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By Martie Pretorius ([email protected])

MOKOPANE - The Mogalakwena Munici-pality has opened a case of fraud at the police’s commercial crime unit after it was defrauded of R5.57-million last week.

A fraudulent transaction, by means of four different payments to so-called service providers, was made from computers within the municipality. “However, the money ended up in different accounts and not that of the rightful service providers,” said mayor

Misdaadvoorkoming is prioriteit vir GPFLEPHALALE - Die plaaslike Gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum het verlede naweek gewys dat hulle ernstig is oor hul vermoë om 'n verskil in die groeiende misdaadprobleem te maak. GPF lede het saam met speurders van die Lephalale polisie aan ‘n misdaad-bekampingsaksie deelgeneem en het sewe verdagtes aangekeer. Die verdagtes word in verband met verskillende misdade deur die polisie gesoek. Die aksie is geloof deur die gemeenskap.

R5.57m transfer scamMalesela Parks Sebatjane in a statement while referring to a report from management. Sebatjane added that they have put mea-sures in place to curb the recurrence of such kind of fraudulent activity and also to protect the municipal sum that is available.

Although it cannot be confirmed whether it is an internal or external matter, Sebatjane said the crime is considered as serious and that urgent measures will be taken, should anyone within the institution be found to have a hand in the act.

Immediately after detecting the fraudu-lent activity, all transactions and payments were frozen by officials in the municipality’s financial department.

The department of provincial treasury (DPT) and the department of corporate governance, human settlements and tra-ditional affairs (CoGHSTA) have already dispatched people to assist the municipality. “We cannot go into lots of details since po-lice investigations are under way,” concluded Sebatjane.

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MOKOPANE - The three suspects in the Charles Mgidi murder case appeared in the Mokopane Magistrate Court on Tuesday only to have the case postponed to 19 August for further investigation and the formulation of the indictment.

Charles Mgidi, owner of a driving school in Mahwelereng, died shortly after he was shot at a filling station in town earlier this year. Desmond Machaba, Samuel Matjila and Patric Sekhu were arrested and face trial after their bail application was denied and the appeal thereof dismissed.

Magistrate André van der Kooi said that the murder case needs to be expedited after the state suggested the case to be postponed

Mgidi murder: case postponedfor three months. The state prosecutor cited that one of the accused is still to ap-pear in court for another murder case - that of the late Gideon Fatana who was shot and killed at his home in Mokopane earlier this year.

The suspects’ defense attorney argued that the case is overdue, Van der Kooi agreed and an earlier date was given.

The Mogalakwena Residents Associa-tion (MRA) and concerned community members marched to the Magistrate Court where they handed over a memorandum of demands to the provincial commissioner of the police and the chief magistrate of the Mokopane Magistrate Court. The memo-randum requests that evidence must not being compromised in any way and for a maximum sentence to be considered.

LEPHALALE – Residents of the same home in Oberholzer street was targeted twice in one week by four suspicious men.

Four men was found inside the yard of the home twice in less than a week. Last week the resident of the home woke up one night and found four unknown men on his property. “Luckily I woke up in time and was able to chase the men away,” he said.

Much to his shock, he woke up on Mon-day night only to find what he suspects may

New acting MM MOKOPANE - The Mogalakwena municipality has appointed Peter Makondo as the new act-ing municipal manager (MM) during a special council meeting held last Friday. Makondo will be serving the Mogalakwena Municipality for three months. He replaces Puledi Selepe who was seconded by the department of corporative governance, human settle-ments and traditional affairs (CoGHSTA) in December 2014. Makondo who has been in local government for 23 years comes from Bokwidi Village (ward 8) of the Mogalakwena Municipality and says he is passionate about service delivery.

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Residents urged to take safety measuresbe same four men in his yard.

Dries Basson, the DA councillor living in the area, says nothing was taken during these incidents. “We followed the tracks of the trespassers but unfortunately we lost it at the plots behind the houses.”

Basson urged residents to be on the lookout for suspicious persons in these areas and to inform the local CPF and po-lice if they find unknown people on their premises.

WITPOORT – Two suspects were arrested after they attempted to rob a business last Sunday.

According to warrant officer Frans Mokoena of the Lephalale SAPS the two suspects allegedly went to a business owned by a foreign national and requested to buy airtime.

The police reports that while the business owner was busy with the transaction one of the suspects allegedly sprayed him with pepper spray.

The business owner then called his landlord who notified members of the community to come and assist them in ap-prehending the suspects.

Both suspects were arrested and will appear in the Lephalale Magistrate court on a charge of business robbery.

Arrested for business robbery


By Martie Pretorius ([email protected])

MOKOPANE - The Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid a criminal charge last week against the acting municipal manager of the Mo-galakwena Municipality last week for de-liberately contravening the National Water Act as well as the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA).

Puledi Selepe, the acting municipal

Water pollution - a ticking time bomb?manager for the Mogalakwena Municipal at the time, faced a criminal investigation after violating the National Water Act 36 of 1998 sections 151 (1) (i) and (2), the (NEMA) National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 sections 49 (A) (1)(e) and (f), section 24 of the constitution as well as a directive of the municipal finance manage-ment act, says the DA in Limpopo. Selepe, however, is replaced by Peter Makondo at a

special council meeting that was held last week Friday.

Member of Parliament (MP) Beyers Smit and DA ward coun-cilor Thapelo Pooe accompanied Northern News to an area in Dudu Madisha street where sewage is overflowing from a sewage pipe into the Dorps

River. The pipe has been cut open by the municipality to overflow when the system is overloaded, said Smit. Test results for E Coli, an infectious and life-threatening virus was tested positive a year ago at the same spot.

“The DA has made calls to the municipal-ity since 2010 to fix the sewerage system. This is deliberate pollution of our rivers which pose a health risk and harm to our environ-ment,” says a concerned Pooe. He added that this caused environmental pollution and degradation while failing to take reasonable measures to address this crisis.

This issue has been brought under the attention of MP Leon Basson serving on the water and sanitation portfolio. Basson indi-cated that he is busy with the problem.

The municipality did not provide feedback by time of going to press.

Thapelo Pooe, DA ward councillor disgustingly points to the sewage pipe that currently overflows into the Dorps River.

LEPHALALE – Two suspects were arrested for possession of suspected stolen property and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition on Friday.

During a crime prevention operation at the Lephalale-Vaalwater T-junction the police searched a vehicle and confiscated plasma TV’s, cell phones and two unlicensed fire-arms with ammunition.

According to warrant officer Frans Mo-koena of the Lephalale police it was later es-tablished that the cell phones were allegedly stolen at Kutse Lodge in Lephalale.

The two suspects, Lucas Popotai and Obed Tomkai, appeared at the Lephalale Magistrate court on Monday and the case was postponed to Friday for a formal bail application.

Roadblock yields success

Municipal clean-upLEPHALALE - The Lephalale Municipality’s waste division held a clean-up campaign in several areas in Lephalale. Eight casual employees in the Expanded Public Works Programme were tasked with clearing the main roads, illegal dumping spots and internal streets in Shongoane 1, 2 and 3; Mokuruanyane and Seleka. In Lephalale members of the hawkers committee joined the team in clearing the hawker stalls area behind Boxer. The municipality visited each stall to ensure that vendors are in possession of informal trading permits as required by the municipal bylaw.

Alcoholics Anonymous meetingsMOKOPANE - Alcoholics Anonymous will host its first meeting for people who are struggling with an addiction problem.

The meeting will be held on 7 July at 18:30 at 48 Retief Street at the Forward in Faith Church (next to the Nedbank ATM’s). For information, call Mari Bezuidenhout at 071 244 1687 or Riaan at 072 035 7318.

MOKOPANE – The Police Station welcomes its new station commander, Col. Siringa Patric Makhubele, who reported at the station in June. Makhubele is born in Mashabela Village in Giyani. He is described as an officer with a lot of experience. He is known for not compromising on service delivery.

New station commander

Tienie te ruste gelêDeur Fransa de Beer

LEPHALALE - Tienie van Staden is Maan-dag begrawe na ‘n lang en moedige stryd teen kanker. Tienie was die adjunkhoof van Hoërskool Ellisras en het ook wiskunde aangebied. Hy was ongeveer 29 jaar be-trokke by EHS en was ‘n bekende boer met 'n liefde vir perde.

In Tienie se familie het nie net die manne perd gery nie, maar ook al die vroue en sy twee kleindogters. Dit was daarom gepas dat die familie vir hom met perde ‘n erewag gery het begraafplaas toe - die twee Arabiere voor in kort-gallop.

Hy gaan baie gemis word. Ons groet hom in die woorde van sy broers (Theunes, JP en Johan): “Ouboet, ons sal jou altyd onthou as ‘n steunpilaar en raadgewer in slegte en in goeie tye. Vir ons was jy altyd bereid om te help. ‘n Broer wat ons op sy hande gedra het. ‘n Rots wat vasgestaan het. Ouboet, dankie vir die inspirasie wat jy vir ons was. Dankie vir al die grappies en kwinkslae, antwoorde en staaltjies en natuurlik die perdekar ritte. Ons sal jou nooit vergeet nie”.

Toe sy kleindogters, Nania en Hildegardt, hoor Oupa Tienie is na Jesus toe sê hulle: “Maar daar lê Oupa se bril nog, hy het ver-

geet om dit saam te vat.” Die kleingoed was baie lief vir Oupa wat ‘n kabouter geken het en altyd lekkergoed in sy sak kon toor. Sy kas was vol “plaaseiers” en daar het lekker-goed muise in sy tuin gegroei.

“As iemand ons hartseer maak wou hy al-tyd hulle neuse tussen hulle oë sit. Ons oupa het ons leer boer in sy sandput. Hy het baie van kinder storieboeke gehou en graag Tom en Jerry saam met ons gekyk. Ons oupa het ons ook leer perdry en dat duiwe die boere roep om die koedoes te skiet.”

Dit was opmerklik dat die graf met min moeite gou toegegooi is deur die baie van Staden manne en vriende. ‘n Kollega het hartseer opgemerk: “Ek het ook ‘n Ouboet verloor.”

MOKOPANE- Hierdie hoërskool leerders van die Potgietersrus CVO Skool is na afloop van die streek redenaars gekies om in Augustus aan die BCVO landswye redenaarskom-petisie in Bloemfontein deel te neem. Hulle is (voor) Sumé Venter en Ilze-Mari van Schalkwyk. Agter: Ida Human, Elizmay le Grange, Liesel van Schalkwyk, Pieter van der Merwe en Louis Boshoff.

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MOKOPANE - Suné Janse van Rensburg represented Marshall Gymnastics Academy at the 18th Annual Wierda Rhythmic Invitational. Suné, a level 6 rhythmic gymnast, performed a free dance routine as well as hoop, ball, and clubs routines. She earned an overall second place. Here she is with coach Marinda Marshall (right).

Bossies neem afskeid LEPHALALE - Laerskool Bosveld Primary het Dinsdag hul rugby- en netbal afslui-tingsfunksie gehou. Die klem het tydens hierdie gesellige aand nie geval op indivi-duele prestasies nie, maar eerder op die bydrae wat elke leerder gelewer het.

Elke leerder wat tydens die ligawed-stryde die skool se spanne verteenwoordig het is beloon met ‘n medalje.

Laerskool Bosveld Primary bedank alle betrokkenes wat gehelp het om van 2015 weer ‘n goeie jaar te maak.

Ellisras presteer by Bray July wedrenneBRAY – Twee jokkies van die Mogolklub Perdry Sub-seksie het verlede naweek deel-geneem aan die jaarlikse Bray July Bosre-sies in Noordwes.

Leandri du Plessis, 'n Graad 9 leerder aan Hoërskool Ellisras behaal 'n tweede plek in die 400m en 'n eerste plek in die 1 000m met die perd Vlam. Sy het ook 'n vyfde plek behaal met Lasanadora.

Dawie Jacobs is die eienaar van albei perde en Leandri se afrigter is Jannie Pistorius.

Willy Rutherford, ‘n voltydse werker by die perdekamp en jokkie vir Olivia Dickenson (HNP stalle), behaal ‘n eerste plek in die 400m en ‘n tweede plek in die 1 100m met Billy Jean. Hy kom ook vyfde in die 2 000m hoof resies met Silver Specialist.

Leandri du Plessis op Vlam.

Skoonheid help tehuisLEPHALALE – Die lieflike Vaughnique van Schalkwyk, Mej. Bosveld 2015 fina-lis, het die eienaars van Bosveld Biltong & Braai Vleismark genader vir ’n borgs-kap ten bate van die Mej. Bosveld lief-dadigheids instansie, die Maroela Oord tehuis vir bejaardes.

Tom van der Westhuizen en Cobus Daffue het hulle harte en sakke oopge-maak met ’n wonderlike borgskap vir die tehuis wat aan tannie Iris oorhandig is.

Op die foto is Tom van der Westhuizen en Cobus Daffue, eienaars van Bosveld Biltong & Braai Vleismark en Vaughnique van Schalkwyk.

Local gymnast is a winner Riders compete in Western Games MOKOPANE – A successful Western Mounted Games day was held at Audrey’s Riding School in conjunction with Dynam-Equest Academy Club with a record break-ing 24 riders competing at the games.

All the riders competed in five different games in four levels which included: Fig8 Flags, Hurry Scurry, Poles, Speed Barrel and Barrel Race. They also had a few newco-mers from SOS Security of whom they are proud, for only starting to ride just a few weeks ago and decided to play the games.

The organisers thanked all the sponsors, judge Tanya Strydom and time keeper Es-telle Benade for making this day a reality.

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The Sorento is a multi-award winning vehicle that is taking the success of its pre-decessor to new levels. In fact, the Sorento represents a notable new level for KIA ve-hicles. With its smoother, swept-back profile and deeply sculpted surfaces, it introduces the next level of sophistication for the third-generation of KIA’s large SUV. This next-level, premium look and feel is echoed in the Sorento’s spacious cabin, which offers more space for up to seven occupants as well as numerous innovative features.

Inspired by a theme, the designers named ‘Streetwolf’, the design changes to the new model and highlights the Sorento’s sleek sinuous profile while creating a sophisticated appearance and a bold on the road pres-ence. The sleeker look of the new Sorento is enhanced by its increased length, reduced height and extra width.

Depending on the model grade, the Sorento is equipped with one of two instru-ment binnacles. In entry-level guise, the new Sorento comes as standard with a 3, 5-inch mono LCD screen, located between two ana-logue dials in the centre of the instrument binnacle that displays all major trip computer information in one place, such as vehicle range and average and instant fuel consump-tion. Higher specification models features a 7-inch colour TFT LCD screen, with an elec-tro-luminescent instrument cluster and digital speedometer that further improves the mod-

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MOKOPANE - Johan Meissenheimer, departementshoof vir natuurwetenskappe aan die Hoërskool Piet Potgieter (HPP) lê na 30 jaar by die skool die tuig neer en sê hy sien uit na sy aftrede.

Meissenheimer is verlede Vrydag tydens die skoolhoof, Jas Hansen se af-skeidstoespraak in die skool se vierkant as ’n 'meester onderwyser' beskryf. “Hulde word gebring aan ’n onderwyser wat ’n passie het vir kinders en vir opvoeding in sy geheel,” het Hansen gesê terwyl hy aan die skool ver-tel het watse diep spore Meissenheimer in die skool getrap het.

Sy onderwysloopbaan het reeds in 1978 afgeskop by die Hoërskool Frikkie Meyer in Thabazimbi en sewe jaar daarna word hy bevorder tot departementshoof by HPP. Meissenheimer was altesaam 37 jaar in die onderwys. Uit sy huwelik met Annatjie wat ook ’n onderwyser is, is hulle twee seuns, Johan en Johnny, gebore.

Dié beskeie onderwyser, wat op ’n tyd HPP se tweede rugbyspan afrigter was, sê een van sy hoogtepunte was toe sy span in 2005 vir die eerste keer in jare Hoërskool Hans Strijdom op hulle veld geklop het.

Meissenheimer sê hy sal vir altyd die

Hoof sê dankie vir 30 jaar diens

herinneringe van leerders wat lewensweten-skap geniet het koester. Hy het verwys na kinders wat vandag studeer vir hul doktoraat in plantkunde. Hy was ook ’n eksaminator en moderator vir biologie in Limpopo.

Ondanks ’n staatmaker onnie, sê Hansen sal Meissenheimer onthou word deur ouer leerders vir sy betrokkenheid in die kom-mando's en kadette.

Watter gedagte hy wil hy graag vir leerders nalaat? “My wens is vir respek om terug te keer vir onderwysers in skole,” sê die man wat lief is vir hengel en noem ook dat sy hart ’n punt trek na die witsand.

Hoërskool Piet Potgieter se hoof Jas Hansen aan die sy van Johan Meissenheimer wat verlede Vrydag afgetree het.

Die Kierieklapper Kunstefees sal vanjaar vir die vyftiende keer aangebied word ten bate van die Potgietersrus Dienssentrum vir Bejaardes. Vanjaar se vieringe is spesiaal omdat die 15 jaar oor 5 dae gevier word. Die hooffees vind plaas tussen 6 en 8 Augustus op die feesterrein by Hoërskool Piet Potgieter.

All new Kia Sorento ern form and function of the interior while displaying all relevant journey information which the driver can select from the multi-function steering wheel. As the latest model in KIA’S modern vehicle line-up, the Sorento is available to customers with a range of multimedia entertainment options. All mod-els come as standard with a Radio/CD/MP3 player, as well as multimedia ports for USB and AUX-in connections, and six speakers around the cabin. In entry-level models, information is displayed on a 3, 8-inch display, while higher specification grades feature a 4, 3-inch colour touch screen that incorporates the rear-parking camera.

The increased torsional rigidity of the new bodyshell (up by 14% compared to the outgoing model) provides an excellent foun-dation for both enhanced refinement and improved safety. NVH-reducing measures adopted for the new Sorento include new soundproofing material for the transmission tunnel, a 29% thicker dashboard sound-proofing panel, larger engine and transmis-sion mounts for greater powertrain refine-ment and, for diesel models, a new DPF cover and an acoustic shield integrated into the engine’s timing chain cover.

Available in five-or-seven-seat versions, the new Sorento features 40/20/40 second row split folding seats for improved versatil-ity, with a higher folding centre armrest. De-pending on the model grade, the second-row seats can be remotely folded by conveniently located levers in the side of the cargo-bay.

The Sorento 2.4 LS comes as standard with a four-year / 90 000km service plan, while LX,EX and SX models include a five-year / 100 000km maintenance plan.

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