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The first day of school is often a day filled witha range of emotions, fear, anxiety, hope, fun andexcitement. Although it was showering in themorning of Wednesday 14 January duringschool’s opening day, Grade R pupils atKenneth Masikela Primary School in Tafelkopwore full uniform and attended school for thefirst time in their lives.While a few clung to their parents, others werehappy to join the big school assembly at 7:15

Smiles and tears on firstday of 'big school'

and be told what they could expect this year.Parents stood listening to teachers, at the sametime trying to re-assure the young ones thatschool was fun.“We took forms last year already to register ourchildren for Grade R. We only came back thisyear to ensure our children on this first day ofschool that school is fun. My son is veryhappy. He can’t wait to go to class. As you cansee he doesn’t even seem to care about me

anymore,” said one of the parents.“I woke up early at 5am to prepare my little onefor schooling for the first day. Although sheseemed stressed a little when asking too manyquestions about the situation of her new school,she was glad when we arrived to find that someof her classmates were attending the same daycare centre she attended. She even commentedthat she was happy to start school becausethey won’t make them sleep like at the day care

centre,” said another parent.An educator at Kenneth Masikela PrimarySchool Mrs Mononyane said it was exciting towelcome new little ones at school. She saidsome were uncomfortable as they were cryingbut they managed to comfort them and theyended up understanding the new school envi-ronment.Kenneth Masikela Primary School registered130 Grade R pupils this year.

Pupils were comforted by educatorsafter crying uncontrollably when at-tending school for the first time atKenneth Masikela Primary School inTafelkop.

Some Grade R learners were refusingto be left behind by their parents onthe school’s re-opening day.

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With an overall percentage of 82.5%, MoutseCentral Circuit has topped the Moutse ClusterCircuits again this year. The circuit retainedtheir number one spot in the 2014 metric resultswith an outstanding performance in their tensecondary schools. Again this year the circuitremains on top of all 33 Sekhukhune Circuitswith an increase of more that 4% compares toits 2013's 78%. This year Moutse Central Circuithas beaten the odds by obtaining position 4 outof 133 circuits in Limpopo Province.During the Limpopo Provincial metric resultsannouncements at The Range Hotel inPolokwane, Moutse Central Circuit was awardeda trophy and certificate of excellence by actingMEC of Education in Limpopo Jerry Ndou, forits outstanding performance in the 2014 metricresults.The Moutse Central Circuit Manager Mr.Vilakazi told the Dispatch that the circuit retainsits number one spot through team work be-tween all stakeholders taking part throughoutthe year to ensure best results."This includes our dedicated educators, prin-

Moutse Central Circuit retains its numberone spot in Sekhukhune

cipals, Head of Departments (HOD), SchoolGoverning Bodies (SGB), Cluster Committeesand parents. Learner's study groups also con-tributed a lot in our achievements," he said.Vilakazi went on and said: "Parents played animportant role to ensurethe success of theirchildren by allowing them to take part in extralessons that were taking place in the mornings,afternoons and also at night. This includeswinter, weekends and holidays classes; in par-ticular, our lessons are preceding each andeveryday. We adopted a culture where all oursecondary schools open their gates and doorsduring the first day of schooling and closes atthe end of the year when we are waiting for theresults. Parents were also voluntarily provid-ing security during our overnight studyingthroughout the whole of the schools last termjust before the final examinations. The sameparents were urged to spend the whole night atschools while their children were busy withtheir study groups."He said their partnership with Non GovernmentOrganizations (NGO) such as Room-to-Read

has contributed tremendously all these years,to groom pupils from the primary level. He saidthe NGO donates books and also build librariesto ensure a habit of reading among primaryschool children and to improve the standard ofliteracy in primary schools."Local businesses such as Moteti Pick n Payalso play a typical role by rewarding eighthardworking learners in the circuit with bursa-ries every year. The shop is also contributingtowards our ceremonies and credit must begiven to the Pick n Pay Moteti Top spot ownerMr. Felix Sithole. The entrepreneur usuallydonates school uniforms to top learners perschool in the circuit," he said.Vilakazi said the curriculum advisors from theSekhukhune District Office and other compo-nents such as quality assurance contribute alot."The circuit staff is always on top of the gameby offering everyday support to our schools.They even avail themselves on weekends.Through prayers and motivations by localchurches, our learners become able to cope

with challenges theycome across duringthe year," he added.He said the municipal-

ity awards bursaries to good performing disad-vantaged learners to further their studies andpave a bright future."Local SANCO continuously visit our schoolsto deal with issues that rendering with oureducation system. The role of other circuitssuch as Moutse East Circuit, Groblersdal Cir-cuit and Moutse West Circuit played a majorrole by availing resources and giving support,"he concluded.The award winning circuit fielded more than 800class of 2014 metric learners in its 10 secondaryschools. Ramatshagalala Secondary Schoolcame on top with 95.90%, Tadimane SecondarySchool followed in the second position with93.02%. Dibathuto Secondary School came thirdwith 91.78% and Sebakanaga Secondary Schoolis fourth by obtaining 89.23%. 2013's numberone, Thejane Secondary School is now in thefifth position with 82.82% and St Josefs Com-prehensive School obtained the sixth positionwith 79.62%. In the seventh positions is TlhakoSecondary School with 74.57% followed byDithamaga Secondary School in the eighthposition with 70.00. Mohlabetsi SecondarySchool occupied the ninth position with 48.71%and Reitumetse Secondary School is at thebottom with a disappointing 46.66%.

Moutse EastCircuit to focus

on quality resultsin 2015

Despite getting an overall of 58.96% in the 2014 metric results, MoutseEast Circuit is now concentrating to get quality results in the 2015academic year. The circuit caters six secondary schools beyond itsboundaries in villages such as Ntwane, Thabakhubedu and OR Tambo.According to the Circuit Manager Mr. BZ Stewart, they want to concen-trate on quality results this year by focusing mainly on critical subjects.“Subjects such as Mathematics, Physical Science and Accounting seemto be challenging to most of our learners. Now we want to put focus onthese subjects to improve our results in this circuit,” he said.He added that a number of their matriculates, who didn’t make it, failedthese critical subjects which is why the circuit will put more effort toensure good results at the end of the year. He further said that last yearthe circuit has also supplied pupils with bursary information andapplication forms to make sure that their matriculates occupy spaces intertiary institutions around the country. He said the matriculates will nowhave to go to check with their funders to go and further their studies inthe institutions of their choice. He said in their six secondary schools,Ramogosetsi Secondary School come first with a 79.31%, OR Tambocame second with 75.67% and Nala Secondary School is in the thirdposition with 71.17%. Sereme Combined School is fourth with 65.38%,Mohlamme Secondary School occupied the fifth position with a 48.59%in the sixth position is Kgothala Secondary School with a 41.46%.“Last year we had 502 learners who wrote the final metric examination.Out of this number, we managed to have 59 learners who obtainedbachelors to study in various universities. We also have 112 diplomaswhich is also a great achievement to us and 105 learners obtained highercetificates. These figures make up a 296 total achieved learners in oursecondary schools. Our overall circuit average is 58.96 and we hope thatthe number will rise in the 2015 academic year,” he concluded.

Marble Hall Police arrested a 22-year-old Nigerian male in possession ofan undisclosed number of illegal substances the police said. Accordingto Constable Lethunya Mmuroa from Marble Hall SAPS, the suspect wasarrested on Saturday 3 January at Marble Hall Town.Mmuroa said the substance suspected to be tick, rock and unknown pills.All drugs were sent to the laboratory for verification.“The police spotted the suspect whilst patrolling in the area. Theysearched him and they found several plastics loaded with illegal sub-stances inside his pocket. He was arrested immediately,” he said.The suspect briefly appeared before Marble Hall Magistrate’s Courtyesterday and he was denied bail. Investigation continues.

Marble Hall Police arresteda suspected drug dealer

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Two Sekhukhune Secondary Schools Makidi Secondary School andSethula Secondary School, obtained a zero percentage pass in 2014metric results. The statement was made by the Limpopo Department ofEducation during the results announcement on Tuesday 6 January.Another school that also obtained a zero percentage is SeroletshidiSecondary School in the Waterberg District.The Limpopo Department of Education's Curriculum Manager OniccaDederen said all three schools had a very low learner’s enrolment in the2014 academic year. She said the low enrolment may be affecting thepupil’s performance in class.She added that the schools had a very low metric enrolment. SethulaSecondary had seven candidates, Makidi Secondary had nine andSeroletshidi had only three candidates in the metric 2014 examinationclass.“The trend with schools with very low enrolment is that they performpoorly, hence the necessity to merge these schools. The results alsoshowed that the Sekhukhune and Waterberg Districts’ performancedeclined,” she said.

0% metric passrate at two

Sekhukhune highschools

Big day forRammupudu

Grade Rpupils

The community of Ntwane Village in Ward 10 is now taking the matter of irregular allegation of RDP houses to the MECafter the Mayor of Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Cllr Julia Mathebe failed to act.According to Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor in Elias Motsoaledi Mokhine Pitje, a final report concerning thematter was sent to the Mayor in September last year by the Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settlementand Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA).According to Pitje, the report states the findings after an investigation by CoGHSTA that the beneficiaries wereoverlooked when RDP houses were built.“After the report was given to the Mayor, I personally wrote a letter to her requesting that the matter be in discussionin the Elias Motsoaledi Council but she failed. I then organized a community meeting where the local South AfricanCommunist Party also engaged her and she also didn’t come,” he said.Pitje said: “It seems like our superiors in the municipality neglect the community of Ntwane as we started to try andresolve this matter with then Mayor Wendy Matemane but she failed. The current mayor is also failing us; now we don’tknow where to turn to.”He said the Ntwane community tried to engage the mayor requesting her to come and present the CoGHSTA final reportto them and she refused to come.“We are now in the process of engaging the Limpopo CoGHSTA MEC Mmakoma Makhurupetje in this matter becausethe mayor failed. We demand the MEC to dismiss the mayor as she failed to act. The mayor is also incompetent becauseshe did nothing in the municipality since she took over the office,” he said.Pitje went on and said the matter was taken to different radio stations in the province and the mayor refused to commenton air.“The mayor is there for no reason and she must be removed as she fails the community. She is incompetent and sheis not fit to that position,” he said.

A new set of Grade R learners entered the Rammupudu Primary Schoolin Tafelkop for the first time on Wednesday 14 January on schoolsopening day for the 2015 academic year. Despite being affected by therain that started in the early hours that day, parents walked their childrento attend school for the first time.After a long Festive Season holidays, now it's back to an early morningroutine, uniforms and homework. New teachers, new classmates, newsubjects or new school are the challenges that they are facing ahead.When the Dispatch visited Mrs Mokwena’s Grade R class at RammupuduPrimary School, pupils sat quietly waiting for instructions from theireducators. Some of the parents were also in the classroom busy coveringtheir children’s books.Some of the pupils in other lower grades could not hide their excitementwhile others cried at being left behind by parents and relatives. Otherclasses at the school started without a hitch as pupils who had passedreturned to their old classes and waited to be sent to their new ones.A Parent, Lebogang Mashilo said: “Registration was smooth when Icame last year. I was given a form to complete and put on the school’swaiting list for my daughter. Though she did not cry when we arrivedhere, you can see she is overwhelmed by being in a big school,” she saidof her six year old.Another parent said she is happy with the school her daughter wasattending. "I love schools from the villages. They are affordable and Ialso love government programmes like feeding schemes, they are veryhelpful. I can’t wait for her to matriculate in 12 years time."The educators said the school accommodated 31 grade R learners on theschool re-opening day. They said it was not the overall number as somepupils didn’t come due to the rainy weather.

MEC to be engaged afterRDP inconsistencies

Some with smiles on their faces, Grade R pupils atRammupudu Primary School seem happy to be at schoolfor the first time.

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A family of four escaped unharmed when their RDP house caught firein the early hours of Wednesday 7 January. The incident took place atOR Tambo RDP in Dennilton and left the family homeless. According tothe Nzimande family, the cause of the fire, which destroyed all theirbelongings, is still unknown."Everything was fine when I left for work at 5 in the morning. I wassurprised when I received a call letting me know that my house was onfire," said Mr. Fannie Moses Nzimande.Nzimande blames the municipality by failing to electrify the area. He saysmany families use paraffin stoves and candles daily which result infamilies loosing their houses due to fire."This is the second incident in a short space of time where a family hasto lose their house as a result of a fire because we don’t have electricity.We only rely on candles and paraffin stoves which are not safe. We arenow vulnerable to this situation as most families are living with smallchildren," he added.He further said that some of the people get power from illegal connec-tions but as a head of the family he doesn’t think of any illegalconnections fearing that he may be arrested."I approached the municipality many times enquiring about the issue ofelectricity but they didn’t give clear answers. Our houses are built on aformal land; I just don’t know how the municipality could take so longto electrify the area. A few houses around have electricity. We don’tknow how did the municipality and Eskom ended up electrifying someof the houses and other left behind," he said.Nzimande went on and said his neighbors tried to extinguish the fire butit was too late and all his family belonging burned down during the fire.He says his family members are lucky to be alive after escaping the strongflames that completely destroyed their home."Now my family is homeless and my children's school uniform and myimportant documents were burned to ashes," he said.Elias Motsoaledi Ward 9 Councilor Shadrack Marapi told the Dispatchthat the municipality responded in an hour after receiving the bad news.He said he immediately sent ward committee members to go and assessthe situation and he later alerted the Elias Motsoaledi Disaster Manage-ment."A report was issued by our Disaster Management Officer Busi Mahlanguto the Social Development offices after the incident and the family wasassisted with some of household needs," he said.He added that the municipality has currently no food parcels programmebut he is engaging with local businesses to find ways to assist the family."The area has no electricity because it is not yet formalized but now weare busy with processes of getting it formalized. I cannot speak on behalfof the Housing Department but our Community Development Worker(CDW) compiled and submitted a report about the burned house to theDepartment of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Tradi-tional Affairs (CoGHSTA), we will wait for their response," he con-cluded.

Family left homeless after mysteriousfire burned down RDP house

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Matlala Hospital in Ephraim MogaleLocal Municipality has been suspended. Dr Tseke Tladi who washeading the hospital that is situated a few kilometers from Marble HallTown received his suspension on Wednesday 7 January from theauthorities of the Limpopo Provincial Department of Health.His suspension comes after an assessment of the hospital's situation bythe Limpopo Department of Health.The Limpopo Department of Health Spokesperson Macks Lesufi told theDispatch that Tladi was suspended due to administrative reasons. Hesaid the CEO is currently on a 60 days precautionary suspension and theinvestigation have already started.He didn’t reveal further information concerning the matter and said thatthe case is still in a premature stage.

Matlala HospitalCEO suspended

The burned RDPhouse atDennilton that leftthe Nzimandefamily homeless.

The mysteriousfire destroyed eve-rything in thehouse includingimportant docu-ments.

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EMLM spending R8 Million in legalfees for a R4500-00 CFO mistake

The Chief Executive Officer of Elias MotsoalediLocal Municipality Mr. Madimabe SelloMonageng was expelled by the municipality’scouncil. The dismissal of the former CFO wasofficially announced by the council on Thurs-day 8 January after corruption allegations.Monageng served only two of his five yearcontract in the municipality after his appoint-ment on 1 February 2013.According to the sources, Monageng’s con-tract was terminated after he advertised a projectand failed to appoint a contractor to do the job.This was then regarded as fruitless expenditureby the Elias Motsoaledi Local MunicipalityCouncil and he was suspended. During thecouncil meetings just after Monageng wassuspended, opposition parties in the munici-pality didn’t agree with the idea that Monagengshould be fired as a lot of money has been spentlegally. They said they needed the former CFOto serve his remaining three years in the munici-pality.The amount spent to advertise the project wasR4 500-00, now the municipality has spent morethan R2 Million in legal fees on the issue.“It is quite obvious that when Monageng takesthe matter to court, the council will have to payhim more than R3 Million of his remainingperiod in the municipality. As opposition weobjected the decision made by the council todismiss the former CFO but the matter wasfinalised after the ruling of the majority by theruling party councillors,” said Chris Mhlangaof Mpumalanga Party.Another opposition councillor, Seun Mogotji

said it was not necessary to dismiss Monagengas he agreed to pay back the money spent toadvertise the project.“The council however in its decisions decidedto continue with the dismissal. The municipal-ity has already paid R 914 555-00 to an Investi-gator, R786 530-00 paid to an Adjudicator andR882 680-00 paid to an Advocate. The fundsused by the municipality is totalling to morethan R 2 583 765-00 Million. The money hasbeen spent in respect of legal fees for a matterthat involved only R 4 500.00. It is obvious thatthe Council has a hidden agenda in this matteras the investigation that was conducted andthe report drafted contains a number of errorsand is technically flawed in many ways,” saidMogotji.“The municipality will end up spending anestimated R8 Million on a matter that onlystarted with a fruitless expenditure of R4 500-00.All of this money wasted in this matter couldhave been spent on urgent lack of servicedeliveries in the area such as water and othercommunity needs,” he said.Mogotji concluded: “In any language this kindof conduct by the council is more than synony-mous to fruitless, wasteful expenditure in amatter that could have been resolved in a muchmore amicable manner than having to ultimatelypay in excess of R8 Million.”Elias Motsoaledi Communications ManagerMarinda Burger said matters regarding the con-ditions of employment of managers referred toas Section 56 Employees. She said this includesthe persons appointed as Chief Financial Of-

ficer (CFO) as they are regulated within theprovisions of the Local Government.“Regulating such matters are executed withinthe guidelines provided to by the councilthrough the resolutions and are deemed confi-dential. The request for information to the partyaffected by the decisions of council shouldthen be dealt with within the policy guidelinesof Promotion of Access to Information Act(PAIA),” she said.

The Mayor ofMakhuduthamagaLocal MunicipalityCllr. Alfred Matlalacondemns allegationsof cash for jobsaround the municipal-ity. The allegationscome after a man isdoing rounds aroundthe municipality prom-ising people jobs int h eMakhuduthamagaLocal Municipality.According to theCommunica t ionsManager at theMakhuduthamagaLocal MunicipalityLemson Moropjane, aman known asMashao who imper-sonates an official

Conman inJane Furse

The expelled Elias Motsoaledi LocalMunicipality CFO Madimabe SelloMonageng.

The Mayor of Makhuduthamaga LocalMunicipality Cllr Alfred Matlala con-demns the money for job allegations inthe municipality by the man knownonly as Mashao.

from the municipality is conning people off their money promising thememployment in the municipality.The man is misleading the hopeful community members by demandingR2 500-00 promising that they will secure employment at the municipal-ity.The Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality encourages people whohave fallen victims of this conman known as Mashao to report the matterto the law enforcement agencies.Constable Lesufi from Jane Furse SAPS told the Dispatch that no casehas been opened at their station concerning the matter. He said thecommunity must not trust strangers who promise them jobs and demandmoney.“Criminals have many ways of robbing people these days where unsus-pecting innocent community members become victims. We advice thecommunity to come forward and report anyone they suspect that mightbe conning innocent job seekers off their money. We are concerned ofthese kinds of criminal activities. As far as I know, there is no job thatis on sale in the public sector. Anyone who might be found doing thatwill be arrested and prosecuted,” he said.

woman was visiting her husband who is on trial.“The woman inserted the balls of dagga inside a body lotion containerbefore she entered the police station. She then asked to give her husbandcosmetics and the dagga was found inside a body lotion container afterthe police searched the parcels.She was arrested and charged for possession of dagga. She will appearbefore the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court soon on charges of posses-sion of dagga. Police are still busy with the investigations.

( )lage outside Marble Hall witin Marble Hall Town on Chdied on the scene. The policthe suspect was arrested odeceased was accused by thing to girls known to her asuspect appeared at the Gtrate’s Court on Wednesdaygranted a R1000-00 bail. Thpear again soon and the poinvestigations.

The suspect behind bars at the Marble Hall Police Stationafter she was found in possession of dagga inside a bodylotion she was about to give to her arrested husband.

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Recently, a 66 year old Moutse resident Selina Tsotseti, from Ntwane inDennilton was the 58th person fitted with a hearing aid at the Ndlovu’sWits Audiology Clinic. Selina’s fitting was done by Khomotjo Kgare, theaudiologist from the Ndlovu Wits Audiology Programme.The Ndlovu Wits Audiology Clinic came after an urgent need for ear and

Former ANC stalwart and Member of Parlia-ment Nelson Diale will be buried in Jane Furseon Sunday 18 January. Diale died on Thursday9 January after a long illness. Ntate Diale waspart of the class of the late Nelson Mandela andLawrence Phokanoka who have already passedaway. Nelson Letsau Diale was born at Ga-Masemola Village near Jane Furse on 1 January1936.His life can be summed as that of a communityactivist, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) member,Member of Parliament, for his excellent contri-bution to the struggle against apartheid and forhis selfless sacrifice for the attainment of free-dom for all in South African. He was awardedthe Silver Order of Luthuli.In 1956 Diale joined the African National Con-gress (ANC) where he was taught basic politi-cal skills. In 1958, he also joined the DomesticWorkers Union that was affiliated to the SouthAfrican Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), aworkers movement allied to the ANC.Diale was active in the ANC until it was bannedin 1960. After the banning of the ANC, Dialewas among the first cadres to be recruited to itsmilitary wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), but he

Hearing aid for Moutse residents at Ndlovu

Nelson Diale, a national activist,passed away

chose to remain in the country to undergotraining.In January 1964, his unit was arrested and hewas tortured and beaten for a period of threemonths. Diale was sent to Robben Island wherehe served an eight-year sentence. It was herethat he met other political prisoners includingthe current state President Jacob Zuma. Afterhis release in 1972, he was banned from organ-ising activities in the community.After his release, Diale began working under-ground for the ANC. In 1975, Diale togetherwith Peter Nchabeleng, linked up with the ANCunderground network. Diale was involved in aclash with the police where two constableswere injured. Later the Northern Transvaalunderground network was rounded up andothers were sentenced to long prison termswhile some others like Diale were acquitted toserve internal banning orders.Diale later joined forces with Dr AaronMotsoaledi in the establishment of theSekhukhune Advice Office, a centre which wasdedicated to helping activists, victims and theirrelatives financially and logistically.After the April 1994 democratic elections took

place in South Africa Diale was elected as aMember of Parliament representing the ANC.Whilst in Parliament he served as a CommitteeMember on the Portfolio Committees on De-fence, Safety and Security and the Joint Stand-ing Committee on Defence. In 27 April 2011, theState President Jacob Zuma honoured NelsonDiale with the Order of Luthuli in Silver for hisselfless contributions and sacrifices to the causeof freedom in this country.The Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune DistrictMunicipality Cllr Mogobo David Magabe senthis condolences to the Diale Family.“I want to convey my deepest condolences toNtate Diale’s family, his organisation the Afri-can National Congress and the entire SouthAfrican nation following the loss of this gallantfreedom fighter. Ntate Diale represented us inparliament where he spent many years follow-ing the democratic elections that took place in1994. We owe him immensely and we will for-ever be indebted to him for having been one ofthe people who stood against apartheid. Weare free as a country as a result of contributionsof the league of Ntate Diale” he said.

Ntate Nelson Diale who passed awayafter a long illness. He will be buriedin Jane Furse on Sunday 18 January.

hearing care follow up services after a hearingaid mission in 2012 at the Ndlovu Care Groupclinic.Dr Karin Joubert, senior lecturer of the Depart-ment of Speech Pathology and AudiologyDepartment of the University of Witwatersrand,was then invited to assess the situation atElandsdoorn. Not long afterwards, the NdlovuWits Audiology Clinic became a reality whenfunding was granted for the implementation ofthe audiology project.The Ndlovu Wits Audiology clinic uses itscomprehensive resources and expertise to re-duce the negative impact of hearing impairmenton the health lifestyle and communicative abili-ties of hearing impaired individuals and theirfamilies through the prevention of the onset ofear and hearing problems with regular commu-nity education programs on ear an hearinghealth.It also assists in early identification and man-agement of ear and hearing problems by offer-ing neonatal hearing screening services at fiveclinics in the Elandsdoorn vicinity, schoolscreening, ototoxicity monitoring of HIV/AIDS

and TB patients of the NCG clinics as well as diagnostic assessments.Mrs. Tsotseti was very excited about the hearing aid and said that it willmake a big difference in communicating with her family and friends.The Audiology programme first opened in January 2014 and has to datetested the hearing of more than 4000 people from Dennilton.

Khomotjo Kgare an audiologist fromthe Ndlovu Wits Audiology Programmeperforming an ear aid fitting to SelinaTsotseti.

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Mokete Flying Birds from Mokwete Village near Jane Furse is victorious after winning the Ga-Molepane Charity Fund Raising Soccer Tournament. The three days soccer tournament wasorganized at Molepane Sports Ground during the Festive Season where eight soccer teams fromJane Furse and other surrounding villages took part. The tournament aimed to raise money tobenefit children from poor backgrounds around Jane Furse.The eight soccer teams that took part in the tournament were; Mokwete Real Lovers FC, MokweteFlying Birds FC, Molepane Young Stars FC, Makalaneng FC, Maboneng Home Stars, MolepaneMasters, Bakgalabje-bakgalabje FC and Molepane United FC. In the opening match of the quarterfinals, Mokwete Real Lovers defeated Molepane united 5-3, Makalaneng FC won 3-1 when facingMaboneng Home Stars. Bakgalabje-bakgalabje won 3-2 when playing against Molepane Mastersand in the last match of the quarter finals, Mokwete Flying Birds won by a 4-2 score over MolepaneYoung Stars. During the semi-finals, Mokwete Real Lovers defeated Bakgalabje-bakgalabje 4-0 and paved their way to the final. Mokwete Flying Birds won with an easy 3-1 score defeatingMakalaneng FC. Just before the final match, Makalaneng FC faced Bakgalabje-bakgalabjecompeting for the third position where Makalaneng won the third prize beating their opponents3-1. In the final match, Mokwete Flying Birds became the tournament champions by winning 3-1 when playing against their home boys, Mokwete Real Lovers. The tournament winners,Mokwete Flying Birds walked away with R4000-00, a big trophy, gold medals and a soccer jersey.Mokwete Real Lovers obtained the second position and received R1500-00 and silver medals andMakalaneng FC took home R500-00 and 5 soccer balls. The tournament coordinator Lloyd Mankgesaid people came in numbers to support the charity fund raising tournament. He says they arenow in process of donating school uniforms to needy families around Jane Furse and surroundingvillages.“The organisers would like to thank everyone who made contributions by donating to make thefund raising tournament a success. We also thank everyone who came to support the teams atMolepane Sports Grounds during the Festive Season,” he said.

Mokwete Flying Birds wins the Ga-Molepane SoccerCharity Tournament

Molepane Young Stars FC took part in the Ga-Molepane Charity Fund RaisingTournament.

The Groblersdal Cluster Soccer and NetballLeagues are scheduled to start this January.The league, that comprises of mainly govern-ment employees, will now accept teams fromschools within Elias Motsoaledi Local Munici-pality to take part. According to the PRO of theGroblersdal Soccer and Netball League MadidaNdala, team’s representatives are invited in ameeting that will be taking place at GroblersdalPolice Station on Wednesday 21 January. Themeeting will be commencing at 9:00 and allinterested football and netball teams are invitedto attend. "As the management of theGroblersdal Cluster Soccer and Netball Leaguewe invite sports loving people to come andparticipate in the league. Our main aim is to gainfitness and now we are going to include schoolsin our league. By this we aim to engage youngpeople in sports participation and also to keepthem away from doing bad things such as crime,substance and alcohol abuse," he said. Madidaadded that netball teams in the villages are alsoinvited to come and join the league. "We expe-rienced a few number of netball teams within theleague in the previous years and we are nowencouraging ladies to come in numbers to jointhe league. Local netball teams and also fromthe schools around the municipality are ad-vised to come and take part," added Madida."All interested sports loving people must bethere as we will be registering teams and we willalso discuss the way forward. We call upongovernment departments and private compa-nies willing to give a hand by sponsoring theleague to come and form part of the meeting,”he said.

Groblersdal Cluster Soccer andNetball League commencing soon