthings are happening in the community. The inductions also contributea lot in motivating our learners who are currently in lower grades," hesaid.

Learners inductions held atSepheu Moleke School

The school managed to produce 24 distinc-tions in matric results last year beating allsecondary school in the Lepelle circuit."Some of our students are studying at variousuniversities across the country this year," saidone of the teachers, Mr Phokoane.He said the school managed to send studentsto study courses of their choice in universitiessuch as University of Limpopo, university ofJohannesburg, University of Witwatersrandand the Vaal University of Technology."Two of our former learners are currently study-ing medicine in Cuba," he said. He said theschool was once honoured by the ProvincialEducation Department after obtaining a 100%pass in matric results.The event was wrapped with activities such as

A Grade 12 pupil,R o x e t t eMakgetlaneng,reading a motiva-tional speech dur-ing the induc-tions.

Right: The duo, Omphentse Ntshanaand Bongani Moswathupha intertainingthe people with sweet musical sounds.

Above: The newly elected LearnersRepresentative Council PresidentTlhageletso Moleke, says he will makesure that pupils are well represented atSepheu Moleke Secondary School.

Earlier last year, some part of the mudded house belonging to the Mbhelefamily in Moteti Liberty collapsed, leaving the family with only one roomto live in. The family was urged to build a shack to add to the one roomthey had. The matter was reported to the Elias Motsoaledi Ward 7Councillor Lucas Phala by the family, hoping that he would intervene andassist them but nothing happened. A family member Bongiwe Mbhelesaid: "We reported to the councillor just after our house collapsed andhe promised to take the matter to the Disaster Management in themunicipality so that we could be provided with a RDP house but we arestill waiting," she said. She added that she is unemployed living with hersiblings and children and could not afford to build a house. She said bothher parents passed away a few years ago. Bongiwe added that byreporting their condition to the councillor they hoped that the situationwould change to the better as they will receive a house but they are stillstuck in the shack. "The contractors came one day loaded with bricksand I thought they were sent by the councillor to build a house for myfamily but, I was disappointed to find that they were here to build a VIPtoilet which we do not need the most," she said. She said the familyspends sleepless nights during the windy rain as they fear that the shackcould blow away at anytime. Bongiwe further said that they tried to makefollow-ups with the ward councillor but he failed to update them withanything. "We no longer bother to ask him anything. We lost hope withhim. We just need someone who can help us to get an RDP house," shesaid. Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Spokesperson MbusiMahlangu said the mayor is aware of the situation where councillors arenot addressing the issues of the community. “The mayor introduced aMayoral Listening to the people programme that has already started. Bythe programme the mayor aims to go and visit the people to hear theirchallenges. This also includes residents who need houses and theirnames are submitted for immediate attention and intervention byCoGHSTA Department,” he said.

Distitute Mbhelefamily stuck in a one

room shack

M o h w e t s eSchool PrincipalMosehla saysthey are expect-ing a lot fromSepheu Molekematric learners atthe end of theyear.

musical, poems, moti-vational talks andspeeches.

B o n g i w eMbhele's siblingsand children out-side the one roomshack that thefamily built aftertheir muddedhouse collapsedearly last year.

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William Selepe, was sentenced to 33 years behind bars at the GroblersdalRegional Court on Thursday 3 March. The accused received the heavysentence for crimes committed around Moutse and Siyabuswa.“He was sentenced to 15 years for robbery with aggravated circum-stances, another 15 years for possession of unlicensed firearm and 3years for possession of illegal firearm,” said Dennilton Police Spokes-person Constable Shipalani. She said the police welcomed the sentenceas it reflects as an example to other criminals. “The sentence serves asan example to other criminals out there that crime does not pay. Wewelcome the sentence and appeal to other community members to refrainfrom doing bad things as they will end up serving heavy sentencesbehind bars,” she said.

When the security guards heard a noise at the back of the DIY at the TopSpot shopping complex on Friday 26 February around 00H55, theyimmediately went to investigate and find the alleged criminals trying tobreak in. The guards caught him and immediately called the police butthey did not arrive to arrest the criminal. “He was trying to gain entry by cutting the locks of the back door whenwe catch him. The other one who was with him fled after noticing thatwe saw them,” said one of the security personnel who don’t want to benamed.He said after catching the suspected criminal, they immediately called thepolice to apprehend him but were told the vans were responding tosuspected ATM bombings in Moutse Mall.“We kept on calling to find whether the vans were available but theresponse was still the same. They ended up not picking the phone untilin the morning,” he said.He said the suspect was then taken to be interrogated where he endedup confessing the name of his accomplice he was with during theincident. He also told the guards that they have an insider working in thestore who supplies them with information. He said they ended upreleasing him as the police did not arrive.“We believed him as the amount of R2000-00 was stolen a week beforefrom the safe in the store they were trying to rob. He continued sayingnames of other people involved in the crime. One of them was ap-proached while in the complex where we interrogated him. He was laterreleased and came back with his friends armed with knives and screw-drivers starting attacking the security guards,” he said.He said a fight broke out and two security guards sustained injuries andwere admitted at Philadelphia Hospital to get medical attention.“The police came and said they need the guards who were working onthe day of the incident to come to the station on Monday. On their arrival,the security personnel were arrested for assault charges laid by one of

An urgent meeting has been organized by Moutse East BusinessProgressive for local residents who have registered businesses. Themeeting is scheduled to take place at the Dennilton Old Taxi Rank onSunday 14 March at 15H00. “The aim of the meeting is to seek a wayforward for Moutse East company owners so that they will be recom-mended when applying for projects,” said one of the meeting organisersClement Mashego.He said the issue of joint ventures will be listed where some companiesthat have already grown will partner with the smaller ones to upgradeeach other. “We propose that companies with higher gradings shouldhave a joint venture with the ones with lower gradings to uplift eachother. We are expecting the community, including those who have notyet registered companies to come in numbers to the meeting. Hopefully,working together as united community we will achieve a lot,” he said.

Man gets 33 yearsbehind bars

Moutse East business ownersrequested to attend an urgent

meeting

Guards claim poor relationshipwith police

the group that attacked and injured two secu-rity guards. They appeared in court and re-leased due to lack of evidence,” he said.According to the guards, their relationshipwith the police is not good at all. They claim thatthis is not the first time the police fail to respondto the crime scene when they called.Dennilton SAPS Spokesperson ConstableShipalana said the matters pertaining the is-sues are being investigated and will commentshortly after the investigation outcomes.

The roller door of the building mate-rial store in Moteti Top Spot was dam-aged by the suspected criminal thatwas released by the security guardswhen police failed to arrive.

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Tafelkop Karate Academy held its first Gushkofor the 2016 season on Saturday 5 March at theacademy in Bapeding Section, Tafelkop Vil-lage. The aim of the Gushko was for the newrecruits to take part in the TKA grading sched-uled for next month according to the academy’scalendar.The highlight of the day was the new TKA triothat joined the academy in January this year.Their determination and mastering the art ofself defence rewarded them when they werepromoted to higher ranks in the academy.Lerato "Katalia" Mohlape was given a proba-tional promotion to 8th Kyu (1st Blue Belt)where she will be graded to soon. Lerato wasnot the only female to show commitment asTshegofatso Letageng and Mahlatse Madishaare also looking forward to earn their promo-tions in the coming gradings."I always thought karate was only for men andits violent but since I joined Tafelkop KarateAcademy, I know better and I enjoy learningand understanding Kyokushin Kai Kan,” saidLerato Mohlape .The Coordinator of the academy, Jeffrey Walkersaid they are not happy that some parents donot support their kids during KTA events.“It is sad to see a parent choosing to go to afriend's party rather than support his or herchild when taking part in sporting activities.

Lerato Mohlape, Tshegofatso Letageng andMahlatse Madisha pulled attention of thepeople during the event.

Thabantso Community Radio Station will be on air soon. The station issituated at Tafelkop Village in Elias Motsoaledi Municipality, SekhukhuneDistrict.This community radio station was established on 3 August 2011 byKgoši Boleu Rammupudu II with the assistance of his community. It wasestablished with a dire need to promote the culture and tradition of thecommunity of Bakgaga Bakopa as part of a culturally diversified SouthAfrica. Thabantsho Community Radio stretches a 100km radius and willbroadcast at 91.0 MHZ frequency.The 24 hour broadcasting radio station consists of 28 staff members. 22Are presenters, and 6 management staff members. Amongst the highlydedicated staff, the station is armed with local self developed mediafanatics such as former SK Community Radio presenter Promise ‘DJLady P’ Matladi and former Dispatch reporter Collins Matsepe.Thabantsho Community Radio Station is registered as a legal entity withthe Department of Social Development and the Independent Communi-cations Authority of South Africa (ICASA). It was issued a broadcastinglicense on 1 May 2014 and a spectrum license on 30 August 2014 as aNon-Profit Organization.Thabantsho Community Radio, as a community broadcaster, is strate-gically local to satisfy the broadcasting needs of the community in itscoverage. The primary reason of the existence of Thabantsho Commu-nity Radio as a community broadcaster, is to cover distinct issues thataffect local communities. It is participatory organisation where commu-nities will partake in their activities through the board."Our aim is to establish the best community radio station which will

Thabantsho Community Radio tohit the air-waves soon

But we are expecting children to perform at theirbest level in their different sporting codes,” hesaid. The academy offers free classes and allthey need is parental support to show apprecia-tion during the academy’s events and some-times in training sessions.“That will serve as an inspiration to your chil-dren and will give them hope that they will notquit and engage in doing bad things wile on thestreets,” he said.

Walker concluded: “We also like to take a bowfor Honorary Sensei Mashamaite fromMotetema for donating karate kits to TafelkopKarate Academy. We really appreciate his con-tribution to the ultimate truth. We also like towelcome Sensei William Mokgabudi fromDaveyton who joined TKA recently as an in-structor. As we need more classes, instructorswill be needed and his presence will help usreach more students and ultimate heights.”

Tafelkop Karate Academy’s Gushko held

TKA students at their academy inTafelkop during the Gushko event.

inform, entertain, promote our culture and unite the diversity of ourpeople and we will be educating the community and disseminate infor-mation that will be used to the fight of the spread of HIV/Aids," saidthe Station Manager Kedibone Thobejane."Our station is aiming to serve a different main target group includingmunicipalities, private sector businesses, local businesses, local, pro-vincial and national government," she said.

Lebogang Morare is the news reader at Thabantsho Commu-nity Radio Station.

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To promote a healthy lifestyle and to combat crime amongst the commu-nity, Dennilton SAPS FC hosted Dennilton Taxi Association FC for afriendly soccer match. The teams clashed at Philadelphia Sports Groundsin Dennilton.Although the match seemed to have chances of postponements due tothe late arrival of players, the match ended up starting at 17:h00 in a viewof a number of spectators coming to support their teams.When the referee blows his whistle, both teams started attackingdemanding early goals to grab a lead but, solid defenders from both sidesdenied the scoring. After being denied attack into the box, strikers fromboth sides started to shoot from long ranges trying to beat the goalkeep-ers, most shots went wide.Dennilton Taxi Association grabbed a lead in the 9th minute, a counterfrom the centre in position 9 penetrating through the defenders to sendthe goalie to the wrong way, 1-0 it was to the taxi association.After the goal the host started playing good passes and a number ofcorners were conceded by the visitors. SAPS were denied an equalizerwhen Bvuma had a free header in the box and was denied by the goalie.The visitors continued to pressure the taxi association and managed toscore an equalizer by Zakes, a close range in the box sending the goalieto the wrong way after a beautiful counter played with Manyaka to makethe score 1-1in the 16th minute. After the goal SAPS demanded to graba lead when attacking, entering the box but was denied by defenders.They then started to play the off-side trap and were nearly punished bythe visitors when Thabang make a counter attack in position 11 penetrat-ing the defenders but his shot went wide facing the goalie. A leading goalfor Dennilton Taxi Association was scored by Bhembe in the 23rdminute, a close range in the box beating the goalie after a square passplayed straight into the box, 2-1 it was to the visitors. After the goal SAPSstarted to play long passes forward demanding an equalizer but theirplayer did not shoot to the poles. A counter was played by Zakes whopassed the ball to DJ in the opponent’s box, his shot went off target.SAPS’ demand to score an equalizer continued when Manyaka try tohang the goalkeeper while out of the box but was denied when the goalie

Taxi Association beat SAPS in friendly soccer matchmade a good save to concede a corner.During the referee’s optional time, a free kick was given to SAPS, a fewmeters out of the box where the team’s free kick specialist, DJ, took theball straight to the poles beating the goalie with a stand-still to equal thescoring, 2-2 it was. After DJ’s beautiful goal, the visitors made acomeback and started attacking, demanding a leading goal before thebreak but the referee blew his whistle to end the first half with a 2-2 score.In the second half, Dennilton Taxi Association started by dominating thematch and visited the goalkeeper frequently demanding a lead goal. Thevisitors’ Bhembe scored a third goal for his side in the 56th minute, abeautiful goal after receiving the ball in the box, dribbling the goalie to

score in empty poles, 3-2 it was to the visitors.Towards the 80th minute, some of the playersrequested the referee to end the match as it wasalready dark but he demanded that the teamscontinue as one of them was in the lead.Towards the end of the match, the host scoreda goal but the flag was up and the referee saidoff side. The match ended 3-2 to Dennilton TaxiAssociation FC defeating Dennilton SAPS FCin a friendly soccer match aimed to gain fitnessand combat crime.

Dennilton SAPS FC.

Dennilton Taxi Association FC.