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MARIBASHOEK – In ’n area waar daar met eksotiese wild geboer word, kan ’n luislang vir groot skade sorg. Hierdie 3.7m luislang mannetjie is op Hannes Moulder se plaas buite Mokopane gevang nadat hy ’n jong split-roobok rammetjie gevang het verlede Donderdag. Die slang is deur slangvanger, Pieter Swanepoel, self ’n boer in die area, gevang en vrygelaat in die Blouberg Natuurreservaat. “Hierdie was nog ’n jong luislang, want volwasse luislange kan tussen vier en ses meter lank word,” sê Swanepoel. Luislange is ’n beskermde spesie en Swanepoel moedig boere aan om hom te skakel by 082 336 6200 vir gratis verwydering, eerder as om hulle dood te maak. In Lephalale kan Reptile Rescue geskakel word by 072 174 6970.

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MOKOPANE – Taxi boss Samuel Matjila appeared in the Mokerong magistrate court in Mahwelereng along with his co-accused, Samuel Tshilambamvhau, last week Friday following the alleged assassination of Dan-ny Baloyi in 2004.

Baloyi was shot and killed 12 years ago in what was believed to be an assassination. The main suspect in this case is Samuel Tshilambamvhua, but Samuel Matjila, the owner of a fleet of taxi’s in Mahwelereng, was recently implicated as a suspect.

Tshilambamvhua was granted bail of R3000 and Matjila will remain in custody for his al-leged involvement in two other high profile murder cases (Gideon Fatana and Charles Mgidi) the trial of which is set for respectively 3 to 13 May and 31 May to 10 June. Tshilambamvhua and Matjila are expected to appear in the Mokerong court on 24 March.

Taxi boss in court again

Taxi boss, Samuel Matjila, outside the Mokerong magistrate court last Friday.

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Planned power outage LEPHALALE - There will be a planned power outage for a section of Lephalale on 8 March from 07:00-18:00. Please view electricity as live throughout the outage.

The affected area includes Herman, Ellis, Jan Lee, Marula Mile, George Avgos, Bospa-trys, Gompou and surrounding areas. It will also include Pick /n Pay, Palm Park Hotel, the Police Station, Pika, Tambotie Garage as well as Toyota and the surrounding of Ellisras Bou and Hardware. In short all the relevant places that received electricity late during the outage on 24 February will be affected.

Onthou om te registreerLEPHALALE – 5-6 Maart is registrasie naweek vir die munisipale verkiesing.

Astrid Basson, raadslid vir die DA, herin-ner kiesers dat die munisipale wyke in die dorp verander het. “Kiesers moet asseblief seker maak dat hulle by die korrekte stem-lokale geregistreer is omdat kwessies soos munisipale dienste, paaie en parke deur raadslede op munisipale vlak hanteer word.”

Vir navrae kan Basson gekontak word op 082 822 9027 of kiesers kan die onafhank-like verkiesing kommissie (OVK) kantore be-soek langs die munisipale biblioteek.

LEPHALALE - Lephalale Municipality, in partnership with the department of social development, donated school uniforms to learners from eleven schools in local villages at Thabo Mbeki community hall on last Tuesday.

The learners were identified by local councilors and social workers and form part of an initiative that seeks to give children a head start in life by providing products and services to fulfill their emotional and physi-

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MOKOPANE – Die Mokopane Besigheidskamer het verlede week tydens die jaarvergadering, hul nuwe bestuurslede bekendgestel. Hulle is (van links): Piet de Bruyn (tweede vise-president), Andy Goetsch (president), Hilary Knight (eerste vise-president) en Dalene van Eyk (tesourier). Agter: Francois du Toit, Elize Jordaan, Elaine Jansen van Rensburg, Corinus Du Toit, Ford Winnertz en Lunessa Joubert.

New clothes for needy kidscal needs. It imperatively seeks to address the socio-economic situation of people in Lephalale.

Lephalale Mayor, Jack Maeko, thanked the social workers for the work done by them and also urged teachers to support the learn-ers when they encounter challenges. He in-dicated that he will embark on a programme of donating Ipads to local schools with the aim of assisting learners with internet acces-sibility.

BOTSALANONG – A woman with a big heart, Kedibone Kgomo, donated school bags and stationery to underprivi-leged children at Kgomomokga-lo Primary School on Monday. “I assist children with their homework in the afternoons,” says Kgomo, “but realised that some of the children were need of school uniforms and statio-nery.” She started looking for sponsors to help donate these items. Kgomo said she handed out the donations at an event attended by representatives of the department of education last Monday.

Helping hand for underprivileged kids

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CRECY – Die drie mans wat daarvan beskul-dig word dat hulle vir Nico en Annetjie Mulder aangerand en beroof het, tydens ‘n plaasaanval in Januarie, se borgaansoek is verlede week deur die Mokopane Land-droshof geweier.

Die beskuldigdes sal na verwagting Vrydag (vandag) weer in die hof verskyn nadat hulle Maandag, ook tydens ‘n hofverskyning gevra het om regshulp in te win.

Die Mulder egpaar is die betrokke oggend van 10 Januarie op hulle plaashuis op die plaas Klippunt, tussen Roedtan en Mookgo-phong, deur drie mans oorval en aangerand nadat hulle vasgebind is. Annetjie het ernstige ribbeserings opgedoen en is in die hospitaal opgeneem.

Danksy ‘n reuse spanpoging deur lede van Die Spoorsnyers (‘n groep reserviste wat die polisie bystaan tydens plaasaanvalle), boere in die omgewing en die polisie, is die booswigte enkele kilometers van die plaashuis vasgetrek. Daar is ook beslag gelê op gesteelde vuurwapens en kontant. Die inhegtenisname van die verdagtes is ook bespoedig met die hulp van Quintus Enslin en Richard Nicolson wat onderskeidelik 'n helikopter en vaste vlerk vlieg-tuig aangewend het om vanuit die lug ‘n arendsoog

Geen borg vir vermeende aanvallers

Twee van drie vermeende aanvallers wat in Januarie danksy ‘n reuse spanpoging vasgetrek is etlike ure nadat die Mulder egpaar in die Crecy area by hulle plaashuis Klippunt aangeval is. Foto: verskaf

op die operasie te hou. “Ons is teleurgesteld in die onnodige vertraging

van die saak. Hierdie slagoffers is erg mishandel en gemartel. Die reg moet sy gang gaan en die misda-digers moet gestraf word,” het Ockert Scherman, Japie Spanio en Nantes Kelder as verteenwoordigers van die Transvaalse Landbou-unie (TLU) na die hofverskyning gesê. Kelder, ‘n oud polisiebeampte en verteenwoordiger van Afriforum, bied ook trauma ontlonting aan slagoffers van plaasaanvalle.

POLOKWANE - While Limpopo premier Chuba Mathabatha’s, State of the Province speech in Polokwane last Friday had a lot of positive news, he did little to ad-dress the increase in violent crimes and service delivery protests in the province.

“Our approach to fighting crime is through community mobilisation and cooperation," he said. We continue to engage com-munities through outreach programmes which are necessary to foster the culture of trust and coopera-tion.”

While he indicated that the police are engaging in anti-crime community mobilisation programmes which include crime awareness campaigns, Imbizos, exhibitions and school visits, he did not expand on any plans to minimise the levels of crime.

Mathabatha did, however, focus on the disabling drought. “It is important to emphasise two points. The first thing to note is that Limpopo is a water scarce province which faces challenges of drought from time to time; secondly, drought is a natural phenomenon that cannot be prevented.”

Limpopo was declared a disaster area in No-vember 2015 and R3-million was set aside to assist affected farmers through the provision of livestock feeds. An additional amount of R51-million was also re-prioritized from other areas to assist with fodder and livestock water required by communal small scale and subsistence farmers in Limpopo.

Even though the negative economic climate played a definite role in Limpopo's performance,

Mixed bag for State of Province Addressthere were still some good news. “Last year only two municipali-ties spent above 50% of their Municipal Infra-structure Grant (MIG), but we are beginning to see an increase in expenditure this

year with Lephalale municipality spending 98.24% of their MIG,” Mathabatha said.

Lephalale municipality was also lauded for their unqualified audit status last year. “Municipalities that continue to perform below par by receiving disclaimers and adverse opinions are Mopane District, Vhembe, Ephraim Mogale, Thabazimbi, Mogalakwena and the Greater Tubatse municipalities are still a concern.”

Mathabatha also stated that the Minister of Public Works convened a technical team to assist with the implementation of water reticulation to communities adjacent to mega-projects affecting the water quality in the Sekhukhune District, Polokwane and Mogala-kwena local municipalities.

“We have reduced the dependency index from eight in 2006 to six in 2014,” he said. This means that in Limpopo for every one person employed there are an average of six people who are dependent on the income of that person. “Although this drop in dependency signifies progress it is still unacceptably high and we must work much harder to reduce it to at least three. This will significantly improve household income.”

* Violent crime levels not addressed

* Service delivery protests were not addressed

* Mogalakwena municipality perform below par

* Lephalale municipality lauded for its unqualified audit status in 2015

* Water reticulation projects planned for Mogalakwena

LEPHALALE – Tempers flared during the election of the Stu-dent Representative Council (SRC) at the Lephalale TVET College last Friday.

DA councilor Stephen Ma-namela says the voting process was peaceful, but when the results were announced, a skirmish ensued between the Democratic Alliance Students Organisation (DASO) chair-person and members of South African Student Congress (SASCO). “Esrom Setho, a DA representative, was giving an interview to Lephalale FM when one of the SASCO members [physically] attacked him.”

Setho sustained small lacerations on his hands. “The SRC is supposed to represent all students in matters concerning the college and it is unfortu-nate that we had to experience this assault at the end of a successful day,” Manamela said. DASO won four of the nine seats on the SRC while SASCO will represent the remaining five seats. “We experienced isolated cases of intimidation, but I think the level of maturity shown by most of the students is a indication that the young generation is willing to move forward.”

Tempers flare at SRC voting

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MOKOPANE – The two suspects accused of raping and robbing a woman (55) at Die Stop restaurant, south of Mokopane, last year's appeared in the Mokopane magistrate court on Monday.

The charge of rape against them is pending as the court is awaiting DNA test results for the victim, sergeant Irene Masingi, spokesperson of the Mokopane police station, said.

The victim was overpowered by two unknown men after locking up the restau-rant. She was walking to her cottage when the incident occurred. One of the suspects forced her into her cottage where he raped her while the other suspect stole cash and goods from the restaurant.

Lucky Sithole (32) and Joseph Moyo (23) remain in police custody as they are also suspects in various cases that oc-curred between October to November last year. They are linked to cases varying from possession of suspected stolen property and house breaking and theft. They are expected to appear in court again on 14 April.

Rape case: Court awaits evidence

Armed robbers target jewelery storeMOKOPANE – Three armed suspects are still at large after robbing the Sterns jewellery store in Thabo Mbeki drive last Saturday morning.

Sergeant Irene Masingi, a spokesperson of the Mokopane police station, said in a report that two unknown armed women and one man entered the shop after hitting the store's security guard over the head. The guard sustained minor injuries.

The suspects then demanded that the staff hand over jewellery and an undisclosed amount of cash.

They fled the scene of the crime and no one has been arrested. Police say that an inves-tigation is underway.

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

MOKOPANE – The new suspect in the Charles Mgidi/Gideon Fatana murder, Thomas Sithole, who recently appeared at the Mokopane magistrate's court, has been served with an indictment last week Thursday. He is expected to appear in the Polokwane high court for his trial that is set for 30 May to 10 June.

All together six suspects are now facing charges for the murder of Charles Mgidi and Gideon Fatana who was killed within two weeks from one another in Mokopane last year. Mgidi was killed at a filling station in Mokopane only days af-ter Gideon Fatana, a taxi owner, was gunned down at his house in Mokopane.

The other five suspects in this case are set to appear at the Polokwane high court for respectively 3 to 13 May and 31 May to 10 June.

New murder suspect to face high court

Missing personsMOGALAKWENA – The police in Mahwelereng is urging any-one with information about two missing men to contact them urgently.

Two men from Mahwelereng and Sekgakgapeng has been reported missing. The police is asking for assistance in finding them. Anyone with information can contact w/o Malele at the Mahwelereng police station at (015) 483 5014.

Left: Petros Donald Matloa (25), also known as Donny from Sekgakgapeng was also reported missing. Matloa was last seen on 27 February. He was wear-ing a green t-shirt and blue overall. Contact Linah Matloa at 072 560 6614.

Right: Khachane Piet Molonyama (40) is 1.6m tall. Molonyama has a beard and mustache. He was last seen wearing blue trousers and white and brown t-shirt.

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MOKOPANE – Hier is die atlete van die Potgietersrus CVO Skool wat trofeë tydens die onlangse Noord-Transvaal Atletiek byeenkoms verower het. Hulle gaan op 18 en 19 Maart ook deel wees van die SA atletiek span wat aan die BCVO landswye atletiekbyeenkoms in Salsolburg gaan deelneem. Hulle is van links voor: Muniel Genis (beste laerskool meisies baanatleet) en Evan Pretorius (laerskool Victor Ludorum en beste laerskool seuns veldatleet). Agter: Jandri Venter (hoërskool Victrix Ludorum), Mariska Genis (beste hoërskool meisies veld atleet) en Thinus Botha (Hoërskool Victor Ludorum en beste hoërskool seuns baanatleet).

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MOOKGOPHONG - Hoërskool Ellisras se atlete het verlede week hul skool se naam hoog gehou tydens die Interhoër.

Cameron Morgan wen ‘n silwer medalje, Steyn van Staden wen goud in hoogspring seuns o/16 en silwer in 800m naelloop. Loutjie Steenekamp stel ‘n nuwe rekord op in die 400m hekkies en wen ook twee goue medaljes. Neil Steenkamp en Divan Geldenhuys wen onderskeidelik goue en silwer medaljes vir hoogspring seuns o/15. Conrad Prinsloo wen goud vir diskus seuns o/15 en Johan van Niewenhuisen wen twee silwer medaljes.

Larissa Nel wen 'n allemintige drie goue medaljes terwyl John Mogohloana en Charné Vosloo albei twee goue medaljes wen. Domonique Bezuidenhout wen ‘n derde plek vir verspring en TJ de Beer wen ‘n silwer medalje vir hekkies. Murangi Sithari, Nelia Grobler en Clifford Els wen ook elk ‘n gouemedalje.

Atlete maak EHS trots

Bo: EHS se eerste plek wenners. Van links voor: Charnè Vosloo twee goud, Loutjie Steenekamp twee goud en ‘n rekord, Larissa Nel drie goud, Steyn van Staden een goud, Bernice Moller een goud, Clifford Els een goud. Agter: Murangi Sithari een goud, Nelia Grobler een goud, Neil Steenkamp een goud, John Mogohloana twee goud, Conrad Prinsloo een goud.

Regs: Loutjie Steenekamp.

Heel regs: EHS se hoof, Louis Campbell, saam met Conrad Prinsloo (goud diskus s o/15) en Johan van Niewnehuisen (seuns o/15 2 silwer medaljes).

Help ‘n hondjieLEPHALALE – Die Dierebeskermings-vereniging (DBV) se hokke is weer vol en hierdie pragtige klein hondjie is op soek na ‘n familie. Die DBV doen weereens ‘n beroep op mense om ‘n hondjie aan te neem en sodoende die diere 'n veilige huis vol liefde te bied.

Way to go, Lucas!

MARAPONG – Lucas Mabula, a learner at Nelsonskop Primary, will be representing his school at the Limpopo trials this month. He is the only athlete from his school who will be taking part in the competition. This talented boy is ready to make light work of the u/13 high jump category.

MOKOPANE – Die Laerskool Krugerpark redenaars, wat verlede Woensdag aan ‘n interne redenaarskompetisie deelgeneem het, gaan hul vaardighede op die proef stel by die eerste rondte van die landswye ATKV redenaarskompetisie wat op 15 April by Curro Heuwelkruin in Polokwane gaan plaasvind.

Krugies praat met passie!

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MOKOPANE – Hoërskool Piet Potgieter (HPP) het by die 53ste Bosveld Interhoër verlede Saterdag die beker vir beste presteerders opgeraap. Hulle was kort op Hoërskool Frikkie Meyer se hakke en het algeheel tweede geëindig met ’n groottotaal van 581 punte teenoor die wenskool se 606 punte.

HPP se top-tien atlete is soos volg: Wilma Nel is die top atleet. Sy het in die gewigstoot vir meisies o/14, ’n afstand van 11.77m be-haal. Luzaan Taljaard het tydens haar deelname aan die gewigstoot vir meisies o/16, 11.79m vêr gestoot. Mirieck Griessel se afstand in die gewigstoot vir meisies o/19 is 10.84m en Marnus Uys wat vierde op die top-tien-lys is, het ’n nuwe rekord opgestel tydens sy deelname aan die 100m vir seuns o/19. Sy tyd is 10.5 sek. Dié blit-sige atleet (foto regs) het ook die 45-jaar-oue rekord in die 200m vir seuns o/19 ge-ewenaar en is as die beste baanatleet aangewys.

Antonette Brits het ’n afstand van 9.77m bereik in die gewigstoot vir meisies o/14. Lachelle de Beer het die 90m hekkies vir meisies o/14 in 14.9 sek kafgedraf. Pontsho Ngobeni se deelname aan die 3000m vir seuns o/19 is in 9:08.6 sek voltooi en besorg aan hom ’n sewende plek in die top-tien atlete. Johnty Darvall het die 100m hekkies vir seuns o/17 in 15,0sek voltooi. Sello Nyawene het in die 1500m vir seuns o/19 ’n tyd van 4:06.9 sek aangeteken en Andie Kriel se afstand in gewigstoot vir meisies o/17 is 9.80m.

Tesame met die prestasie beker het HPP atlete ook die volgende trofeë verower: Meisies aflos; seuns aflos; junior en senior meisies en beste meisies span.

HPP spog met sewe trofeë!

HPP se top-tien atlete wat hulle uitstekend van hulle taak gekwyt het by verlede Saterdag se interhoër atletiekbyeenkoms op Mookgophong. Voor van links, Sello Nyawene; Pontsho Ngobeni; Antonet Brits; Wilma Nel; Lachelle de Beer en Marnus Uys. Agter, Luzaan Taljaard; Andie Kriel; Mirieck Griessel en Johnty Darvall.

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

MOKOPANE – Becoming a scientist is not meant for anyone. Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala (37), whose roots lie in Mokopane, chased his dream and became a doctoral scientist whose research in infectious diseases is flourishing.

Mohlopheni attended school at Masodi High School in Mahwelereng. His interest in science was first triggered by the desire to help find a cure for HIV/ AIDS as the illness’ devastating effects made a real impression on him as a teenager. This determined sci-entist is working on the developing thera-peutic and diagnostic tools to fight tuber-culosis (TB). He also boasts a remarkable curriculum vitae consisting of a long list of skills and achievements in science.

He decided to pursue a science career in infectious diseases, receiving his BSc and Honours degrees at the University of Lim-popo. Mohlopheni earned his PhD degree in Chemical Pathology at the University of Cape Town. His doctoral research was awarded the Bronte Stewart Research Prize for the most meritorious thesis submitted by a doctoral student in 2008.

This scientist does not lack ambition as his list of expertise just goes on. Besides numerous awards for his scientific and voluntary work and being the chairperson of the health sciences postdoctoral associa-tion at the University of Cape Town, he was most recently honoured as a young scientist at the 2015 World Economic Forum New Champions Meeting in China. In the same year Mohlopheni was a special guest at the Commonwealth Day reception in London

Scientist has roots in Mokopane

where he met Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh.

Mohlopheni hopes to discover new therapeutic and diagnostic tools to combat infectious diseases mostly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa. He hopes to contribute to-wards public dialogues that will help inform better health policies. He also envisions building capacity in Africa by training PhD students from disadvantaged communities.

He has just returned to the country after spending four years at Harvard University in the US, to take an appointment at the Uni-versity of Cape Town as a senior lecturer in the department of pathology.

Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala (37) whose roots lie in Mo-kopane chased his dream and became a doctoral scientist whose research in infectious diseases is flourishing.

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DELMAS - Mogol Rugby het deelgeneem aan ‘n rugby dag in Delmas op Saterdag, 27 Februarie.

Die manne het gewys dat hul nie terugstaan vir Oosrand Polisie nie met ‘n wentotaal van 17-14. Nills Meiring is aangewys as speler van die wedstryd. Daar is ook ‘n geluk-kige trekking gehou en Boela van Heerden wen die eerste prys (wat ‘n rooibok was). Jurg van Heerden wen R700 se vleis van Bosveld Biltong en Braai en Mathew Brink stap met twee kaste bier weg vir sy vierde prys.

MOKOPANE – Two talented fencers, Eben Wagner and Andrew Howitt of the Eresabel Fencing Club in Mokopane, will be traveling to Bourges, France, soon where both will compete in the upcoming 2016 Cadet and Junior World Fencing Championships.

Howitt has also been selected to partici-pate in the Senior African Championships in Algeria that will be held shortly after the junior championships.

For the 15-year-old Wagner it is a first time to qualify in both epee and foil. This young fencer will compete against u/17’s at the Cadet and Junior World Fencing Cham-pionships. Howitt (19) will join Wagner on junior level with sabre and epee followed by strict competition on senior level at the Se-nior World Fencing Championships.

Eresabel club, established in 1996,

Fencers awarded national colourshas an astonishing record which has been sustained over the years. Lizette Gordon became the club’s first King Protea in 1999 and ever since, the club has had a top fencer representing SA on numerous occasions. Gordon was a RSA representative fort three times followed by Rona Schröder who also represented the country for three years. Emil Schröder followed four times and Andrew Howitt proudly represented RSA for five years.

The government however only finances selected participation internationally. A plea for financial sponsorship is requested, as parents and the club does not have sufficient funds for both fencers. Readers who want to reach out to them can contact Mark Howitt at 082 496 1800 or Frik Wagner at 072 905 8504.

Two talented fencers, Andrew Howitt and Eben Wagner from the Eresa-bel Fencing Club will soon be travelling overseas for the upcoming Ju-nior and Senior African Fencing Championships.

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