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District Municipality.
So far, 80 cases of damaged homes have been reported in both Makhuduthama-
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villages are Mmotwaneng, Wonderboom, Vlakplaas and Strykraal B.
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relief have been provided with mattresses, blankets and tents for shelter. The Joint
Disaster Management Team comprising of the province, the district and officials
from local municipalities is working around the clock to find more people who might
have been badly affected by the heavy rains. It is suspected that more people from
far flung places in Sekhukhune might have been affected without reporting. Mem-
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Disaster Mr Abraham Mangoato on 078 436 7665.

Progress

The Mampuru to Eerstegeluk and from Eersteg-

eluk to Steeelpoort road has been a bone of
contention and a cause for major violence in
the past. Good progress is made with the com-
pletion of the projectwith a large stretch already
tarred. Meanwhile the very bad road from Eeer-
stegeluk to the R555 is also worked on.

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2 NEWS
Calvinite flies the
Limpopo flag high
Calvin College is very proud to have one of
the top five debaters in Limpopo Province.
Reitumetse Tshepiso Masilela is one of
the top five learners from Limpopo province
who took part in the Department of Roads
and Transport National Debate Competition
held at the Orion Hotel in Rustenburg from
the 2nd to the 7th of October 2017. True to the
high level of communicative competency,
oral ability and thorough preparedness, the
Limpopo team took Position 1 after walloping
13 OCTOBER 2017
Song of Solomon 2:12 King James Version (KJV)
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and
the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
KZN, Gauteng and then The Western Cape
in the finals.
The school is very proud of Reitume-
tse. The Principal, Mrs L. Britz (right in the
photograph) thanked the debate teacher Mr
A. Vandwani for mentoring the learner. She
also thanked the Department of Roads and
Transport and the officials involved for host-
ing such debate competitions as they help
develop learners intellectually and socially.
For Reitumetse, the sky is her only limit. Photograph - Willem Fouch sr
Another winner at
Magaba Filling Station
Mr Carl Lourens of Magaba Filling Station congratulates Ms Tshepo Lekhau from Alverton,
who won two solar Lanterns in the lucky draw at Magaba Filling Station, saying Thank you
for your support!
13 OKTOBER 2017 NUUS 3

Ohrigstad Police
interact with the
young ones
Members of the Police in Ohrigstad comprising of communication offi-
cer Sgt Kholofelo Phokane, sector commander W/O Molatelo Phoku,
CPF and YCOP members have on Monday 2017-10-09 and Tuesday
2017-10-10 conducted back to school campaigns at Laerskool Ohrigs-
tad and Maepa Primary School respectively.
Members of the Police started by visiting Laerskool Ohrigstad on
Monday where Sgt Phokane addressed the learners in the school hall
and on Tuesday 2017-10-10 the Police visited Maepa Primary School
where Sgt Phokane, W/O Phoku and the CPF addressed the learners
at the assembly together with their principal Mr. S.S Mkhabela and
other educators.

They inter alia said:

* Learners must respect their educators and their parents.

* Learners must not be afraid of the police because the police are their
friends.

* Bullying and Teenage pregnancy.

* Abuse of alcohol and drugs.

* The police emergency number 10111 was given to learners and they
where warned not to abuse this number as it is a emergency number.

* The police crime stop numbers as 08600 10111 was given, and

* The childline number which the learners can use when they are
abused is 0800 0555 55.

YCOP member (Young Civilians on Patrol), Puleng Msibi also took the
opportunity to welcome the learners back to school and thanked the
learners and the educators for giving the police a chance to speak to
them.
4 NEWS 13 OCTOBER 2017

Using the SANDF to fight crime - your views

In an extreme move, Minister Fikile Mbalu-
la this week announced that he requested
the South African National Defence Force
(SANDF) to help crack down on crime in
areas of the Western Cape and Gauteng.
In the Western Cape gang violence is
prevalent while Gauteng is battling with vio-
lent crimes. In many of these areas residents
are fed up with the South African Police
Services inability to curb crime and in the
Western Cape members of the Community
Policing Forums (CPF) within gang ridden
areas have warned that residents are turning
on the SAPS. If the army is deployed it is
not going to be easy. Communities have
started turning on the police. The army will Mnr. Louis Pieterse en Me. Vallery Pieterse s: Dis goed dat hulle Mr Thabo Mmutlane and Mr Decious Mahlangu said: They must
only be seen as a show of force, said Ebra- die weermag betrokke wil laat raak om misdaad te bekamp, maar ons deploy the soldiers all over South Africa and not just in the Western
him Abrahams of the Hanover Park CPF. He dink hulle moet dit in al die provinsies doen en nie net die Weskaap Cape and Gauteng if they want to go that way. However we dont
added that a successful intervention would en Gauteng nie. By hulle is Almero en Amor. think there is a real need for the army. The police is doing fine. There
be welcome. will be fear amongst the people if the army is around.
Traditionally the mandate of the SANDF
is to protect the borders of South Africa,
while the SAPS is responsible for tackling
crime and ensure the safety of citizens within
the country. Mbalula explained his decision
saying: Stabilisation and combating of these
criminal activities are within the mandate of
the South African Police Service, but due
to the large groupings and military training
of some of the perpetrators, the SANDF is
requested to assist.
Section 201 of the Constitution states that
only the president, as head of the national
executive, may authorize the deployment of
the defence force, in cooperation with the
Mr Kgodiswana Rantho said: This country
Police Service. One previous instance of Mr Vincent Armoh said: It will help in the Mr Isaac Phoku said: The army will not
needs more police officers in all provinces of
short term SANDF deployment was during fight against crime because the South African make a difference to the crime experienced.
South Africa, not only certain areas. If they
Operation Fiela when a spate of xenophobic Police is weak. They cannot combat crime. They need to add more police officers and
want to bring in the SANDF to fight crime, it
attacks took place in the country. Last week my phone, bag, wallet and laptop empower the police to do their jobs. Crime
should be in all provinces. Crime is happen-
Calling in the army to assist in fighting was stolen and theyve not yet come to take is also not only happening in the Western
ing everywhere. If they can do that they can
crime is internationally seen as uncon- finger prints. Im not sure, but I think it will be Cape and Gauteng. If they are deploying
succeed in reducing crime. Ordinary civilians
ventional. Johan Burger, an independent good to deploy the army all over South Africa the SANDF it should happen countrywide.
should also not be allowed to carry or own
consultant and previously a researcher at the to deal with crime. Maybe they should give the police some
guns. We should be civilized and the only
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) this week extra training. It is actually their responsibility
people who should have guns is the SANDF.
told the media that this request from Mbalula to fight crime and not that of the army. The
They should have big guns people can see.
is seen as an exception to international rule. right thing is to not get the army involved in
These small firearms that people easily
There is always an exception to the rule, for fighting crime.
hide is a problem. They should also have a
example, if you have a volatile situation and
minimum salary for the police of R20 000 per
complete lawlessness. Left: Ms Betty Maesela said: I think the month. Their current small salaries are an
Burger added that the ideal is that the army will help. It is good to have them come instigator for them to do crime.
deployment of the SANDF should be for and fight crime. It is
short periods to help stabilize areas and not good that the focus
to do the work of the police. He explained is on the Western
that the ways in which the police and SANDF Cape and Gauteng
operates differ with the police being trained to because most people
use minimum force and the SANDF just the die there.
opposite.
His sentiment was echoed by Gareth Ne-
wham, current head of justice and violence
prevention at the ISS.
According to Newham the role of the
SANDF will be short term and specific. In
the weeks after the operation you may find
that the crime in that particular area might Mr Kuziva Nyamurowa and Mr Tawanda Garabwa said: The army
decline temporarily. But certainly the military should only come in if there is a specific area to be cleaned. They are
is not going to make the whole province safer not trained in policing and they dont know how to work with civilians.
or change the factors contributing the crime. They might be too harsh. The minister should empower the police.
It is a high-visibility operation, which disrupts The police are often victims and the system is rotten from within. The
criminal activity in the area, allowing the po- police are sometimes less protected by the law than the criminals
lice to confiscate firearms and make arrests committing the crimes. The minister should do outreach campaigns to
in dangerous areas. Mr Victor Malapane and Mr Paulus Lepelle said: It wont help bring- help people value the police because without the help of the commu-
Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille wel- ing the SANDF in. The police should develop a better relationship nities they will not be able to do anything against crime.
comed the announcement. The DA has been with communities to get results.
calling on national government for interven-
tions for an extended period of time. We
have repeatedly requested President Jacob
Zuma to employ the SANDF to stabilise gang
hotspot areas so that the police are freed up
to investigate crimes and bring gang mem-
bers to justice, she said.
The controversy of this weeks announce-
ment was underlined by the polices plan to
cut approximately 3000 SAPS jobs. Accord-
ing to the polices 2017-1018 annual per-
formance plan, due to budget issues plans Mr Nala Mahlakwana and Mr Andries Mnisi said: It will help the po-
are under way to reduce SAPS personnel lice to reduce crime. We want them to also be deployed in Burgersfort
from 194 431 in 2016/2017 to 191 431 in the to reduce crime here. People have a lot of problems with crime. The
2019/2020 book year. It was not specified in Mnr. Johann Lategan s: Dit is goed dat die weermag ingeroep word soldiers should assist when people are drawing money at the ATM
which province these cuts will take place. maar hulle moet ook in Limpopo betrokke raak. Hierdie gebrand en because they get robbed of their money. The visibility of the army and
Platinum Gazette asked readers what klippe in die paaie rondom die myne is n gevaar vir almal en daar police is very important. The police is trying but they should be better
they think about the announcement. behoort ingegryp te word. By hom is Ashley en Ellouise. empowered.
13 OKTOBER 2017
Teachers in uniform
Steelpoort Academy
teachers showed learners
what they look like in school
uniform on the last day of
the third term. The learn-
ers could dress in casual
clothes while the teachers
were dressed in school uni-
form. This led to loads of fun
and learners loved the sight
of their teachers looking like
school kids.
NUUS 5
Bull Run pret
Die Wegry tydskrif se jaarlikse Bull Run het verlede plaasgevind.
week plaasgevind en n twee spanne van die area het Daar neem jaarliks 150 voertuie deel en van die
gaan deelneem. Die geleentheid het by Van Wyksvlei rels is dat voertuie ouer as 30 jaar moet wees en dat
die totale koste van die voertu-
ig (en om hom padwaardig te
kry), nie meer as R25 000 mag
wees nie. Die spanne moet
ook op eie stoom by die Bull
Run aankom.
Die een span van Burgers-
fort (foto links) het bestaan uit
Piet Pretorius, Christiaan Jou-
bert, Lodewyk de Jager, Nico
Havenga en as ondersteuning
Pieta en Lafras Joubert.
Die ander span (foto links
onder) het van Lydenburg
gekom en hulle was Pieter
Broodryk, Fritz Sonntag, Abrie
Coetzee, CP Prinsloo, Ig
Schutte, Piet Malan en Reon
Herbst.
Die Burgersfort span het
n Tweede Wreldoorlog tema
gehad en het selfs n bom
wat vlamme blaas op die dak
aangebring.
Die Bull Run
het bestaan uit
tydren roetes op
die eerste dag en
dan Pan Fun op
die tweede dag.
Dit is baie dieself-
de as die jaarlik-
se Wildevy 4x4
uitdagings, maar
met heelwat meer
stof en geen water
nie.
Ek sal onthou
hoe droog dit was,
die baie stof en die
eiesoortig vriende-
like mense, vertel
Lodewyk de Jager.
Hulle was een van
die spanne wat
baie ver gery het.
In totaal het hulle
voertuig 2850km
afgel na die Bull
Run en terug. Die
manne is almal
opgewonde om
weer te gaan deel-
neem. (Fotos en
inligting: Lodewyk
de Jager).
6 NEWS 13 OCTOBER 2017

Dancing in Burgies musical

Laerskool Burgersfort held their musical during the last the central theme of the performance was dancing. The school
week of the third term. The whole school participated and thanked everyone who contributed to the success of the event.

The different grades all made

their way to the stage with their
own unique dance moves.
13 OKTOBER 2017 NUUS 7

Styl Wedding bells for

en happy couples
The end of
Septem-
ber and the

glans beginning of
October is a
happy time for
many couples
as they swear

by
their ever
lasting love
for each other
before family,
friends and
God.

HTS Gift Moropane

tied the knot
with Marcia
Mailula at
Ga-Mashishi
on the 1 Oc-
Matriekafskeid tober. (Photo-
graph left).
2017 On 30 Sep-
tember it
was wedding
Hor Tegniese Skool Mid- bells for
delburg (HTS) het aan die Pontsho
einde van verlede kwartaal SEfako
hulle matriekafskeid gehou. Maroga
n Groot groep plaaslike who
leerders is by HTS in die married
skool en hulle het behoorlik Mashego
geskitter by die geleent- Lekwadu.
heid. They got
Bo is Jean Pierre mar-
Matthysen en Sulandri van ried at
der Linde. Jean Pierre is n Ga-Mahl-
oud-leerder van Laerskool okwane
Burgersfort.
- Natlela
Links is Chanelle
village.
Volschenk en MC van
(They
der Merwe. Chanelle is n
are in the
oud-leerder van Steelpoort
photo just
Akademie.
left).
Beide Chanelle en Jean
Pierre se ouers is steeds in-
woners van die omgewing.
(Photo-
graphs
and in-
formation
submitted
(Fotos en inligting: Wil- by: Mr
na Volschenk en Mariana Jenny
van Rooyen). Phala).

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