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Patients at the Rammupudu Clinic in Tafelkop Elias Motsoaledi LocalMunicipality are complaining about the poor services and bad workingconditions at the health facility. Sources told the Dispatch that the clinicis currently under staffed and that leads to long queues. Now morecomplaints have arisen about the clinic’s poor condition and services. “We come to collect our medication at the clinic and arrive here at 7:00am,but the nurse just looks at us without offering help. I was also hereyesterday for the same medication and I was told by the nurses to waitoutside without any explanation. It is now my second day here and I amstill waiting for treatment,” said Mrs. Annah Makwana who was at theclinic to collect antiretroviral (ARV).Another patient Letty Monareng told the Dispatch that the staff is notfriendly to patients and some doubt to come to the clinic for check-upsand treatment fearing the nurses.“The bad attitude of the nurses resulted in community members goingto other areas for check-ups and treatment. This is bad because some-times they are turned away and told to go to their nearest clinic. ARVshortages are a norm here, we are often given a treatment which only lasts

Poor services atRammupudu Clinic in

Tafelkop

for a week and told to come back and fill up,” she said.Another patient who wishes to remain anonymous said further tests arenot done at the clinic. She says they only give them pain killers and tellthem to go home.“My back is swollen since last year when I slipped and fell at my frontdoor. I came to the clinic for help but only given pain killers always whenI’m here. I was never taken for the X-ray to check whether some of mybones are broken,” she said.She added that she asked for the nurses to write a referral letter so thatshe can go to the nearest hospital but they refused. She says the nursesare always shouting at her all the time saying she is defaulting hertreatment.“I am tired of being given the same medication (pain killers) all the time.My condition is becoming worse as time goes by. I cannot go toGroblersdal Hospital for treatment because a referral letter from the clinicis required,” she said.An 86 year old Joseph Segobelo said he arrived at the clinic around 5:00in the morning but he was not given the disabled special attention.

“I am used to this kind of situation and I haveno other options. The nurses here are rude. Myblood pressure is not checked and I am onlygiven medication and told that there were toomany patients who needed attention,” he said.The Limpopo Department of Health Spokes-person Macks Lesufi did not pick up hiscellphone when the Dispatch attempted to reachhim for comment.

Some of patients have to stand for hours at RammupuduClinic in Tafelkop when nurses fail to help them in time. Theysay they are sometimes turned away.

Elderly and people living with disabilities are not given firstpriority in the clinic and they are sometimes sent backwithout medication.

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to speed upservice delivery

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Justice on therise

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To speed up service delivery to its rural villages, the Elias MotsoalediLocal Municipality leased road maintenance machinery from Bell SouthAfrica. The eight machinery include four graders and four TLBs. Thelease to purchase agreement with Bell forms part of the municipalityprogramme of the new fleet that is acquired by the municipality to replacethe old that was booted by breakdowns.The municipality saw a need of the machinery after poor road conditionswere raised by both public and representatives of public transportduring the IDP consultation with the Mayor.“The municipality hopes that the machinery will improve the livingstandard of community members during emergencies such as in times offunerals and the others,” said Simon Makua from Elias Motsoaledi LocalMunicipality.He said the machinery will also assist in new projects that fall under EliasMotsoaledi Local Municipality.The Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Mayor Cllr Julia Mathebe saidthe machinery will change the perception of people’s thinking that roadsare maintained only when there are funerals.“Access roads will be a major priority and now the municipality will beable to maintain every road without prioritising some of the roadsincluding those leading to cemeteries. Indeed this is a good story to tell,”she said.MMC for Infrastructure in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality DellyMatjomane said: “The eight machinery from Bell are the best Easterpresent that the municipality received to give services to all residents inthe municipality,”

The Mayor of Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Cllr Julia Mathebe (centre with blue dress) showingoff the new fleet machinery leased by Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality. With her are some of themunicipality councillors and officials.

8 Machines leased to speed upservice delivery

Two male suspects were arrested by the Marble Hall Police for stocktheft. According to the police report the suspects were arrested on theroad near Toitskraal Farms outside Marble Hall on Saturday 27 Marcharound 20H00 after a tip off by the community. They were arrestedtravelling with a truck loaded with twelve cows.It is alleged that the cows were stolen in different villages around MarbleHall. They were charged with stock theft and appeared before the MarbleHall Magistrate’s Court. They will appear again on 21 May for a formalbail application.

Police arreststock thieves

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Made up reportabout missing

rollerThe Municipal Council of Makhuduthamaga has, during its SpecialCouncil Meeting held on Wednesday 1 April, received a report fromAudit and Risk Management Solutions (AMRS), a forensic investiga-tion company appointed to recover the disappeared roller compactor.The company was tasked among others to investigate and identify theresponsible individuals and recommend fleet management tools toprevent similar occurrences.The Roller Compactor disappeared in July 2011 and it was never tracedby the municipality. Two officials working in the municipality’s infra-structure department were held accountable for the missing rollercompactor.According to the Communications Manager in Makhuduthamaga LocalMunicipality Lemson Moropjane, the council welcomed some recom-mendations to work on the issue during a seating. He said they agreedon the reopening of the case with SAPS with new information foundduring the investigations. “The, then, two responsible officials shouldbe held liable for the loss of the municipal roller compactor by failing totake proper care of the municipal equipment. The council agreed that themunicipality should consider instituting civil claim against the saidofficials and that criminal cases be renewed with the SAPS,” he said. Heconcluded by saying that the council agreed that the MakhuduthamagaLocal Municipality should consider installing tracking devices on allmunicipal plants assets to enable tracking of their movements.DA councillor in the Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality CllrMashiyanoke told the Dispatch that as oppositions they don’t acceptthe outcomes of the report. “We were never given the full report in thecouncil and we cannot accept a report that is already done by someofficials in the municipality,” he said.He said they made it clear during the council meeting that they do notform part of the resolution as the investigators’ findings were changed.“The actual investigator that was appointed to deal with the issue waschanged without the knowledge of the rest of the councillors. We justdiscovered during the meeting that the findings are coming from a newinvestigator,” added Mashiyanoke. He further said that theMakhuduthamaga Local Municipalilty Mayor Cllr Ali Matlala and theMunicipal Manager Eric Moropa must be held accountable for thatmissing roller compactor.“The two individuals know nothing about the missing fleet, they are justbeing framed as they were working in the infrastructure department. Themayor and the municipal manager are the ones responsible for themissing roller compactor,” he said.

Recently, the Elias Motsoaledi Local Munici-pality was given a grant amounting to morethan R1.3 Million by the Treasury Departmentto implement an Extended Public Works Pro-gram (EPWP) that would employ 65 people foran eight (8) months period. The budget wasgiven to the municipality to start with the projectand the employees, most unemployed and frompoor background, were appointed around Oc-tober last year to start in January this year.Now the unemployed Elias Motsoaledi resi-dents, were left hanging by the municipalityafter they were told the project will be delayed.This worries some of the oppositions in themunicipality as now the council delayed theproject and announced that the project will nowrun for only three months with a budget of R 828750.00.According to Mpumalanga Party’s SeunMogotji the council’s decision to delay theproject came up as a surprise because theTreasury Department allocated the requiredbudget to start with the project.Mogotji added that all required processes werefollowed. After advertising the positions, ap-plicants submitted their applications and evalu-ations were done on those applied to seewhether they were suitable candidates for thejob. But the council, a day before the contractwas due to be rolled out, sent messages to allemployed candidates to return the appoint-ment letters as the project was suspended,”said Mogotji. He went on and said; “How coulda project that was financed by the Departmentof Treasury for a eight month period at a totalcost of R 1 326 000 be cut back to a three monthcontract and this in effect would only cost the

EPWP’s Treasury Department allocationbudget cut to half by EMLM

municipality the amount of R 497 250.00 ex-trapolated at 65 employees earning R 85.00 perday for three months. Where would the othermoney go? The other question that the munici-pality should account for is what is it doing withthe surplus of the grant that it received from theTreasury amounting R 828 750.00 to createemployment and assist the indigent, poor andunemployed people in the area? asked Mogotji.He said the municipality is most probably chan-nelled the grant to pay for other expenseswithin its territory such as creating the possi-bilities even exists that it could have used it topay performance bonuses to senior managers.“So if you want to be unemployed with nosource of income, be indigent, poor and ma-nipulated, cast your vote in favour of thosewho deprived you from having any kind ofincome which is in particular the ruling govern-ment none other than the African NationalCongress. Does the ruling government reallycare about your welfare. The contrary is evi-dent. Remember President Jacob Zuma say thatthe ANC will rule until Jesus comes, so thatmeans you will be un-employed, indigent,and poor for a verylong time to come,” hesaid.The Dispatch’s at-tempt to reach the EliasMotsoaledi LocalMunicipality Munici-pal Manager MarindaBurger went fruitlessas she failed to answerher cellphone.

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Business people are now fed up with the overflowing sewerage at KanaalStreet in Groblersdal Town. The problem has started more than threeweeks ago and some people operating businesses in that street fear thatthis situation is unhealthy.The entrepreneurs also fear that their businesses can be affected by theunbearable smell. They say they had lost count of how many complaintsthey had made with Sekhukhune District Municipality about the over-flowing of the sewage system.The sewage is not only unhealthy in the streets, but the “water” is alsoflowing to the Olifants River and causing a wide spread of waterpollution.According to Dawie Ferreira, owner of Willie Walie fruit and vegetable,the matter was reported many times to the Sekhukhune District Munici-pality but it is not taken into consideration.“It is about a month now since the problem started but the municipalitydoesn’t do anything. They keep on promising that they will deal with theproblem but nothing has been done,” he said.He said the situation affect his customers because some don’t want tostop in front of his business anymore after the problem started.“Some of my daily customers are starting to ask if we reported the matterto the municipality,” he said.Dawie added that their other worry is the condition of the road as it isalso in a very bad state.“We also approached the municipality about the problem and we weretold they are busy with the process of the rehabilitation of the road,” hesaid.The Sekhukhune District Municipality Spokesperson Willy Mosomawas not available for comment as his wasn’t picking up his cellphone.The Sekhukhune Operational and Maintenance Manager Mr. LuthandoMashiya refused to comment and said he was not given the mandate totalk to the media.

Stinking Groblersdal Kanaal Street

The Groblersdal Kanaal Street flooded with sewage.

Van Wyk Tombstones now bigger and better

Van Wyk Tombstones and Dry Cleaners has now moved to new andbigger bigger premises. They can now be found at 13 and 15 NywerheidStreet in Groblersdal. The tombstone manufacturing factory stood a testof time and offered excellent service to thousands of customers around

Danie Van Wyk and his friendly staf in the new Van Wyk premises at No 13 and15 Nywerheid Street in Groblersdal Town.

Your tombstone is in good hands. The well trained workmanship force of VanWyk Tombstones. The staff is working more sufficient on the new premises

the country since its establishment in 1952.“We moved the business to offer our custom-ers a quicker service as our previous space wastoo small. We want to align our manufacturing

process to give good quality to our customers with new improvedtechnology,” said Van Wyk Tombstones co-owner Danie Van Wyk.He says with the new technology their customers will experienceimproved modern laser engraving technology that was never seenbefore.“We also equipped our dry clean with new modern machines and hopethat our customers will be happy about our services in the dry cleaningdepartment. With the new bigger space we have, our staff will workcomfortably and it will enable us to create job opportunities as time goesby,” he said.Danie said the old premises, in voortrekker street, will also still offer someservices to the people. “The old premises are used as a tombstonesshowroom. The dry cleaning is currently still at our old premises but weare going to move the business to the new premises by the end of April,”he went on. He said people are welcome to come and view their newpremises and see the wide range of modern technology.“The relocation will not affect the good relationship we have with ourcustomers. We are now bigger and better at Van Wyk and I promisecustomers an improved service offered at our new premises,” he con-cluded.

One of the guttingmachines and hisoperator.

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A 24 years old man has sustained injuries afterhe was assaulted by the angry community ofLeeuwfontein RDP. The community assaultedthe man after accusing him of breaking andstealing from their houses. "According to theinformation supplied to the police, the commu-nity went to one of the RPD houses to locate theman for questioning after a string of housebreakings were taking place in the area. He wasidentified by some of the community membersas the one who committed the crimes. Some ofthe residents started beating him up," saidConstable Lethunya Mmuroa from Marble HallSAPS. He said some of the community memberswere shouting that he must bring back the itemshe has stolen while they were busy assaultinghim. "The police were called and the man wasrescued from the angry crowd. He was thentaken to Groblersdal Hospital for medical treat-ment. A docked of assault was opened by theinjured person. Some of the community mem-bers were identified but they were not arrestedas an investigation is ongoing," Mmuroa said.He said the police condemns people's actionsof taking the law into their own hands. "Mobjustice will not be tolerated as it is against thelaw. As the police we encourage people toreport perpetrators amongst the community sothat they will be brought to book. Taking thelaw into their own hands is a criminal activityand anyone who is doing it will be arrested andprosecuted," he concluded.

Manhospitalised

after beaten bythe community

Community Justice on the rise

A 25 year old man died after he was assaultedby the community of Elandsdoorn inDennilton. The deceased, Lucky Nkadimeng,was suspected by the community in commit-ting housebreakings and robberies aroundthe area. On Saturday 28 March, dozens offurious community members mobilized andwent to the deceased’s home to question himabout the robberies and stabbing of an elderlyman. “The deceased was known as a leader ofa gang that terrorizes the community aroundthe area. The community wanted to teach himand his friends the lesson that crime doesn’tpay,” said one of the community members.He said the community dragged the deceasedfrom his home into the streets while beatinghim with sticks, stones and bricks. He saideveryone in the community knows that thedeceased and his friends are nyaope addictsand they commit the crimes to feed their habit.He added that he was beaten shamelessly andsome community members were shouting thathe must be killed so that they will walk peace-fully in the streets again.“The community dispersed after realizing thatLucky was no longer breathing and he wascertified dead by the police and paramedics,”he concluded. A case of murder was openedat Dennilton SAPS and is under investigation.No one is arrested.

Angry mobkills man in

Elandsdoorn

The suspect getting off the policevan at Groblersdal Hospital wherehe was taken for treatment after hewas assaulted by the communityand sustained serious injuries.

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Two male suspectsnamed RichmanMlodolodi (32) andSam Letageng (52)were arrested by thepolice after they werefound attempting tocommit a house break-ing at LeeuwfonteinVillage near MarbleHall Town.According to the po-lice report, the sus-pects were found in-side the house by theowner on Wednesday25 March."The owner of thehouse was comingfrom Polokwane rush-ing home to watch asoccer match betweenOrlando Pirates andSupersport United. Onhis arrival he heardfood steps comingfrom the ceiling. Herushed outside anddemanded help fromcommunity mem-bers," said ConstableLethunya Mmuroafrom Marble HallSAPS.

Suspects caughtinside the ceiling

He said the community rushed to the house andmanaged to remove the suspects from the topof the house.They were assaulted and sustained seriousinjuries and later rescued by the police. Theywere rushed to Groblersdal Hospital and dis-charged the same day.

"They were charged with housebreaking andtaken to custody at Marble Hall SAPS. Theyappeared before the Groblersdal Magistrate'sCourt on Thursday 26 March and granted aR800-00 bail each. Their case was postponed toTuesday 14 April and investigations continue,"he said.

A 37 year old man was sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping threeminors. The suspect, Maaba Edward Kotole was sentence at the Sekhukhune Regional Court forraping children between the ages of three and six.According to Constable Boitumelo Matlala from Motetema SAPS, the man committed the crimein October 2010 at Bakopeng Section in Tafelkop Village.He was undergoing trial at Motetema until his case was taken to the Sekhukhune Regional Courtwhere he was later sentenced. He added that during the day of the incident, the accused bought sweets for the three minorsand asked them to accompany him to his place.“He raped all three children on arrival. He was arrested shortly that day after the children informedtheir parents about the ordeal they gone through. They managed to identify him to the police andhe was arrested on the spot,” he said.

Two male suspects were arrested by the MarbleHall SAPS for theft the police said. The sus-pects were arrested on Tuesday 31 March inMarble Hall Town after a search by the police.According to Constable Lethunya Mmuroafrom Marble Hall SAPS, it is alleged that thesuspects were wanted by the police after theybroke into a house and stole items estimated tothe value of R9000-00."Items include a lawn mower, a vacuum cleaner,

A 26 year old man was arrested by the DenniltonSAPS for house breaking and theft. Accordingto the police report the suspect entered into thehouse at Ntwane Village on Friday 3 Aprilaround 22H00 and stole a cellphone and anundisclosed amount of money. Some commu-nity members saw him coming from the house

Life imprisonmentfor minors rapist

House breaking suspectarrested

Two nabbed for theftThe two suspects, Richman Mlodolodi (32) and Sam Letageng(52) at the Marble Hall Police Station after they were dis-charged from Groblersdal Hospital.

and became suspicious. The police were calledafter the house owner discovered that hiscellphone and money went missing. He wasarrested the following day and appeared beforethe Moutse Magistrate’s Court on Monday 6April and was denied bail. He will appear againsoon after further investigation.

DVD player, lawn trimmer and bowls were sto-len at one of the houses between Monday 6 andTuesday 7 March," he said.He said the suspects stole the items after cut-ting through the fence and gain entry throughthe front door."They are expected to appear before theGroblersdal Magistrate's Court soon after afurther investigation by the police," concludedMmuroa.

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Supa Quick announced their winners for week 9-14 March and 16-21 March. Tobie Erasmus andArno Notje was the winners of the of the R500 meat voucher. Remember you can be the next winnertoo. Just visit Supa Quick and do business with them and stand a chance to be the next weeklymeat voucher winner.

Tobie and Arno winsSupa Quick voucher

Arno Nortje re-ceiving his meatvoucher fromSupa Quick man-ager JacquesErasmus.

Tobie Erasmusreceiving hesvoucher fromClayton Gilchrist.Al you have to dois visit SupaQuick, do busi-ness with themand stand achance to win to.

The remains of Comrade Mishack Michael Nyathi commonly known as Komosasa in the MK ranksto his home at Penge Village outside Sekhukhune District Municipality are finally coming home.Nyathi died On 2 August 1988 along with other five MK members when they were trying to crossthe border from Zimbabwe to South Africa by engaging with security forces around the Alldaysarea. They were all given pauper funerals.Meshack Michael Nyathi was born on 08 January 1961 at Vaalhoek in Pilgrims rest and then movedto Penge at Poung Village, Sekhukhune land.Comrade Meshack joined the African National Congress at a very young age where he was taskedto distribute pamphlets of the then banned ANC. He was recruited by his cousin, Comrade BoikieSello Mashego who was staying within the same village of Poung.In 1979 he left the country to undergo military training with MK where he used the nom de guerreOupa Molefe. Together with Koboti Mashego, he received military training in Swaziland wherethey were received by Comrade Moses Mabhida and Ntate Graham Morodi. They were alsosubjected to intense political education.From Swaziland Comrade Meshack and Cde Koboti proceeded to Maputo, Mozambique wherethey got a military crash course for two weeks. After the training, they were instructed to infiltratethe country via Swaziland for a reconnaissance mission of an electrical substation and explosivestorage of the mine. The military operation was successful and as they were given time lines, theyimmediately went back to Swaziland to report on the mission.After the successful mission, Meshack left for Winterveld in Pretoria as the government waslooking for him and other comrades.Realising that the regime was surveying them in their hideout, they left the country to join anotherunit which was commanded by Mancheck, the unit which attacked military camp in 1982. Afterthe attack, the regime reinforced its operations to an extent that they attacked innocent civiliansin Maseru and Mozambique border.In 1982 Meshack, Koboti and Boikie left for Angola for further military training. In 1984 Meshackjoined another unit under the command of Joe Slovo. The unit left for Swaziland to infiltrate thecountry but unfortunately it was during that time that Nkomati Accord was signed by the lateSamora Machel. Meshack and other comrades were arrested and deported to Tanzania. Otherswere taken to Nampula, others like cde Solly Kokoropa died in Swaziland in exchange of fire withSouth African forces. Meshack together with other comrades who were deported to Tanzania,were flown to Lusaka in 1985 .In 1988 Meshack joined another unit of Joe Modise which was basedin Zimbabwe the same year he was killed with other MK members.Their remains were exhumed by the missing persons’ task team and were identified through DNAtest. Meshack’s remains will be buried on Saturday 11 April.

Mishack Nyathi’sremains coming home

at last

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The Mayor of Elias Motsoaledi Local Munici-pality, Cllr Julia Mathebe, has donated a digitalcamera worth R500.00, A clicks voucher worthR2500.00, a R2500.00 Edgars voucher and aTotal Sports voucher worth R2500.00 during afarewell that was organized for Lina Matseke atthe municipal offices on Friday 27 March.Lina Matseke, a 15 year old grade 8 leaner atNala Secondary School in Thabakhubedu Vil-lage heads to the United States of America totake part in the fun run competition after shewon a 1500m Provincial Rhino Poaching Aware-ness organized by the Mpumalanga Tourismand Parks Agency held in Nelspruit in Septem-ber last year. This young athlete comes from avery poor family background. Her family livesin an RDP house. Her mother is unemployedand the family survives on social grants.She will be running in the USA Caroline RhinoPoaching Awareness Campaign from Monday6 to Thursday 16 April with other South Africanveterans such as Zola Budd.The Mayor of Elias Motsoaledi Cllr JuliaMathebe congratulated the young girl anddonated the vouchers to ensure that she has awonderful trip to the US. The Municipalitypromised to welcome her on 17 April when shereturns from the United States.

Lina’s municipal farewell to the USA

Lina Matseke congratulated by the Mayor Cllr Julia Mathebeand other officials at the Elias Motsoaledi municipal of-fices.

The Elias Motsaoledi Local MunicipalityLeague Log is scheduled to start on Saturday18 April. According to the Coordinator of theleague Jeffrey Mtshweni, the league will com-mence for both zonal and promotional divi-sions. This includes the zonal which will ac-commodate the under-13, under-15 and under-17."I will be meeting with team representativesduring the weekdays before the weekend sched-uled for the league to start. This includes teamsfrom Tafelkop, Monsterlus and Dennilton as

EMLM League starting

Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Mayor Cllr Julia Mathebehanding over vouchers to Lina Matseke during Lina’sfarewell at the municipal offices in Groblersdal.

they are the ones who will be starting on theweekend of 18 April. We still have challengesin some areas such as Roosenekal. Teams rep-resentatives around the affected areas will benotified about the date of the matches for bothzonal and promotional divisions," he said.Jeffrey added that they are still facing someother challenges as the fields are not yet readybut they decided on other means to ensure thatthe league is starting. He said participants areno thinking that they must just risk and play onthe bad conditioned fields as time is now not on

their side."I can assure you that the league will continueregardless the municipality's failure to clear thefields. These children are really hungry to getback on the field. They can’t take it anymore. Icannot allow them to play on the unclearedfields. I will keep on engaging the municipalitybut I am also ready to pay for the graders to clearthe fields if the municipality does not respondbefore the date we set for the league as we arenow behind schedule. We can no longer affordanother delay," he said.

The soccer fields are full of grass aroundElias Motsoaledi and the municipalityis doing nothing to clear them evenwhen engaged many times by theleague officials.