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MOKOPANE - Arson, rubber bullets and overturned rubbish bins marked the ongoing wage dispute and protest action at the Mogalakwena Local Municipality this week. Violence erupted in the streets surrounding the municipality on Monday and Tuesday with municipal employees touting the inadequate benchmarking of salaries as the reason. Morakhu Kekae reports. Full story on page 2.

LEPHALALE – Twee mans is Sondagaand oorlede nadat die girovliegtuig waarin hul gevlieg het vermoedelik teen ‘n kabel vasgevlieg het.

Volgens ooggetuies het Delon du Plessis (46), die vlieënier, en sy passasier, Ernst Steenekamp, laag oor die dam by Ashanti Lodge gevlieg toe hul geel giro-vliegtuig na bewering 'n kabel getref het. “Dit wil voorkom asof die vliegtuig daarna teen ‘n boom vasgevlieg het voordat dit neergestort het,” het adjudant offisier Frans Mokoena van die Lephalale polisie gesê.

Du Plessis en Steenekamp, wat albei werksaam was op die Medupi kragstasie, is op die toneel oorlede.

Dit is die tweede vliegongeluk van die soort binne ‘n jaar in hierdie omgewing. Verlede Mei is Wynand Snyders oo

rlede nadat sy mikroligte vliegtuig naby Abbotspoort buite Lephalale geval het nadat dit glo ook ‘n laagliggende elektriese kabel getref het.

Twee sterf in vliegongeluk

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By Morakhu Kekae (morakhu@noordnuus.co.za)

MOKOPANE - Arson, rubber bullets and overturned rubbish bins marked the ongoing wage dispute and protest

action at the Mogalakwena Local Municipal-ity this week. Violence erupted in the streets surrounding the municipality on Monday and Tuesday with municipal employees tou-ting the inadequate benchmarking of sala-ries compared to similar-sized municipalities as the reason.

Twelve people were allegedly injured on Tuesday when police had to use what looked like rubber bullets to disperse the angry crowd. Four protestors were arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property.

On Wednesday morning, the municipa-lity’s divisional head of communications, Malesela Selokela, confirmed that a Coopera-tive Governance, Human Settlement and Tra-ditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) delegation was “in Mogalakwena to meet with union leadership and management.”

However, Mogalakwena Residents Asso-ciation (MRA) representative and municipal employee Percy Nketsi, said on Wednesday afternoon that the employees gathered on the edge of town, they refused to meet with anyone until the arrested protesters were released.

In an interview with Northern News, Mo-galakwena Mayor, Parks Sebatjane, said the municipality recognised the seriousness of the situation and that benchmarking was a complicated issue. He added that while the grading of certain positions was problematic, the council needed to look at affordability.

“Residents pay rates and taxes for ser-vices and this revenue can’t simply be put towards salaries,” he said, stressing that certain steps needed to be taken to address the issue. “We are interacting with the pro-vincial treasury to find a solution as to how far we can go with regards to compensation,

Rubber bullets, arson and no service deliverybecause you can’t have compensation at the expense of service delivery.”

He explained that the municipality has a budget in which it must operate. “We need to look at this matter and find a solution in the best interest of the municipality, our employ-ees but also for the town’s service delivery – and this [solution] must be done in a safe manner.”

The protest action initially took the form of a peaceful ‘sit-in’ instead of a full-on strike, which saw employees arriving for work, but not doing any actual work. With access to anti-waste and sewage trucks, tempers flared on Monday – turning the actions into not only a strike, but also public violence.

Angry employees overturned rubbish bins, burned tyres in the street and disrupted local businesses which closed as a safety precaution. Protestors made their way to the Mayor’s home on Monday and used an anti-waste truck to dump rubbish in his yard and a sewage truck was used to pump sewage onto his lawn.

In a statement to the press, DA councilor Korny Dekker said that the 300 employees “including those who provide essential services such as the provision of household water, maintenance and electricity, downed their tools demanding that their salaries be benchmarked.”

No emergency services were available on Monday and Tuesday with the electricity supply to certain areas sabotaged.

Nketsi claims that a contractor was appointed to complete a benchmarking report earlier this year, but never completed it. “We believe that was a wasteful expendi-ture, because they [the municipality] paid the provider for doing nothing,” he added.

“We are prepared to impose a total shut-down of the municipality, if demands are not met, and we are sending strong message to the community, that they if want to bring sanity to the municipality, they should vote out current council during the local elec-

tions,” Nketsi said.The protests in Mokopane follows a week

of violent demonstrations in Modimolle and Mookgophong. On Tuesday residents took to the streets of Mookgophong to protest about a lack of service delivery. Reports of stones being thrown onto the R101 between Mokopane and Mookgophong also led to

motorists avoiding the road completely. Dekker has offered to keep anyone updat-

ed with any issues relating to service delivery. Simply SMS your name and number to 082 878 1502 to receive updates.

The DA also urged residents not to put out their refuse bags when strike action is taking place.

LEPHALALE – The Lephalale municipal traffic department impounded a number of taxi’s on Friday during a traffic operation. About 12 taxis were impounded for allegedly using the wrong routes and not having the right operating licenses and permits. Taxis owners had to pay a R5 000 fine to have their taxis released and an additional R1 500 to obtain the correct permits.

Taxi operation yields success

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By Amanda Basson (amanda@noordnuus.co.za)

SELEKA – About 39 donkeys were shot next to the road between Seleka and Shongoane by an unknown person.

Lephalale police spokesperson warrant officer Frans Mokoena says a case of mali-cious damage to property and animal cruelty was opened at the Villa Nora police station. “At this stage we don’t know who is respon-sible for killing these animals, but would like to warn owners to keep their livestock in properly fenced off areas to prevent them from straying onto the road.”

Mokoena stated that the reason for the shooting might be the perceived danger that the animals pose to motorists. “Last month we had an similar incident where ten cattle were shot; eight of these cattle died while two were severely injured.”

Meanwhile, the Lephalale SPCA have confirmed that they are also busy inves-tigating the shootings. “In addition to the

MOKOPANE- Gillian Foster (45), die bestuurder van Bo-thania Hills Vakansieoord buite Mookgophong sterk in die Mokopane Hospitaal nadat sy Sondag in haar kantoor aan-geval en vermoedelik met ‘h hamer oor die kop geslaan is.

Twee van die oord se werkernemers het haar bewustelose liggaam omstreeks 14:00 onder ‘n boom buite die kantoor aangetref toe hulle teruggekeer het werk toe om ‘n selfoon wat een vrou by die wassery vergeet het te kom haal. Hulle het die oord se eien-aar, Lise Steijn dadelik in kennis gestel.

Steijn was uitstedig, maar het die polisie en ‘n ambulans telefonies ontbied en het ‘n buurman, Sampie Radley gevra

Oord bestuurder erg beseer na roofom te gaan help. Met die polisie se aankoms het die ambulans vir Foster reeds na die Voortrekker hospitaal op Mokopane geneem.

Foster se toestand is Maandag as stabiel, maar onbevre-digend beskryf. Sy is intussen na Moko-pane hospitaal oorgeplaas en het ook haar bewussyn herwin.

Daar is intussen berig dat die polisie haar Fiat Uno, wat sedert die voorval weg is, teruggevind het en dat ‘n verdagte in hegtenis geneem is.

Polisie kon nie bevestig of dit die werker is wat sederd die aan-val nog nie by die werk opgedaag het nie. Hulle kon ook nie sê of van die kontant wat uit Bothania Hills se kluis vermis word terug-gevind is nie. Die polisie se onder-soek duur voort.- LiN Media/Die Pos/Noordelike Nuus

39 donkeys shot on the Seleka road

incidents in Seleka, we are also investigat-ing a case where five donkeys were shot in Steenbokpan last month. Two of the donkeys survived,” said Sonika Oosthuizen, inspector at the Lephalale SPCA.

Anybody with any information about the shootings are urged to contact the Lephalale police or the Lephalale SPCA.

One of the donkeys that was shot on the road between Shongoane and Seleka.

By Martie Le Grange (martie@noordnuus.co.za)

MOKOPANE – The Mokopane Regional court sentenced a 20-year-old man, Julius Matjila, to life in prison last week Thursday after he was found guilty of the rape of a 15-year-old girl in July 2013.

The young victim, who cannot be named as she is still a minor, was approached by

Rapist sentenced to life in prisonfour African males while she was on her way home from the merry-go-round in Mokopane about two years ago.

According to police spokesperson sergeant Irene Masingi, the victim and some of her friends were also threatened with a knife. She was then dragged to nearby bushes where she was raped.

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EHS’s star soccer playersLEPHALALE - Kusa Mabitso, Steve Ramasobane and John Mogohlo-ana of Ellisras Hoërskool were the goal scorers of the senior soccer team of EHS against Louis Trichardt two weeks ago. These guys showed true sportsmanship with their conduct on the soccer field.

MOKOPANE - Hoërskool Piet Potgieter (HPP) se rugby en hokkiespanne het tydens hulle tweede wintersport byeenkoms verlede naweek, skoonskip gemaak in die kragmet-ing met Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog. HPP se derde rugbyspan het teen Waterberg High School te staan gekom en hulle ook

HPP rugby maak skoonskip!uitstekend van hulle taak gekwyt.

Die uitslae is soos volg:Rugby: HPP se o/14A span het hulle

wedstryd gewen met ‘n puntetelling van 36-0. Pieter Vorster is die speler van die wedstryd. Die o/15B span maak ook skoon-skip met ‘n puntetelling van 38-0. Bobo

Rocco Viljoen van HPP se derde span met die bal in sy besit tydens hulle wedstryd teen Waterberg Hoërskool verlede Saterdag. Foto: Martie Le Grange.

Mabena is as die speler van die wedstryd aangewys. Die derde span kraai ook koning met ‘n skitterende puntetelling van 23-5 teen Waterberg High School se span. Niel Faber is die speler van die wedstryd.

Die tweede span seëvier ook met ‘n in-drukwekkende 41-0 puntetelling. Raymond Botha is die speler van die wedstryd.

Die skool se eerste span beïndruk loshande met ‘n puntetelling van 48-7. Luandro Cangueiro is die speler van die wed-stryd.

Netbal: Met die netbal het dit egter nie goed gegaan nie. Al HPP se spanne het ver-loor behalwe die o/15A span wat wen met ‘n puntetelling van 17-9. Dersley Chabalalala is die speler van die wedstryd.

Hokkie: Die hokkie meisies het vier van hulle vyf wedstryde gewen. Die o/14A span wen 2-0 en Lenika Nel is die speler van die wedstryd.

Die o/15 span wen met ‘n punt telling van 3-2. Elrike Marais is die speler van die wedstryd. Die o/16A span seëvier ook met ‘n 2-0 punt telling. Gracious Kekana is die speler van die wedstryd.

HPP se eerste span wen met ‘n indruk-wekkende 6-1 punt telling. Janke Blount is die speler van die wedstryd.

MOKOPANE – Laerskool Krugerpark se o/13 A en B-netbalspanne het hulle dank betuig teenoor Maxis Mokopane wat hulle netbal uitrustings geborg het. Hulle sê ook dankie aan Barbarian vir die uitstekende diensle-wering met die maak van die uitrustings. Die spanne het reeds vertrek op ’n netbal toer na Sportweni in Mar-gate vir ’n afrigting kursus en toernooi. Die toer is vanaf 18 tot 23 Maart. By die span, afrigters Heidi Bronn, Karen Coetzee en Jamie Smit.

Dankie!

Kicking it!MOKOPANE – In what Moko-pane Destiny Academy principal describes as “an auspicious start to the year for MDA’s soccer season,” Folang Medical Centre and Zebros handed over soccer kits and seven soccer balls to the school earlier this month. “The soccer team will give their best and represent the school,” says Fred Van der Merwe and soccer coach Roger Priso. “We thank the Senoamadi’s and their associates for this sponsorship.

Little SPCA heroLEPHALALE – Last wekk, Luca Cardosa Leach (6) proved that a real hero is a person who offers up part of his life to do something bigger than himself when he visited the Lephalale SPCA. Luca single-handed-ly planted cactus plants in containers and sold them to raise more than R1 000 for the SPCA.

Right: Luca Cardosa Leach with the Lephalale SPCA inspector, Sonika Oosthuizen.

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MOKOPANE - Potgietersrus CVO Skool het verlede week hulle jaarlikse “klein-grootmens ete” by die skool gehou waartydens junior leerders vanaf Graad RR -7 soos volwassenes moes aantrek. Die skoolhoof, Jan Harmse, het ’n skool leerder uitgebeeld en “rolle” is tydelik en vir die pret omgeruil. Bo: Leerders van die Potgietersrus CVO Skool geniet elke oomblik van die ete”.

POLOKWANE - Vier van Hoërskool Ellisras se atlete het Saterdag 12 Maart deelgeneem aan die ASA Limpopo Klub Atle-tiekkampioenskap te Peter Mokaba Stadion om te kwalifiseer vir Suid Afrikaanse kampioenskappe op 18 en 19 Maart in Bloemfontein. Loutjie Steenekamp wat nie aan die vorige Limpopokampioenskappe kon deelneem nie weens ‘n besering kom eerste in die die 400m hekkies en tweede in die 110m hekkies en kwalifiseer hiermee vir die Suid Afrikaanse kampioenskappe in albei items. Larissa Nel behaal ‘n eerste plek in die 100m hekkies en twee derde plekke vir 400- en 100m naelloop. Charnè Vosloo kom tweede in die 100m naelloop terwyl Bernice Moller ‘n tweede plek vir 300m hekkies en vierde plek in die 100m naelloop verower.

Nog vier gaan SA’s toe

CVO jonges hou hulle lyf grootmens

Bossies vier 30ste verjaarsdag!

LEPHALALE – Laerskool Bosveld Primary het verlede Vrydag op ‘n jolige manier hul 30ste bestaansjaar gevier. Skoolhoof Lou-wtjie Pretorius het die ouers en leerders daaraan herinner dat dit hul verantwoordelikheid is om te help bou aan die toekoms van die skool sodat hulle eendag met trots kan terug kyk op hul aandeel in die groei van die skool.

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MOKOPANE – A lovely night ride and braai was hosted on 5 March by the Mokopane Cycling Club (MCC) as its first social event for 2016. The club thanked Mark Howitt and his staff at the Mokopane Game Breeding Centre for hosting the club. The next social event will take place on 16 April in the form of a time trail with free catering to club members. During this event, members can look forward to some valuable guidance on taking care of your bike and how to prepare for racing. To join MCC, please call Sharon Swartz on 082 570 9464 or Trudie du Plessis on 082 412 9392. – Adele Essakow

MOKOPANE – Potgietersrus Rugby Klub het spelers van die klub vereer tydens ‘n prys-uitdelingsfunksie en borge aand wat gevolg het op ‘n rugbydag verlede week.

Tydens die geleentheid is daar ook dank betuig teenoor individue en borge wat by die klub betrokke is en wat die klub na aan die hart lê. Die volgende persone is uitgesonder:

Francois en Janet Duvenhage, Derick en Jenandré Jordaan van MicroMatica wat die klub die afgelope paar jaar op die hande ge-dra en van dit ‘n groot sukses gemaak het.

Die klub het al hulle borge vir 2016 ook bedank vir hulle ondersteuning. “Ons dank gaan ook uit na Hoërskool Piet Potgieter, die hoof (Cas Badenhorst) en sy personeel vir die ondersteuning en helpende hand tot Potties Rugby Klub.

Die volgende spelers toekennings is oor-handig tydens die funksie:

Die Beste voorspeler vir 2015 is Oliver Moorcraft. Die Beste agterspeler vir 2015 is Jan Vorster. Die beste algehele speler vir 2015 is Hans du Plessis.

Die meeste drieë vir 2015 is toegeken aan Hans du Plessis, Anthony Hawken, Leslie Ventom en Oliver Morcraft. Anthony Hawken het ook erkenning gekry as die spel-er met die meeste punte vir 2015.

Die klub afrigter, SJ Jonker het die klub geprys vir sy wen tradisie en verwys na die spelers se tuis vriendskaplike wedstryd van verlede Saterdag teen Warmbad Rugby Klub waar Potties stof in sy opponent se oë geskop het met ’n indrukwekkende 39-12 wen.

Potties Rugby klub spog

Potgietersrus Rugby Klub se Beste voorspeler vir 2015 is Oli-ver Moorcraft (links) en Jan Vorster is as die Beste agterspeler vir 2015 vereer tydens die klub se onlangse borge funksie.

Potgietersrus Rugby Klub se beste algehele speler vir 2015 is Hans du Plessis (links) en Anthony Hawken het erkenning gekry as die speler met die meeste punte vir 2015.

Social club off to a good start

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LIMPOPO – ’n Span Christene van Benoni het verlede week ’n 7dae tog van sowat 300km suksesvol te voet afgelê en ’n groot kruis van Heidelberg tot by die Mighty Men konferensie (MMC) in Polokwane gedra as bewusmaking van Jesus.

Stappers wat hulle self die Kruis Krygers noem het vanaf 4-10 Maart ’n stywe afstand aangepak om mense op hulle staptog met ’n Christelike boodskap te bedien. Die groep stappers het ook gebedsversoeke ontvang wat hulle in die mobiele kruis gegooi het. Gebede is by die MMC konferensie geopper.

Kruis Krygers stap vir Jesus

Op dag een het die groep by Heidelberg begin stap en van daar het hulle na Nigel, Brakpan en Benoni beweeg. Op dag twee het hulle vanaf Benoni na Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein, Irene en Centurion in Pretoria gestap. Dag drie en vier is die roete na Bela-Bela aangepak en op dag vyf het hulle deur Modimolle en Mookgophong beweeg.

Die groep het die voorlaaste dag hulle hul opwagting in Mokopane gemaak en is deur Noordelike Nuus verwelkom. Hulle het die aand by Hoërskool Piet Potgieter se Elsie Maria koshuis oornag. Hulle laaste skof is op 10 Maart voortgesit waar hulle uiteindelik in Polokwane by die MMC geëindig het.

Die Kruis Krygers van Benoni op dag ses van hulle bewus-making staptog kort na hulle aankoms in Mokopane.

Facelift for PhegeleloMARAPONG – The Lephalale Nedbank branch showed where it's heart lies when staff donated paint to the value of R20 000 to Phegelelo school in Marapong last Friday. Six members of Nedbank’s staff also rolled up their sleeves and helped to paint some of the classrooms in the school. Depicted: The Lephalale Nedbank team who donated paint to Phegelelo school.

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MAHWELERENG – Ta-lent, discipline and dedication are but three of the trump cards held by the Mogalakwena Killer Aces Volleyball Club in Mahwelereng. They also have a first class coach in William Mathatho and passionate support from Roshaan van Voegt, a 38-year-old mother of two with a heart for the community.

Since Mathatho took over the coaching, he renamed the club and became the driving force behind a team that is now flourishing and growing from strength to strength. There are roughly 46 active club members of which the youngest is only 8-years-old. Both junior and senior players practice six days a week at a facility at the Mahwelereng sports stadium.

“We now only need sponsorships to take us to the next level. The club is in dire need of equipment, sportswear and for someone out there to see our potential,” says Matha-tho. Another big challenge for the club is transport to and from leagues and tourna-ments.

Van Voegt is working hard to promote the club’s strengths in an effort to get spon-sors on board. “We will be so grateful, espe-

Resident introduces potential volleyball stars

cially if someone can reach out to us in time for our first round at the Limpopo Volleyball Association (LVA) tournament on 2 April.”

Van Voegt says she is teaching members to give before expecting to receive. “We cannot expect help from others without put-ting in effort ourselves,” she explains. That is why the club members hold regular fundrais-ing events to keep their club going

Prospective sponsors can contact Roshaan van Voegt at 071 948 4977.

Members of the Mahwelereng Killer Aces Volley Ball Club and their coach William Mathatho. Insert: Roshaan van Voegt and club secretary Bongi Dolo see themselves as the mothers of the club and are very involved in supporting members as part of community work.

LEPHALALE - Laerskool Bosveld Primary, Ellisras Hoërskool (EHS), Lephalale Pri-mary, Waterberg Academy en CVO Gekom-bineerde Skool se boog skuts het Saterdag by Lephalale Primary aan ‘n boogskietkom-petisie deelgeneem.

EHS se top seuns skuts is FA Kemp met ‘n telling van 279 wat algeheel tweede was en Dirk Nel met 278 wat algeheel derde was. Die beste dogters skuts is Ammaarah Pandie met ‘n telling van 266 wat derde ein-dig in die senior dogters afdeling en Whanita Pretorius met ‘n telling van 260.

FA Kemp wen ‘n goue- en vier silwer medaljes, Duan Schultz, Arnand du Preez en Marco de Wet wen elk ‘n silwer medalje. Dirk Nel wen drie brons medaljes en een sil-wer, Wandrè van Deventer wen 'n silwer en 'n brons, Ivan Pretorius wen 'n goue en 'n sil-wer medalje en MJ Langelveldt wen silwer. Nancy Klaasen wen twee silwer medaljes terwyl Petra Grobler en Whanita Pretorius elk een silwer wen. Pandie wen een silwer e een brons medalje.

Bobaas boogskuts!

Ilis-marie Venter en Yoosuf Rossier van Laerskool Bosveld Primary.