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       The BEAT

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        12 October
       Community newspaper

                     Perfect
   Mantsetsi Thiyo
   Photo: Supplied

                     send-off
                       A comrade, brother, friend and beloved colleague was sent off through song and dance.
                       Photo: TK Mashaba
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                                                                                                     Grader creepy-crawls into oblivion
  Internal processes                                                                                       TK Mashaba
                                                                                                                                                     Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Abel
                                                                                                                                                     Phetla, two unknown men held security

  for police officers                                                                                Brazen thieves have allegedly managed to
                                                                                                     creepy-crawl a grader belonging to Bela-
                                                                                                     Bela Local Municipality into the oblivion.
                                                                                                                                                     guards on the premises hostage at
                                                                                                                                                     gunpoint, before making off with their
                                                                                                                                                     massive loot.
                                                                                                                                                      He said information in the possession of
                                              November.                                               In what has set tongues wagging in the         the police suggested that a truck was
       TK Mashaba                              The four men were each granted                        town, the community was stunned by the          summoned by the two suspects to transport
                                              conditional bail of R5 000 on Tuesday 2                almost impossible theft of such a massive       the grader.
   Parallel processes were kicking in to      October.                                               slow-moving road machinery, reportedly           Phetla further said the matter had been
   determine the fate of four Bela-Bela        The four suspects face charges related                on the evening of Monday 1 October.             referred to the neighbouring Modimolle
   police officers facing charges of, among   to a recent brazen armed robbery                        The grader belonged to the local               Vehicle Theft Unit.
   others, armed robbery.                     whereby an amount of R190 000 was                      municipality’s public works department.          Bela-Bela local Municipality
    According to Bela-Bela SAPS Station       allegedly stolen.                                       It’s been two weeks to date since the          spokesperson, Kabelo Mosito, confirmed a
   Commander, Colonel Lindie Marx, said        The charges include kidnapping, armed                 vehicle was stolen.                             case of theft of a municipal grader had
   internal processes had started regarding   robbery and corruption.                                 According to Bela-Bela SAPS Detectives         been opened with the police.
   the fate of the police officers.            The foursome’s bail condition was that
    She said in terms of SAPS disciplinary    they report to the police station in Bela-
   proccesses, the four officers have the
   opportunitity to make representations
                                              Bela once a week, and were warned not
                                              to interfere with witnesses.
                                                                                                     R200 000 of ‘nyaope’ seized
   why they should not be suspended.           Three of the suspects, Sergeant
    As part of the specifications of the      Mulaudzi, Constable Maswanganyi and
   standing rules they have to report for     Constable Makwela were arrested by the
   work, pending the conclusion of the        Hawks on the premises of the Bela-Bela
   processes.                                 police station on Friday 21 September.
    The four officers had until Wednesday      The fourth suspect, Constable
   10 October to make their submissions.      Sebelebele, had voluntarily handed
    Sergeant Humbulani Mulaudzi (39),         himself over to the Hawks in the
   Constable Hlengani Jan Maswanganyi         Limpopo capital of Polokwane on Friday
   (33), Constable Sibusiso Makwela (37)      28 September.
   and Constable Simon Sebelebele (40),        The interest in the case has been
   were expected to make another              massive, attracting both print and
   appearance before the Bela-Bela            electronic media from as far afield as
   Magistrate’s Court on Friday 9             Johnannesburg.

Soccer star and traffic officer laid to rest

                                                       Former soccer star and traffic
                                                       officer Shadrack Mathatho.
                                                       Photo: Supplied

                                                        who was also known as a
                                                        sensational soccer star, at the
                                                        local Mahwelereng Real Rovers
                                                        Football Club.
                                                          Friends, relatives, colleagues
                                                        and neighbours were shocked to
                                                        learn about Mathatho’s untimely
                                                        passing, as a result of a road
                                                        accident.
                                                          The accident happened on
                                                        Sunday 23 September, near the
                                                        Pienaarsrivier police station.               Limpopo police have declared war on drugs. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
                                                          It was reported that the officer
                                                        was off-duty, driving to Bela-                                                               detectives from the Bela-Bela police
                                                        Bela, where he stayed, when a car                    Lizzy Bapela                            station.
                                                        coming from north and headed                                                                  Two suspects, a male person and an
                                                        south smashed into his car.                  Members of a special provincial SAPS            alleged 25-year-old female accomplice,
                                                          Mantsole Traffic Station                   operation have reason to believe they           were nabbed and the police recovered 120
                                                        Commander, Lesedi Kekana,                    succeeded in smashing a drug syndicate in       sachets of the highly-addictive “nyaope”
                                                        expressed his sadness and                    Bela-Bela after R200 000 worth of               concoction, with an estimated street value
                                                        disbelief.                                   “nyaope” was seized.                            of over R200 000.
                                                          “Mathatho was a hard worker                 Limpopo SAPS spokesperson, Colonel              The suspects were identified as Sello
                                                        and never complained. He would               Moatshe Ngoepe, said the police                 Solomon Khoza and Baby Annah
                                              make sure there is peace and harmony                   interrupted a vehicle travelling from           Mataboge and were both from Bela-Bela’s
       Lizzy Bapela
                                              whenever he was and many of our                        Hammanskraal in Gauteng, headed for             Extension 5.
                                              colleagues can attest to that,” he said.               Bela-Bela, with a consignment of the             They first appeared in court on
Traffic officer, Shadrack Mathatho, who        Kekana grew up with the late Mathatho in              “nyaope” drugs on the morning of Tuesday        Wednesday 3 October.
passed on following a car crash in            Mokopane and went to school together in                2 October, following a tip-off.                  The suspects were expected to appear
Pienaarsrivier, was laid to rest in his       1977, attending at Nonchimudi Primary                   The joint operation, conducted in the          before the Bela-Bela Magistrate’s Court on
hometown of Mahwelereng outside               School in Mahwelereng.                                 form of an entrapment system, composed          Tuesday 16 October for formal bail
Mokopane on Saturday 29 September.             In his early working days Mathatho was                of the Limpopo Crime Intelligence Unit,         application proceedings.
 Mourners from across Limpopo arrived in      employed as a security officer until he                the Provincial Narcotics Squad and               Police investigations continue.
numbers to pay their last respects to a man   joined the traffic department in 1997.

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  Comradely salute for the much-loved Mantsetsi
      TK Mashaba

   The much-loved Bela-Bela political
   activist and municipal worker Mantsetsi
   Thiyo (44) was buried during an
   emotion-charged send-off at the local
   cemetery last weekend.
    Several hundred mourners packed the
   Bela-Bela Community Hall to pay their
   last respects to an ANC “comrade” and
   family member.
    Bela-Bela Residents Association (BRA)
   leader, Joseph Makhubela, was one of the
   programme directors.
    Sello Moswoeu of the Economic
   Freedom Figheters (EFF) was in
   attendance, as well as the Democratic
   Alliance’s David Senosha.
    Moswoeu paid tribute to the late Thiyo,
   who he said was in the habit of calling
   Moswoeu “my leader”, even if they
   belonged to opposing political parties.
    From the community hall the cortege
   headed for the local cemetery, with a
   bumper-to-bumper motorcade, and scores
   of other mourners walking their way to
   the local graveyard.
    Among the mourners were ANC
   representatives from both national and
   provincial structures.
    Well-known Bela-Bela traffic officer,
   Khoro Rachidumela, spoke in glowing
   terms about Thiyo during a mid-week        Labour movement activists raise clenched fists to salute the fallen Comrade Mantsetsi Thiyo. Photo: TK Mashaba
   memorial service.
    He was received with nods of approval     with the ranks of the South African            funeral I have witnessed at home.”               He said what touched him was the
   when he spoke movingly about a             Municipal Workers Union (Samwu).                “Although death is infamously known for        presence of no less than five former
   colleague who was always supportive of      “He was always a vibrant labour activist      stealing lives, both young and old, his         mayors who attended the burial of
   others who happened to find themselves     and comrade,” Rachidumela said.                community-wide appeal across all sectors of     Environmental Affairs Minister Edna
   under pressure from officialdom, for one    Socialite and political activist, Matome      our local society, has once again restored      Molewa in Gauteng the previous day, to
   reason or the other.                       Sebelebele captured a moving eulogy for a      faith in the beauty of African humanity, even   pay their last respects to Thiyo.
    He said Thiyo started making his          boyhood friend and “comarade”, saying          at the time of grief and mourning,”              Among the dignitaries in attendance was
   presence felt when he threw in his lot     Thiyo was sent off during a “most dignified    Sebelebele said.                                incumbent Mayor Jeremiah Ngobeni.

SuperSpar staff to
reapply for new jobs

                                                                     The mighty
                                                                     SuperSpar building
                                                                     is proverbially
                                                                     rising from the
                                                                     ashes with jobs up
                                                                     for grabs. Photo:
                                                                     TK Mashaba

                                                Bela-Bela residents woke up to news of
      Lizzy Bapela                            the huge inferno destroying the
                                              supermarket on that fateful day.
Former employees at Bela-Bela SuperSpar         Scores of workers had to be laid off after
were urged to re-apply for jobs as the        a halt in operations.
retail store scheduled to start trading in      Coetzee said CVs could be delivered
due course.                                   personally at the SuperSpar liquor outlet in
 SuperSpar spokesperson Lize Coetzee          downtown Bela-Bela, or emailed to
said those who wished to be considered for    lizecoetzee@hotmail.co.za(.)
job opportunities at the new store needed       For further queries regarding the
to send in their CVs on or before             applications, interested candidates were
Wednesday 31 October.                         welcome to make contact with Carel Coetzee
 The old SuperSpar was gutted by fire in      at the offices adjacent to the Tops liquor
September 2017.                               outlet.
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50 leaners enrolled for                                                                          Bela-Bela city fathers angered by
Wayfarers and                                                                                    Koppewaai electrical connections
Sunbeams at
Mmamakwa
                                                                     Wayfarers during
                                                                     the enrolment
                                                                     ceremony at
                                                                     Mmamakwa
                                                                     Primary School.
                                                                     Photo: TK
                                                                     Mashaba

                                                                     Sunbeams during
                                                                     the enrolment
                                                                     ceremony at
                                                                     Mmamakwa
                                                                     Primary School.
                                                                     Photo: TK
                                                                     Mashaba

                                                                                                 A network of alleged illegal connections in Koppewaai. Photo TK Mashaba
                                              Mmamakwa Primary School on Wednesday                                                          lobbyists.
      TK Mashaba                                                                                    TK Mashaba
                                              29 September, to be trained and drafted into                                                   Municipal spokesperson, Kabelo
                                              the international wayfarers and sunbeams                                                      Mosito, said during a carefully-worded
A Swedish ecumenical movement has             movement.                                          The Bela-Bela Local Muncipality has        interview that officialdom continued to
committed to revive the age-old                The girls were workshopped in                     condemned incidents of illegal             “engage” with the councillor and
disciplinary activities of wayfarers and      housework, knitting, modelling, Scripture-         electricity connections, allegedly by      concerned community.
sunbeams at township and rural schools.       reading and sewing.                                residents in the Koppewaai informal         He said the municipality had observed
 Wayfairers are older girls who get drafted    The selected 50 girls were awarded                settlement west of the town.               with grave concern the continued
into the movement to learn life skills such   certificates and lapel badges to identify           The response was a direct sequel to an    incidents of illegal power connections in
as respect, obedience, morals and proper      them as either wayfairers or sunbeams.             incident from which a reporter and         Koppewaai.
behaviour.                                     The boys have their own unique                    municipal officials were threatened with    Mosito warned that those found on the
 The Swedenborgian Church handpicked a        movement, known as the Boy Scouts,                 violence by a councillor and his           wrong side of the law faced hefty fines.
total of 50 pupils at Bela-Bela’s             identifiable in brown and khaki uniforms

Bela-Bela remembers Edna Molewa                                                               Push against substance
                                                                                              abuse continues

                                                                                                                                                                   Images like these
                                                                                                                                                                   have angered
                                                                                                                                                                   commmunities
                                                                                                                                                                   allround. Photo
                                                                                                                                                                   Google

                                                                                                                                            social development department, the
                                                                                                    Lizzy Bapela
Mourners filled the Bela-Bela Multipurpose Centre to commemorate Molewa.                                                                    education office, and SAPS.
Photo: Lizzy Bapela                                                                                                                          Sporting actitivities were followed by a
                                                                                              Limpopo MEC for Social Development,           mass march from Letlhabile Park to the
                                              Makhurupetje, the party’s provincial            Mapula Mokaba-Phukwana, stopped by in         Zone 14 Soccer Fields on Friday 5 October.
      Lizzy Bapela                            deputy chairperson, Florence Radzilane,         Bela-Bela to support ongoing campaigns         Member of the Mayoral Committee in the
                                              and provincial exco members, Phophi             against substance abuse, especially by the    Waterberg District Council, Freddy
Political activists from across the           Ramathuba, Nandi Ndelani and                    youth.                                        Hlungwane, and councillors from the Bela-
province gathered at the local                Mavhungu Leruli, graced the occasion.            The MEC took to the platform to address      Bela Local Municipality, Frans Mothokwa
multipurpose centre for a memorial             Bela-Bela Chief Whip Hendrietta                scores of locals at the end of an awareness   and Lerato Modimola, graced the occasion.
service for the late Water and                Ledwaba, speaking on the sidelines of the       march.                                         An event at the Antioch River Church
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna           memorial service, traced back memories           Activities kicked off with sports against    on Saturday 6 October rounded off the
Molewa.                                       of how she was personally groomed by            crime, drugs and substance abuse event at     events under the banner of President
 Molewa was born and bred in Bela-Bela,       the late Minister.                              Mampatile Primary School on Wednesday         Cyril Ramaphosa’s Thuma Mina
where she started a long political career.     Many others in Bela-Bela remember the          3 October.                                    campaign.
 ANC heavyweights, including among            days when Molewa worked closely with             Pupils from all primary schools took part     Of concern was that Mokaba-Phukwana
others, ANC National Working                  the Bela-Bela Local Council Speaker,            in various sporting activities.               said that Bela-Bela had been identified
Committee member, Mmakoma                     Zacharia Moeletsi.                               The campaign was supported by the local      as a hot spot for substance abuse.
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   Tshakhuma tumbles from the NFD log summit
                                                   The Limpopo campaigners now occupy              welcoming the Mpumalanga visitors.                  At the Cape Town Stadium, early season
      Mzamane Ringane                            sixth place on the NFD league log standings.        NFD teams will not be participating in any       pacesetters and now at position number
                                                   Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila was                league matches until 20 October, due to the        three, Ajax Cape Town FC, take on tail-
   Limpopo’s National First Division (NFD)       expected to host fourth-placed Mbombela           international break which begins on 8              enders Ubuntu Cape Town FC in a
   contenders, Tshakhuma Tsha                    United at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium,           October to 16 October.                             Mother City derby.
   Madzivhandila FC, came tumbling from          on Saturday 20 October.                             A top-of-the-table titanic battle was             Fifth-placed Jomo Cosmos FC was
   the top of the league log standings after a     The Limpopo side would have to pull out         scheduled to take place between new log            scheduled to host the seventh-placed
   narrow 1-0 defeat at the hands of the         at all stops to salvage its position at the top   leaders TS Sporting and second-placed              University of Pretoria at Makhulong
   University of Pretoria FC on Saturday 6       of the league log standings, meaning that the     Stellenbosch FC, at Kabokweni Stadium,             Stadium on Sunday, 21 October, in
   October.                                      team needs to collect maximum points when         also on 20 October.                                Gauteng’s Ekurhuleni district.

SPORTEX gearing up for                                                                                         Letter from the editor

December holidays games                                                                            The ‘sold out’ signs go up for The
                                                                                                   BEAT for the very first time!

                                                                                                                                                                                            of the
                                                                                                   I                                                                                     Apartheid
Teams get a pre-briefing ahead of the tournament. Photo supplied                                                                                                                       hit squads in
                                                                                                   walked into
                                                 Madrid FC won 4-2 against Chelsea FC on           the office this                                    the 1980s.
   TK Mashaba                                    penalties.                                        week to find our front desk newspaper tray          It was many more              years later that
                                                  The scoreline stood at 2-all at the end of       empty.                                             almost all mainstream newspapers put up the
Bela-Bela’s Sportex initiative has urged         regulation time.                                    With this in mind, I hurried upstairs to the     sold out signs, at the breaking story of the
potential participants to start preparing for     All Stars FC beat Blue Birds FC 1-0              lady responsible for our statistics and other      release of Nelson Mandela from political
the December holiday games.                      during regulation time.                           logistics, Carina Bester, to find out what the     imprisonment.
 Co-ordinator Thabiso Ramashala said the          During the under-13 category, which was          heck was going on.                                  At the time I was a political reporter at a
September break was successful, with teams       played on Sunday 7 October, Predators FC            The young lady’s response was that for the       Pretoria-based daily broadsheet.
competing across various categories and age      beat All Stars 3-1 on penalties. The scoreline    very “first time” in our history, the previous      My favourite editor at the time, the late
groups.                                          was deadlocked at 1-all at regulation time.       edition of The BEAT newspaper was sold out         Deon du Plessis, nearly broke the records
 On Monday 8 October, the last day of the         The overall winners in all categories were       at all selling points in and around Bela-Bela.     with the sensational headline, “Boeremafia!”
tournament, three teams were crowned             awarded trophies, while the first and second      Wow!                                                For the uninitiated, Du Plessis is the
champions.                                       runners-up received medals.                         She was referring to the one with the            gentleman who started “Daily Sun”.
 They are namely Real Madrid FC, All Stars        The games in December were also                  headline “Hawks bombshell”, published on            I for one, as the inaugural news editor at
FC and Predators FC.                             scheduled to be played at the township’s          Friday 28 September.                               Sunday Sun, have never achieved the “sold
 During the under-17 soccer event, Real          Zone 14 grounds.                                    The breaking story at the time was based on      out” record.
                                                                                                   the dramatic arrest of three local policemen by     Against this background, you can imagine
                                                                                                   the Hawks, in what was clearly a sting             how humbled we are to have joined this
                                                                                                                                                      exclusive great newspaper-manship collective
Limpopo’s threesome enter PSL                                                                      operation.
                                                                                                     Carina was still
                                                                                                   to provide me with
                                                                                                                                                                      of the Sold Out Club.
                                                                                                                                                                       There are a number of
weekend after mixed fortunes                                                                       the latest statistics
                                                                                                   regarding the latest
                                                                                                                                                                      compelling reasons why
                                                                                                                                                                      newspapers achieve this sort of
                                                                                                   edition with the                                                   success.
                                                 and Shine – at number six on the PSL log                                                                              Among these is the
   Mzamane Ringane                               standings - has a home fixture against            headline,
                                                                                                   “Accused number                                                    straightforward breaking story,
                                                 KwaZulu-Natal side, Maritzburg United                                                                                but there are behind-the-scenes
Limpopo’s three Premier Soccer League            FC at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday            four!”
                                                                                                     The only clue I                                                  strategies too which fall into
(PSL) campaigners go into somewhat               27 October.                                                                                                          place.
“soft” fixtures beyond the international           It was anticipated this fixture has the         have with regards
                                                                                                   to this one is that                                                 For instance, by the time we
break.                                           potential of a sellout crowd in that                                                                                 published the “Hawks
 Bafana Bafana were on Sunday 13                 Polokwane City FC supporters were                 readers continued
                                                                                                   to descend on our                                                  bombshell” headline,
October scheduled to welcome the                 denied the opportunity to watch their                                                                                mainstream daily newspapers
Seychelles Islands in an African                 favourite team against Kaizer Chiefs.             offices to snap up
                                                                                                   copies, to follow                                                  had already gobbled up the
Confederations Cup (CAF) qualifier.                The PSL board of governors has since                                                                               breaking story.
 The return match was scheduled for the          ruled that the match be played without            the rippling effects
                                                                                                   such as bail             Johnny Masilela                            We had to be strategic and
Seychelles on Tuesday 16 October.                spectators as punishment against Kaizer                                                                              come up with more details into
 Beyond the CAF fixtures, Black                  Chiefs FC supporters in a previous fixture.       application and so
                                                                                                   forth.                                                             the breaking story, such as
Leopards FC is scheduled to welcome Free           Private TV equipment was damaged                                                                   exclusive pictures of the suspects making
State Stars FC at Thohoyandou Stadium on         during rioting at Moses Mabhida Stadium             Receptionist Maria Makwela tells me she
                                                                                                   had her hands full, stopping some over-excited     their way into the courtroom, backed up by
Sunday 28 October, following recent              at the time.                                                                                         in-your-face kind of graphic design by
weeks of mixed fortunes.                           Baroka FC, or the so-called Bakgaga of          readers from taking away just too many
                                                                                                   copies, for one reason or the other.               Lesley Barnard.
 The so-called Lidoda Duvha triumphed            Ga-Mphahlele, is at a precarious number                                                               TK Mashaba and Andries van der Heyde
1-0 over Baroka FC in a Limpopo derby,           15 on the league log standings.                     Our man in Modimolle, Mzamane Ringane,
                                                                                                   tells me he has reason to believe the last three   did a swell job in terms of pictures and
only to go down 1-0 to Lamontville                 Baroka FC has an away fixture against                                                              story.
Golden Arrows in KwaZulu-Natal a few             fifth-placed Bloemfontein Celtic FC, whose        editions (remember “Racial divide”?) did
                                                                                                   exceptionally well, not only in his neck of the     Then there was our colourful description
days later.                                      huge support base is known as Siwelele.                                                              of the huge number of spectators at the
 The good news was that Black Leopards           The mouth-watering fixture for the                woods, but in Mookgophong and Vaalwater as
                                                                                                   well.                                              courts, and even the Public Order Policing
FC have now moved from the relegation            weekend is a battle of titans between front-                                                         re-enforcements brought in to keep order.
zone at number 15, to position number 12         runners Bidvet Wits FC and high-riding              With my own career dating back several
                                                                                                   years, the first time I heard of a sold out         We would really love to hear what our
on the league log standings.                     Highlands Park FC (8) at Bidvets Stadium                                                             readers have to say about this dramatic turn
 Toast of the previous fixtures was              on Friday 26 October.                             newspaper was when the weekly tabloid, Mail
                                                                                                   & Guardian of Johannesburg, broke the story        of fortunes for your favourite The BEAT.
Polokwane City who beat the much-feared          The wounded Kaizer Chiefs FC has the
Kaizer Chiefs FC 1-0.                            small matter of the Soweto derby to deal
 How the mighty have fallen!                     with against Orlando Pirates FC, also on             Write to the Editor at johnnymasilela@yahoo.com or PO Box 16 Bela-Bela 0480.
 The Polokwane provincial capital’s Rise         Saturday 27 October.
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                                                                     Write to the Editor at johnnymasilela@yahoo.com or PO Box 16 Bela-Bela 0480.

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stoele R6600.00, kontak                                            ASSOCIATION Execution
 Gerhard: 082 416 6067           Manager: Planning and             Creditor and JAPIE BOTHA       She is the founder of the Dimakatso Jane                                                   mmamodise@
   3 Skaar-ploeg + tiller
                                 Development, Bela-Bela            t/a PRECISION BUILDING         Thema Prevention and Aftercare Centre, which Antioch River Church’s Pastor                  telkomsa.net
                                 Municipality and the              Execution Debtor               focuses on people                                                                          014 736 6288
  kontak: 078 978 2877           undersigned not later than 30     Pursuant to a judgement by                                                   Dimakatso Jane Thema. Photo supplied
    Hennie Vermeulen             days from 05 October 2018         the magistrate Modimolle       struggling with                                                                         AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
                                 or at Private Bag x1609, Bela     given on 28th of July 2018     substance abuse.

   LEGALS
                                 Bela, 0480.                       the undermentioned goods
                                 EnquiriesTell: 124 Western        will be sold at 11H00 on 8th   She is also the
                                 Service Rd, Wood mead             November 2018 by public        founder and

                                                                                                                                                   NOTICE
                                 Johannesburg 2191, +27 477        auction to be held at the
APPLICATION FOR                  2779/+27 81 740 3427              Sheriff’s office 20 Ahmed
                                                                                                  chairperson of the
SPECIAL CONSENT IN               Email:                            Kathrada Street (Paul Kruger   Defenders of Faith
TERMS OF CLAUSE 21 OF            Nkosinathi.ngubani@huawei.com     Street), Modimolle by the      Network, which
THE BELA-BELA LAND-USE           (05&12/10).                       Sheriff for the Magistrates
SCHEME, 2016, TO                 NOTICE TO CREDITORS               Court, to the highest bidder   comprises of a total
PERMIT A CONSTRUCTION            In the Estate of the late MSA     for cash, namely:              of eight churches.
OF 25M MONOPOLE

                                                                                                                                ORDINARY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
                                 WALTER MAGAGULA                   1 x White Corsa Utility 1.4    Thema serves as the
TELECOMUNICATION MAST            Identity number: 791107           Reg no XKV 810 GP
Notice is hereby given that,     5648 080                          The sale shall be conducted    Limpopo deputy
in terms of Clause 21 of the     Formerly of 19 Oosthuizen         in terms of the Consumer       secretary for the
                                                                                                                                         MEETING
Bela-Bela Land-use Scheme        Street, Bela Bela, Limpopo        Protection Act 68 of 2008
2016, we HUAWEI                  Province                          and Regulations obtainable     Moral Regeneration
TECHNOLOGIES AFRICA              Who died on 08 September          at https://www.gov.za/         Movement,
PTY LTD intend applying to       2018                              documents/consumer-
the Bela-Bela Municipality       Estate no: 010246/2018            protection-act-regulations.
                                                                                                  chairperson of the
for Special Consent to           All persons having claims         The rules pertaining to the    Bela-Bela
establish 25m monopole
telecommunication mast on
                                 against the abovementioned        auction can be obtained        Community and
                                 Estate are required to lodge      from the Sheriff of the
remainder of portion 63 of       their claims with the             Magistrate Court               Safety Forum, board
the farm Tweenfontein 462        undersigned within 30 (thirty)    Modimolle.                     member of the Bela-
KR zoned for agricultural        days after the date of
use.                             publication hereof.
                                                                   Bidders are adviced to
                                                                   register prior to the action
                                                                                                  Bela Hospital, deputy
Particulars relating to the      M J BEATSON                       taking place and that sale     secretary of the
application will lie for
inspected during office hours
                                 Attorney for Executor             registration requires proof    Limpopo Council of
                                 LANSER & WILLIAMS                 of identity and Residence.
at the offices of the Manager:   16, Sutter Road                   Signed at Modimolle on the     Church Elders Forum
Planning and Development,        P. O. Box 18                      9th day of October 2018.       and chairperson of
Bela-Bela Municipality, Chris    Bela Bela                         R.A. MULDER
Hani Drive, Bela-Bela.           0480                              Attorneys for Execution
                                                                                                  the Waterberg
                                                                                                  Ministers Fraternal.
                                                                                                                                BELA-BELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Any person having any            Tel: (014) 736 2216/7.            Creditor
objections to the granting of
this application must lodge
                                 LIQUIDATION AND                   ABEL MULDER & SON              She has also worked
                                 DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT              Redlum Law Chambers
such objection together with     IN DECEASED ESTATE                46 Chris Hani Street,          as personal assistant
the grounds thereof in           LYING FOR INSPECTION              Modimolle                      to former Bela-Bela            Chris Hani Drive, Bela-Bela, 0480, Private Bag X1609, Bela-Bela, 0480
writing, with both the           Notice is hereby given that a
Manager: Planning and            copy of the First and Final
                                                                   Tel: (014) 717 5327/8
                                                                   Docex:
                                                                                                  Mayor Zakes
Development, Bela-Bela           Liquidation and Distribution      Ref: File No: RA3685           Moeletsi.                   Notice is hereby given in terms of section 37 of the Local
Municipality and the             Account in the Estate
undersigned not later than 30
days from 05 October 2018
                                 specified below, will be open
                                 for inspection for all persons
                                                                                                                              Government: municipal structures act, Act No 117 of 1998
or at Private Bag x1609, Bela
Bela, 0480.
                                 interested therein for a period
                                 of 21 days from publication                                                                  as amended that the (2018/2019) ordinary council meeting
EnquiriesTel: 124 Western        hereof at the offices of the
Service Rd, Wood mead            Master of the Magistrate as                                                                  will be held in the council chamber, first floor, Bela-Bela Local
Johannesburg 2191, +27 477       stated. Should no objection
2779/+27 81 740 3427
Email:
                                 thereto be lodged with the
                                 Master concerned during the
                                                                                                                              Municipality building, Chris Hani drive, Bela-Bela on
Nkosinathi.ngubani@huawei.com    specified period, the
(05&12/10).                      Executor will proceed to                                                                     Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 10:00 to consider the
APPLICATION FOR                  make payments in
SPECIAL CONSENT IN
TERMS OF CLAUSE 21 OF
                                 accordance with the                                                                          attached agenda as per the standing rules and orders.
                                 accounts.
THE BELA-BELA LAND-USE           Estate number: 8147/17
SCHEME, 2016, TO                 Surname: LINDE
PERMIT A CONSTRUCTION            First names: WILHELMINA
OF 36M MONOPOLE                  SA Identity number: 101031                                                                   Councillor Moeletsi RZ
TELECOMUNICATION MAST            0019 086                          TK Mashaba                     Lizzy Bapela
Notice is hereby given that,
in terms of Clause 21 of the
                                 Last address: Unit 76,
                                 Renaissance Retirement
                                                                   Journalist - Bela-Bela         Journalist - Bela-Bela      Speaker
                                                                   Sport and Social events        News, Crime, Govern-
Bela-Bela Land-use Scheme        Village, Soetdoring Avenue,
2016, we HUAWEI
                                                                                                  ment
                                 Bela Bela
TECHNOLOGIES AFRICA              Magistrate’s office: Bela Bela    tbeat3@gmail.com               and Advertisements
PTY LTD intend applying to       Master’s office: Pretoria         076 756 9740                   Lizzy.bapela@gmail.com
                                                                                                  072 264 7740
                                                                                                                              Notice Number: 104/18
the Bela-Bela Municipality       Advertiser name and address:
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The BEAT
                                                            12 October, 2018
                                                           Website: diepos.co.za                                     MATRIC PHOTOS                          | 7

       The BEAT editor and reporters are proud to continue to grant the platform for matrics to strut their stuff ahead of the new
         academic year. Here are some stunning shots from Hoërskool Warmbad and Phagameng High School in Modimolle.

Frans Moalamedi (from left), Maidi Mothoa and Barnabas      Donald Tankiso Moreroa and Jurnaid Mashimbi were dazzling       Khutsang Mabusela and Selina Matlou.
Seretse Manyane were part of the matric dance fun.          in their Sunday best. Photo: Mzamane Ringane                    Photo: Mzamane Ringane
Photo: Mzamane Ringane

Strutting their stuff were Neo Thulare
and Dolly Nkoana. Photo: Mzamane         Also looking cool wereWarries and
Ringane                                  Phagameng matrics farewell Thabang
                                                              Ramaselela and
                                                              Joyce Teledi.
                                                              Photo: Mzamane
                                                              Ringane
                                                                                   Itumeleng Molekwa and Nthabiseng
                                                                                   Makari were part of the fashion parade   Thabiso Mahlatsi and Tshepang
                                                                                   hosted by Modimolle’s Phagameng          Makhambeni from Warries too.
                                                                                   High School at the Coro Creek Golf       Photo: TK Mashaba
                                                                                   Estate. In this
                                                                                   picture are
                                                                                   matrics Khutsang
                                                                                   Mabusela and
                                                                                   Selina Matlou.
                                                                                   Photo: Mzamane
                                                                                   Ringane

                                                            The matric dance fever continued to
                                                            blast the Waterberg region with
                                                            Hoërskool Warmbad also taking to the
                                                            catwalk. In the picture are (from left)
                                                            Lucia Rrammuki, Tshegofasto Molefe,
                                                            Gontse Mokoena and Victoria Mutsila.
                                                            Photo: TK Mashaba
Perfect send-off 8The BEAT - Community newspaper - Caxton
The BEAT
                                                                12 October, 2018
8 |                                                            Website: diepos.co.za

  Great Qualitho FC revival at Nedbank Cup                                                                                              3-1 win on penalties against Modimolle
     Mzamane Ringane                                                                                                                    Terrors FC, following a 1-all draw in
                                                                                                                                        regulation time.
  Rapotokwane’s Qualitho FC has                                                                                                           Modimolle Terrors FC looked set to
  advanced to the regional leg of the                                                                                                   advance to the next stages of the
  Nedbank Cup, after outshining its                                                                                                     tournament after eliminating across-
  opponents during the knockout stages.                                                                                                 town arch-rivals Modimolle
   The team first had to defeat Diesel N                                                                                                Troublemakers FC, with a narrow 1-0
  Dust FC of Bela Bela before reaching                                                                                                  triumph, but at the end of the day it was
  the finals, sending it packing from the                                                                                               not to be.
  cup tournament with a narrow 1-0                                                                                                        Qualitho FC, which is now the Stream
  score. In the finals, the Rapotokwane                                                                                                 A winner, was scheduled to take part in
  side crushed the hopes and dreams of                                                                                                  the regional preliminary stages of the
  Mookgophong soccer lovers, after                                                                                                      Nedbank Cup, which would also be
  eliminating the newly-promoted                                                                                                        featuring PJ Stars FC of Mokopane
  Barcelona FC with a 2-0 drubbing.                                                                                                     (Stream B) and Palala Giant Killers FC
   Mookgophong Barcelona FC is yet to                                                                                                   of Lephalale (Stream C).
  start its campaign in the Waterberg                                                                                                     This competition will give Palala Giant
  SAB Regional League, after gaining                                                                                                    Killers FC a second chance to make the
  promotion from the lower                                                                                                              region proud, after failing to gain
  Mookgophong Local Football                                                                                                            promotion to the higher third-tier ABC
  Association.                                                                                                                          Motsepe League.
   The Mookgophong team’s journey to                                                                                                      Palala Giant Killers emerged
  the Nedbank Cup final with Qualitho                                                                                                   Waterberg’s SAB League champions at
  FC was characterised by a walkover        Qualitho FC has qualified for the regional Nedbank Cup tourney.                             the end of last season, but were beaten
  victory against Boys 2 Men FC, and a      Photo: Mzamane Ringane                                                                      during the provincial play-offs.

Opportunity for Modimolle-                                                             Sports stars bring home awards
Mookgophong soccer players

                                                                                                                                                               Coach of the Year
                                                                                                                                                               Thabo
                                                                                                                                                               Molokomme of the
                                                                                                                                                               Kamplits
                                                                                                                                                               Volleyball Club
                                                                                                                                                               Coach.
                                                                                                                                                               Photo supplied

                                                                                          Lizzy Bapela

                                                                                       Sports stars from across the Waterberg did
                                                                                       the region proud on the occasion of the 2018
Some of the players who were selected together with coaches and officials.             Limpopo Sports Awards held in Polokwane
Photo: Mzamane Ringane                                                                 on Saturday 29 September.
                                                                                        Bela-Bela’s Kamplits Volleyball Club
                                            showed up, and also indicated they were    coach, Thabo Molokomme, emerged as
  Mzamane Ringane                           wowed by the talent displayed by these     Coach of the Year, while team manager,
                                            players.                                   Michael Makhubela, won the Special
A total of 64 players from the               As a coach who was once based in the      Excellence Award.
Modimolle-Mookgophong Local                 Waterberg, Mabotja acknowledged that        Another MEC’s Special Excellence award
Football Association (LFA) were             the performance of these young players     went to Softball International umpire, Phuti
selected to go to camp, with a real         reflected a huge improvement in terms of   Kgomo, while Softball SA President and
possibility of being drafted into the       football development in the region.        Limpopo Sports Confederation Treasurer,
programmes of Rising Stars Sports            The coaches started with their mission    Mashilo Mash Matsetela, won the Sports
Academy in Polokwane.                       in Polokwane, moved to Sekhukhune          Administrator of the Year Award.
 The preliminary trials were held by the    then later visited Lephalale and            Other categories included Sports Team of
academy in conjunction with the LFA, at     Modimolle in the Waterberg.                the Year, Sportsman of the Year, Journalist of
Modimolle’s Ephraim Mogale Stadium           “We would like to thank SAFA              the Year, Newcomer of the Year, School
on Friday, 05 October.                      Limpopo, SAFA Waterberg and the LFA        Team of the Year, as well as Developing
 Players from Modimolle, Vaalwater and      for welcoming us, and allowing this        School Team of the Year.
Mookgophong totalling 134 came to try       development to take place,” he said.        On a slightly different level, sports
their luck.                                  The next step from here is the camp,      personalities in attendance were nudged to
 The trials focused on the under-13,        which will be held in Lebowakgomo at a     support – in person – the campaigns of
under-15 and under-17 player categories.    yet to decided venue and date.             Polokwane City Football Club, Black
 Coaches Bethuel Mabotja, Phuti              Modimolle-Mookgophong LFA deputy          Leopards FC and Baroka FC during their
Mabotja and Sophonia Makgoka had            chairperson Happy Kekana said they saw     Premier Soccer League fixtures.
their hands full, having to identify the    potential in the youngsters who
crème de la crème out of a large number     participated in the trials.
of talented players who attended the         He also extended gratitude to among            Schools and other community-
trials.                                     others, the academy and the local              based structures are advised to
 Coach Bethuel Mabotja said he was          municipality for supporting football           communicate with The BEAT on
impressed by the number of players who      development at grassroots level.               johnnymasilela@yahoo.com for
                                                                                            events in their own backyard.
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