Sekhukhune Dispatch 16 may 2014

Friday 16 May 2014Year 5 127th Edition Tel: 013 262 4416

The 2014 general election, which took place as the country celebrates 20years of freedom, got off to a smooth start at most voting stations onWednesday at 7am. Many citizens arrived before sunrise to take theirplace in various queues to cast their ballot in the fifth general electionsince the birth of democracy. Despite a few small hiccups, voting in thecountry went smoothly. According to the Independent Electoral Com-mission (IEC) the elections went smoothly with only a few logistical andtechnical glitches.The majority of voting stations opened on time, with very few havingexperienced delays. The IEC had earlier in the day described proceedingsat the country’s 22 263 voting stations as having gone smoothly,peacefully and briskly overall. This is despite concerns that proceedingsmight be interrupted after incidents on Tuesday at some of the so calledhotspots. Over 25.3 million voters are registered for this year’s elections.The IEC had printed and distributed 62.8 million ballot papers. Thenational ballot paper is the longest to date for an election in South Africa,containing 29 contesting parties. This is three more than those thatcontested the 2009 general election. While polls closed at 9pm, those stillin queues at that time were afforded an opportunity to cast their ballot.Some of residents shared their experience after casting their votes on 7May. Jackson Mosotho, a hawker at Moteti Top Spot said he hopes hisvote will change is working condition at Moteti where he sells fruits andvegetables. “I have been in this business for a long time and don’t havea shelter. During summer I become wet and I am also freezing duringwinter. I hope that this time there will be changes and I plead to the

ANC bribed its wayto the top

government to provide me with a proper shel-ter,” he said. Edward Khoza (19), a born freeTafelkop resident said: “I was voting for thefirst time and hope my vote will pave a brighterfuture for me. I want to go to tertiary educationafter completing my metric. I also want to seeservices at Tafelkop as we are currently expe-riencing a backlog,” he said.“I didn’t bother to take part in the electionsbecause the government is doing nothing forus. I started voting in 1994 but nothing has beenchanged in my life. My Village has no servicesand people are jobless. I cannot even changemy vote and give it to another party becausethese people are the same. They all gone topolitics to feed their stomachs and forgettingabout the community,” said Mr Masemola, aMagakadimeng resident.According to a Moutse resident who wished toremain anonymous, the elections were not fairat all. He said the ruling party was distributingT-shirts during the election day and tellingpeople to vote for them.“They were threatening people that govern-ment grants will be no more if they do not vote

for the ANC. Seniorcitizens who are un-able to read aroundDennilton area weregiven samples of smallballot papers whichwere marked nearPresident Jacob Zumaand they were told toput an x on the samespot when in votingstations.It is evident that theruling party cheatedto gain support. Idon’t think theywould have been get-ting a 62% rule if theyparticipated fairly inthe elections,” he said.

Jackson Mosotho who has been ahawker at Moteti Top Spot for manyyears says he hopes that the govern-ment will build him a proper shelter torun his business.

A 19 year old born free Edward Khozafrom Tafelkop was voting for the firsttime and he says he hopes his vote willpave him a way to the tertiary institu-tions after he complete metric.

The general elections turned out good at Elias Motsoaledi Local Munici-pality Ward 21 after the community threatened to disrupt the elections.The community of the ward that includes Kgapamadi, Legolaneng andMotsephiri Villages, threatened to disrupt the elections complainingabout poor service delivery in the ward. Earlier this year, the communitychased the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Mayor, Cllr WendyMatemane and other municipal officials when they were visitingKgapamadi Village to address the community. The community barri-caded roads with burning tyres and stones demonstrating about poorservice delivery. The illegal march led to some of the community membersbeing arrested and charged with public violence. The matter is still incourt. Since the illegal demonstration, the community started threaten-ing to boycott the general elections demanding a quick response fromthe local municipality. A community leader Mr Sterry Makopo told theDispatch that the majority of the community were saying that they werenot going to take part in the general elections. He added that some werealso threatening to disrupt the elections on Wednesday 7 May. “Aftersome people were arrested when engaging in the service delivery march,the community became angry and that led to threats of boycotting theelections. The angry community’s attempts to disrupt the elections maybe failed as there was a heavy police deployed in the ward during theday,” he said. Makopo added that the special votes including homevisits to people unable to get to voting stations also went smooth. Hesaid the 7 May turn-out was slow during the day as young people werenot attending the voting stations. “Only a majority of senior citizenswere seen entering the polling stations but later during the day, youngpeople were also seen flocking in the polling stations to cast their votes,”he said. He further said that the community is planning to approach themunicipality soon after the results of the general elections are released.“As long as there is poor service delivery in our ward we will confrontthe municipality for answers. I am glad that many people took part in theelections so that their voices will be heard. We hope that the government

Elections turned outsmooth aftercommunity

threatens boycott

we voted for will bringchange in our ward aswe do not have anyform of service deliv-ery here includingwater and accessroads. A way forwardwill be discussed inour meetings,” con-cluded SterryMakopo.The damaged roads of Kgapamadi

Village.

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The Limpopo MEC for Co-operative Govern-ance, Human Settlements and Traditional Af-fairs Mr Ishmael Kgetjepe presented 159 titledeeds to Motetema residents on Saturday 3May. The title deeds transfer is a part of theHuman Settlement Department strategy to in-stil a sense of ownership and responsibilityamong housing beneficiaries.The presentation also formed part of a publicparticipation by MEC Kgetjepe organized atSekhukhune FET College’s CS Barlow Campussports grounds, with the Executive Mayor ofSekhukhune District Municipality Cllr MogoboDavid Magabe and Elias Motsoaledi LocalMunicipality Cllr Wendy Matemane attending.

Motetema residents get title deeds

The Limpopo MEC for Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements andTraditional Affairs Mr Ishmael Kgetjepe (right) presenting a title deed to a 90year old Mrs GS Mathabatha. With him is the Speaker of Sekhukhune DistrictMunicipality Mme Caroline Mathebe and the Mayor of Elias Motsoaledi LocalMunicipality Cllr Wendy Matemane.

Hundreds of Motetema community members gathered at CS Barlow SportsGrounds to receive their title deeds from the MEC of COGHSTA in Limpopo MrIshmael Kgetjepe.

During the event, the MEC conducted a door-to-door campaign and handed three title deedsto three beneficiaries in the township. A 90 yearold Mrs GS Mathabatha was one of the benefi-ciaries who the MEC handed over her title deedon her doorstep. She was overwhelmed withhappiness when receiving the title deed aftershe has been a resident of Motetema since itsestablishment.After handing over the three title deeds to theelderly, the MEC headed to CS Barlow Campusto address and present the remaining title deedsto the long awaiting beneficiaries who filled thegrounds to receive their title deeds for theirproperties.

“Issuing of title deeds today is the completionof the ownership cycle to the community as itis the only legal proof that entitles a person tobe the owner of a property legally,” saidKgetjepe.He added that some of the community memberswaited a long time to extend or renovate theirhouses as they were not having a legal proofthat they owned the property. The MEC furtherurged residents not to vacate empty residentialsites without permission of local government.“That will disturb the local municipality’s plantowards the development of the area. It is vitalthat residents should consult with the localmunicipality and granted permission before

they can locate at any interesting site. This willallow the municipality to plan developmentsuch as formalisation of land and delivery ofservices,” concluded Ishmael Kgetjepe.The Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune DistrictMunicipality Cllr Mogobo David Magabe andthe Mayor of Elias Motsoaledi Local Munici-pality Cllr Wendy Matemane also responded tothe challenges facing the community ofMotetema and the entire Sekhukhune district.The event reached a joyous conclusion withgovernment officials including from the prov-ince, district and local municipality handingover title deeds to long awaiting people ofMotetema Township.

An IEC presiding officer was held accountable for tempering with a ballot box at PhokanokaSecondary School voting station in Luckau. According to a source who doesn’t want to be named,the IEC presiding officer Mr Mashiloane, who is also the school principal has tempered with theballot box.He said after the party agents finished counting the ballot papers, they left behind the presidingofficer and he promised to take the boxes to the SASSA building where ballot boxes from aroundthe area were kept during the elections. He added the boxes were kept in case of review andrecounting if possible.“On his arrival, it was discovered that the seals on one of the boxes were removed and the boxwas wide open. Other IEC officials and the police started questioning him but he did not give aclear answer why the box was opened,” he said. According to unconfirmed reports, the presidingofficer was arrested but was later released. It was also said that the presiding officer is the memberof the ANC and is a close buddy to the ward councillor. A DA councillor in the area Mokhine Pitjesaid he heard about the incident and he reported the matter to his provincial leadership.“Tempering with the ballot box is an offence and we cannot allow such actions to happen. At thisstage we are busy investigating before we can lodge a complaint to the electoral court,” he said.

School Principal foundwith open ballot box

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Hundreds of Moteti Homeland Village parentsclosed the entrance of Supatsela Primary Schoolon Monday 12 May demanding answers fromthe Limpopo Department of Education. Thiscomes after parents lodged complaints aboutthe shortage of staff in the school. Parents arealso concerned about the shortages of furni-ture and overcrowding of the classrooms.Some of the learners are urged to attend theirclasses while seating on the floor because thereare no enough desks and chairs in the school.Some of the grades exceed the maximum numberof learners. Educators have to attend to morethan 70 learners at the time.A parent Nancy Legodi said they reported thematter to the Department of Education and stillwaiting for response. She said the school hasno enough educators and also has no deputyprincipal.“We have been in meetings with the schoolprincipal but the matter is far beyond him. Wewrote a letter to the Department of Educationcomplaining about the matter and they prom-ised to come back to us. It has been a while nowand nothing is happening. The situation is nowfrom better to worse; we are sick and demandimmediate answers from them. We will boycottthe school until the situation is becoming betterfor our children,” said Nancy Legodi angrily.Another parent Letty Mosoma Said: “Our chil-dren cannot afford to attend their studies whilesitting on the floor.It is cold now and the department seems notthinking of attending to the matter just becausetheir children attend private schools whereeverything is up to standard. We will remainclosing the entrance until they come to address

Parents boycott school as department failsto deploy educators

and give us what we want.”On Tuesday 13 May, the situation at the schoolbecame worse as learners were told to go homeand come back on Monday. A resident JohannaMakua said that they will close the school aslong as the Department of Education does notwant to cooperate with them. She said thecommunity is now sick of ill treatment by themaladministration government department of-ficials who don’t do their jobs.“We are going to boycott lessons at Supatselauntil the Limpopo Department of Educationconsiders our grievances. We are preparing totake this matter to court because what is hap-pening in the school is against the policy of theNational Department of Basic Education.We will fight until our demands are met,” shesaid.The attempts of reaching Mr Vilakazi, theMoutse Central Circuit Manager were unsuc-cessful as his phone was off.

The locked gates at Supatsela Primary School where parents boycott studies dueto a shortage of educators and furniture.

A decomposed rhino was found without itshorn at Rooiboskloof Farm in Groblersdal.According to Warrant Officer Stanley Magaelafrom Groblersdal SAPS the rhino disappearedthree weeks before it was found dead.He added that the farm owner was not noticingthat the rhino was killed as the grass is now talland he was unable to see from the long dis-tance.“He started to realise something was wrongafter two other rhinos showed up and he be-came suspicious when he do not see the thirdone,” he said.Magaela added that a search of the missingrhino was started at the farm and it was founddead and decomposed on Monday 12 May. Itwas found with its horn removed. The policeappeal to anyone with information to contactthe Groblersdal SAPS on 013 262 8371.

Decomposedpoached rhino

found onGroblersdal

farm


After doing exceptionally well in the generalelections, the Economic Freedom Fighters helda pre-celebration at Kgobokwane Village inMoutse on Saturday 10 May. The organiza-tion’s members came in numbers from the sur-rounding Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipalityand some were hailing from the nearby Dr JSMoroka Local Municipality in Mpumalanga.According to the Limpopo Premier candidatefor the EFF Mr Michael Rahlagane Mathebe,the support of the ten month old organizationwas outstanding in all nine provinces. Speak-ing to the Dispatch at his home in KgobokwaneVillage where the celebration was held, Mathebesaid that as the leadership, they are happyabout the election results by obtaining posi-tion 3 nationally in a short space of time theyhad to prepare and campaign for the elections.“Remember we were running the elections witha zero budget but we managed to do well in allprovinces in the country,” he said.He added that the 2014 election was a goodfoundation for the organization to build asthere is still a long way to go and also lookingat the coming 2016 Local Government elec-tions.“We will be able to send ten representatives tothe National Assembly and we will also haverepresentatives in the provinces.” saidMathebe.When asked about the EFF support in hisvillage, Mathebe said: “The EFF support was

Economic Freedom Fighters pre-celebration atKgobokwane

not good locally according to the statistics. Ourorganization got only 300 votes and the rulingparty got as much as 1500. The remainingnumber gone to the other organizations. I thinksome of the people took it personally ratherthan politically but I hope they will understand

The EconomicFreedom Fight-ers Limpopo Pre-mier candidateMr. MichaelR a h l a g a n eMathebe says theparty is lookingforward tostrengthen itssupport in thecountry.

The local branch was also availableduring the pre-celebration of EFF atKgobokwane Village.

the difference.”“There were a lot of things that kept us doubtful according to how theIEC was handling the elections. The commission was harsh whenhandling matters affecting other political organizations but when itcomes to the ANC, they were too soft. We also urged to review ballotsfrom a school in Limpopo where 154 EFF votes do not appear on thesubmission report,” he said.Mathebe concluded: “In the 2014 elections we were testing our machin-ery and we saw that it worked. As a new organization, we learned ourlesson on what to consider next time when the Local GovernmentElections arrive.”

DAN MDLULIThe recent spate of criminal attacks in Leeuwfontein outside Marble Hallleft members of the community baying for blood of the perpetrators. Thecommunity’s outrage followed a series of armed robberies, rapes,attempted rapes and ambushes on foreign owned businesses in the area.Residents held a number of meetings, in which they vowed to take thelaw into their own hands, as they felt unsafe in their homes and

Residents undertake to take law into their own hands

surroundings. However, police cautionedagainst acts of mob justice and advised victimsof crimes to report to them.“We are particularly concerned about unknownpeople roaming our streets at night. We seethese people during the day as well. When oneasks whom they are, no one is able to clearlyidentify them. These are people who are render-ing this community unsafe. We must get a listof all people renting rooms around here, so weare able to identify everyone. We need to form

community patrols. Every household must havea whistle to blow when suspicious activitiestake place. And, we must heed the call and sortout, in the manner we know how, everyonefound to have committed a crime. We are tired.Things cannot go on this way. This is where weare supposed to feel safe. It is our community,”said a resident who requested to remain un-known for fear of being victimized.Aadan Hassan Nuur, a Somali business ownerin the area, said he felt unsafe after his tuck shopsuffered a blow twice at the hands of guntotting robbers. Nuur explained that two men,armed with pistols, forced their way into hisshop at about 13:00. He added that two moremen joined in, tied his worker’s hands behindhis back, stuck panty hoarse into his mouth sohe could not scream. The businessman further

informed that the fourfled with airtime,money and cigarettes.“I was away on theday of the terrible inci-dent. We have openeda case with the policeand are waiting thelatest developmentson the matter. Whathappened was reallyscary. We are feelingunsafe as businessesafter these heightenedcriminal activities,”concluded Nuur.Dispatch discoveredexistence of aban-doned houses in thearea, which were sus-pected hideouts forcriminals and harborsfor the latter activities.According to resi-dents, hammers, crow-bars and other uniden-tified objects, possi-bly used for breakinginto houses were re-cently discovered inone of the white el-ephants. At the timeof going to press noarrests were made aspolice investigationscontinue.


Shortage of water seems to be continuing andit is now a nightmare to many residents atTafelkop Village. Some residents are now hop-ing that after they cast their votes on Wednes-day 7 May, their poor service delivery sufferingby the government will be over. Residents alsofear that as the season of winter has alreadystarted, drought will hit the area and some of therivers and wells they depend on to fetch waterwill be dry.Due to water scarcity in the area, some resi-dents have boreholes in their yards, while somebuy water from donkey carts. They also fearthat the water they buy from the suppliers is notclean as the only reservoir that is found in thearea is always overcrowded.They say that sometimes these people fetchdirty water from the river and come to the villageto sell it to the community avoiding to queue atthe reservoir. In some parts of the village, watertaps were installed but they have been dry foryears now.Children as young as 5 years are seen fetchingwater from the nearby river and wells whencoming from school. Baby diapers are alsodumped in the river where the community relyon to fetch drinking water.“I don’t have time to play with my friendsbecause every day when I am coming fromschool I have to go and fetch water from thewell. The water is coming from the ground andwe have to wait for it to fill the well before we canstart filling our containers. Sometimes it be-comes overcrowded and I have to spend thewhole day there in the queue as water is comingup slowly” said a nine year old girl who wasfetching water at Mgababa Section in Tafelkop.According to Mrs Lindiwe Mkhonto, a Tafelkopresident said some of the wells are starting todry out. She said the water volume in the riveris also decreasing showing that it has been toolong since rain has fallen in the area.“They keep on telling us to vote for a better lifebut nothing is happening afterwards. Theycome to us during door to door campaignspromising this and that but after the electionsthey vanish into thin air. I’m suffering withoutany job and also living in a shack for many yearswithout an RDP house that I keep on applyingfor many years with no success. I hope my votewill make a difference in my life this time to bettermy life,” she said.Another resident Rebotile Mokwena said thatafter the community march the District Munici-pality promised to attend to the matter withimmediate effect but the community is stillwaiting until today.“They promised to send us water trucks as analternative but we’ve never seen one. We arenow sick and tired of their lies. We keep onvoting but nothing is happening, she said,”A community leader Colleen Shai told the Dis-patch that they had a meeting with theSekhukhune District Municipality and a con-tractor has already been appointed to start witha water project in Tafelkop.“During the meeting we were told that R28Million has been put aside to start with thewater project in Tafelkop. The municipality saidthe project will start soon and we hope this willbe the end of water shortages in the village,” hesaid.

Tafelkop fears water shortage aswinter season begins

A resident, fetching water from a well in Tafelkop Village.

Children as young as five years are sent to fetch water afterschool hours at Mgababa Section in Tafelkop. The river isstarting to dry and residents fear that they will havenowhere to fetch water this winter.


Cashbuild, southern Africa’s largest buildingmaterial retailer is expanding its CommunitySupport Programme and embarking on a newinitiative which will see the Tswelopele commu-nity pre-school in Dennilton benefit from reno-vations of its facility.This school was started 16 years ago by Prin-cipal Mokosi Skhosana and provides a valu-able and very necessary facility to many fami-lies in the area. In recent years, Tswelopele pre-school has outgrown its facilities and is desper-ately in need of an additional classroom but dueto a lack of funding this hasn’t been possible.The school accommodates just over 60 chil-dren, however it currently operates from onlytwo classrooms and a small administration room.It is exactly this type of project that Cashbuild’sCommunity Support Initiative caters for.“Cashbuild is about community partnershipand upliftment”, says Werner De Jager, ChiefExecutive of Cashbuild, “We are a communityfocused company and we care deeply aboutour communities. We don’t just talk, we reallytry to walk the talk and make a meaningfuldifference to our customer’s lives.”Tswelopele pre-school was chosen for thispartnership through a clearly set out selectionprocess which involved not only input fromCashbuild staff but also community members

Cashbuild helpsTswelopele Pre-school

and leaders.Ms Skhosana is over joyed that Tswelopelepre-school will be receiving assistance fromCashbuild.She said, “We were building an extra room butwe ran out of funds. In recent months we havebeen under extraordinary pressure from gov-ernment to comply with the building size tocomfortably accommodate children. We havemore children per classroom than what the lawallows, but how do we turn away these childrenwho desperately need our assistance.”With Cashbuild’s involvement and support,the school will be upgraded and will have threeclassrooms, a kitchen and an administrationroom. A perimeter wall will also be built andpainted with bright colours. The total contribu-tion to the school will be R45 000 and therenovations will be completed in May 2014.Dennilton Cashbuild Store Manager, AndriesKola says that he and the rest of the staff aredelighted to be working on this project. ‘’I feelexcited that as Cashbuild we will be able toassist Tswelopele”, says Kola.Ms Skhosana and Andries Kola both say thatthey can’t wait to see the excitement on thechildren’s faces when the renovations havebeen completed and the new classroom is readyfor occupation!

Cashbuild Dennilton Store staff as-sisting in renovating the crèche andpainting the walls. Sharon Moropa,Johannes Ndlovu and the Store Man-ager, Frank Mokgomogane.

The store manager, FrankMokgomogane giving this communityfacility a facelift by plastering the walls,Here he is being assisted by JohannesNdlovu.

One died andthree injured inMoteti accident

One person died and three were criticallyinjured after the vehicle they were travellingwith went out of control and crashed on theside of the road in Moteti Village. The acci-dent took place in the early hours of Monday5 May around 01:00. When the accidenthappened the four were coming from Motetito Mathyzensloop when the Mazda 323Sedan they were travelling with went out ofcontrol and overturned. The driver, JosephMrio Buda was certified dead at the scene ofthe accident. The other three occupantswere taken to Philadelphia Hospital for check-ups and were released the same day. Ac-cording to the police the vehicle was travel-ling on the R573 (Moloto Road) when thedriver apparently lost control. When thepolice and emergency personnel arrived atthe scene, the driver was still alive but diedshortly before he could receive medical treat-ment. Police opened an inquest docket andinvestigation continues.


Jesus is Lord Christian School is being helped to complete their newschool building when receiving 600 bags of cement from Denel LandSystems. The hand-over of the donation worth R55 194-00 was made byDenel at the Jesus is Lord Christian School in Moteti on Tuesday 6 May.Last year Denel also contributed to the school by donating 300 bags ofcement when the new school building was still in its foundation phase.This year Denel doubled the donation making it 600 bags to ensure thatthe school is completed.The school’s management decided to move its building to anotherlocation as the current area is a muddy wetland. The managementdecided to build a two block building that consists of eight classrooms.During the hand-over, learners were delighted to see the donors and theywere happy that their new building will be completed soon.The donation was also welcomed by the chieftaincy of the Moteti Villagewhere Mr Shabangu thanked the good work that was done by Denel bydonating the building material to ensure and perfect the future of thelearners.“We will be forever grateful for Denel’s contribution. The school ispresently housed in inadequate buildings. Staff and learners are eagerlyawaiting their re-location,” said the school’s Chairperson Pastor WMnguni.

Denel Land Systems continues its contributionto Jesus is Lord Christian School

Ruth Molapo, a Denel Land Systems representative said they areimpressed by the work done at Jesus is Lord Christian School. She saidDenel will continue to support the school and visualize an excellentfuture for the community of Moteti.The school’s administrator Mrs MD Field said although the school is aChristian one, they allow learners of any religion to enrol.“We are under the umbrella of All Nations Evangelist Ministries and

teaching is done witha Christian moral in-fluence in our school.We established theschool in 2002 withonly 500 learners andas time goes by, westarted to notice thatthe area is muddy anda wetland.We remained at thelocation because thecommunity sup-ported the idea of es-tablishing the Chris-tian School in the area.We then decided toseek donors in orderto move to the newlocation after the mudproblem persistedfrom time to time,” shesaid.Mrs Field concluded:“We still wait for moredonations to com-plete and move to thenew building. Wehope the new build-ing will be completedlater this year,” shesaid.

Jesus is Lord learners assisting in off loading the cementthat was donated by Denel Land Systems.

The almost completed building of Je-sus is Lord Christian School at MotetiVillage.

Denel Land Systems representativeRuth Molapo (left), Deputy Principalof Jesus is Lord Mrs Ngweruma (cen-tre) and the School Principal MrsMasehla during the donation handoverat Jesus is Lord Christian School inMoteti.

The Ndlovu Workplace Wellness Team partici-pated in the Health and Safety event that tookplace on 25 April at Vanderbijlpark. The eventalso included prizes for the winners who partici-pated in different wellness categories that wereavailable during the day. The focus of the daywas to ensure employees have an opportunityto learn more about their health including bloodpressure and HIV testing.Employees from Ndlovu Care Group and otherorganizations and companies showed muchenthusiasm by participating in wellness screen-ing for different conditions. The event includedfun activities like giveaways and other compe-titions where people walked away with greatprizes. The biggest prize was a lucky prize drawthat meant one employee stood a chance to wina shopping voucher to the value of R300 fortheir participation. A very excited Mr Piet Letlapefrom the engineering section at Ndovu CareGroup won the voucher.

Enthusiastic NdlovuTeam won prizes inHealth and Safety

Mr Piet Letlape from engineering sec-tion at Ndovu Care Group, receiveshis R300-00 voucher he won duringthe Health and Safety event.


Sport is not only important for children's health. It also enhances learningachievement, resilience and psychosocial and motor development.Children who do sports from a young age are more likely to go on doingso when they are older.Sport was prioritized to learners of Slovo Park Primary School at MotetiSlovo as the school hosted Moutse Primary School from Maakometsanefor soccer and netball matches on Saturday 10 May. This excitingsporting event was organized at the Slovo Park Primary School SportsGrounds with anticipating supporters from both sides.The matches started with B divisions from both soccer and netballmatches where Slovo Park Primary School FC soccer team won by 5-1beating Moutse Primary School FC. During the match Slovo Primary FCgoals scorers were Godfrey Mmadi when he registered 2 goals in hisname on the score board, Lucky Mhlongo scored 1, Bruce Maepa alsoscored 1 and Khomotso Maphopha also score 1. In netball we see theMoutse Primary School girls defeating Slovo Park Primary with an 8-3win.Later during the day the Slovo Park Primary FC took on Moutse PrimaryFC for an A division soccer match. During the match the hosts, SlovoPark Primary buried Moutse Primary with a 9-0 win. Man of the matchMorris Talane scored 4 goals, Godfrey Mmadi followed with 2 goalswhile Tumelo Mmaphaka scored 1 goal. Aubrey Shaku and TshepangMadiseng also scored a single goal each to claim victory.According to Mr SFD Mohami, a sports organizer at Slovo Park Primary,the sporting event was organised as a return match from Moutse PrimarySchool after their visit last year. He added that sports activities andinterests provide many positive opportunities for children.“Good sportsmanship provides guidelines that can be generalized toclassroom and lifelong achievement. Participation in challengingsportcontests teaches children to love classroom challenges. It alsoteaches children to function in a competitive society. The environmentof sports mirrors how one can play the game of school and life. Goodathletes stay in the game and play their best even when they are losing.

Sporting event organized at Slovo Park Primary

They know they willwin some and losesome and they disci-pline themselves,” hesaid.He continued by say-ing that children mustlearn that winning andlosing are both tem-

Slovo Park player attacking just before he can play asquare pass that resulted in a beautiful goal by MorrisTalane.

The hosts were as solid as the rock when play good passedat the back.

Moutse Primary and Slovo Park Pri-mary players battling for the ball dur-ing the match.

Girls were also in action when playing netball during the sporting event. Moutsemanaged to win in both A and B divisions when it comes to netball.

porary, and that they can't give up or quit. Hesaid learning to become a team player is alsoimportant for children who may prefer to be thecentre of attention.“Some children are natural athletes while oth-ers have lesser physical coordination. Sportsand athletic activity are good for building con-fidence for both groups. For the well-coordi-nated, the discipline of honing skills gives asense of improvement and accomplishment.Winning games and moving to higher levels ofcompetition permit these children to sense theirpersonal progress,” concluded Mohami.

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