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Lentswe, Alabama - On Saturday 5 De-    days of activism against Women and    Hier’, a local NGO, as well as Alabama      Local security companies and police
cember, the Alabama community took      Child Abuse.                          CPF and Alabama Neighbourhood            vehicles also participated in the march
to the streets in commemoration of 16     Organisers included ‘Die Brood is   Watch.                                   that stretched almost 4 km throughout
                                                                                                                       Alabama. Virgil Brown from the NGO
                                                                                                                       said they also handed over a memoran-
                                                                                                                       dum to the local station commander,
                                                                                                                       asking for a police station to be built in
                                                                                                                       Alabama.
                                                                                                                          “This is long overdue and really nec-
                                                                                                                       essary. The Alabama community has
                                                                                                                       kept quiet for too long when it comes
                                                                                                                       to gender based violence in their com-
                                                                                                                       munity, they have kept quiet for too
                                                                                                                       long when it comes to abuse against
                                                                                                                       children,’’ he said.
                                                                                                                          Almost 300 people participated in
                                                                                                                       the march. Brown said the community
                                                                                                                       believe that the presence of a police sta-
                                                                                                                       tion will alleviate crime significantly in
                                                                                                                       the neighbourhood.

Speak out against GBV. Almost 300 people participated in the march.
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FRIDAY, 11 DecembeR 2020                                                                                                                                      lentswe • 3

 Farouk: Law must follow its course
By DANIE JACOBS                      Confident Sekgoro (37) of Ma-       in the lives of the Dangor family.   he talked to the newspaper       get double life sentences.
                                     hikeng will plead not guilty.       On this day in 2019 Mohamed          on 8 December about the          We also put our trust in Adv
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The trial      He appeared on a pre-trial in       (31), Farouk’s son and succes-       events the previous day in       Riekie Krause, the prosecu-
of the man who allegedly shot        Klerksdorp on Monday 7 De-          sor, was gunned down in the          court and how he misses his      tor, as she will allow the law
and killed Mohamed Dangor            cember where the date of the        showroom of Speedy Car Sales.        grandchildren.                   to run its course.
in cold blood last year, will take   trial was set at 1-5 March 2021.    Farouk is still in real pain when       Mohamed’s wife and their         Mebs Soomra, shot five
place in March next year.               The date 11 November will        he speaks...                         three young daughters have       times, had to undergo vari-
  It is believed that Tshiamo        always recall painful memories        He was very emotional when         moved to Cape Town re-           ous operations including a

             Don’t make it easy
                                                                                                              cently.                          hip operation. He has trou-
                                                                                                                 He is upset about the fact    ble walking, and still works
                                                                                                              that “you can kill someone in    for Farouk.

               for criminals
                                                                                                              SA and you are still free” and      Joe Ally, also shot, is a
                                                                                                              calls it a travesty.             family friend. He has since
                                                                                                                 “I cannot believe it. He is   recovered.
                                                                                                              on video shooting, with 30          How does he cope with the
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The            details as they are your eyes and   sending fraudulent and fake          witnesses and he ran to the      loss of his son? “Faith carries
festive season has arrived and       ears in your absence,” says Sgt     proofs, only to realise later that   police station where he con-     me. I believe in God. That’s
many people will be leaving on       Amogelang Malwetse, police          proof of addresses sent does         fessed. How can he still be      all I can do’.”
long holidays.                       spokesperson.                       not exist/is an empty stand or a     free?” asks Farouk.                 Sekgoro received bail of
   The police urge our commu-          Some hints to protect your-       company building/parking and            He wasn’t in court this       R10 000 in February in the
nities to ensure that their houses   self:                               the id copy sent is a stolen or      week as he was afraid his        High Court in Mmabatho.
and properties are safe. Inform        n Be vigilant at ATMs and         fraudulent one.                      emotions may get the better      Bail was initially withheld in
your domestic helpers and who-       in your surroundings to avoid           n When doing shopping, en-       of him.                          the local magistrate’s court,
ever will be left in your home       being followed by unknown sus-      sure that all the valuables and         “We are talking to Adv        but he was released after the
about people who are expected        picious people and never with-      groceries are safely locked in the   Gerrie Nel to help us and he     High Court’s controversial
to come to your place like cou-      draw large amounts of cash.         boot. Do not talk or ask for help    is convinced that he should      decision.
rier/delivery companies, munici-       n Cybercrime is also one of       from strangers, be alert, be vigi-
pal officials, Telkom etc.           problematic crimes in the area      lant as your safety is our priori-
   “Ask a reliable friend or fam-    with rental companies being         ty.
ily member to guard your house       targets. Companies renting out          n Schools are closing and
during your absence who will         their properties must ensure        buildings are easy targets for
ensure that the lights of your       that they properly verify the       burglaries. “We plead with the
house are switched on and off,       identity documents and resi-        management of schools to en-
mail is collected from the post      dential addresses before hiring     sure that they do not leave com-
box as these are some of the         out their goods. They must also     puters in classes, lock them in a
signals that shows that there is     ensure that their clients pay       safe place at all times. We also
nobody in the house.                 them upfront and ensure they        humbly request the public to
   “Have good relationships with     received the money and not          keep an eye on our schools and
your neighbours, know each           only rely on proof of payment       report any suspicious activities
other and have their contact         sent as the criminals are now       to their nearest police station.’’

     5 in court for murder
  Lentswe, Delareyville - Five        Sunday 6 December for the al-      the farm workers called the
  murder accused appeared in          leged murder of a 42-year-old      victim’s relative in Ganalaag-
  the Delareyville Magistrates’       Petrus Thamaga.                    te Village and informed him
  Court on Monday 7 December             “The victim was allegedly       about the incident.
  after they were arrested over       assaulted on Saturday 5 De-           “The relative then drove to
  the weekend.                        cember at Vergenoeg Farm           the farm to fetch the victim. It
     Subsequent to court ap-          by the accused. According to       was in the village that the vic-
  pearance, they were granted         information available at this      tim was dropped in the street
  R5 000 bail each and will re-       stage, reports suggest that the    by the relative so that he could
  appear on Friday 26 February        victim who was unknown on          go and report the matter to
  2021.                               the farm, was accused of being     the local Community Police
     The police said Phillip Le       there to steal,” North West po-    Forum (CPF) member. Regret-
  Roux (33), Mike Bass (41),          lice spokesperson Brig Sabata      tably, the victim collapsed and
  Samuel Modukanele (53),             Mokgwabone said.                   died. The incident was report-
  Martin Le Roux (60) and Paul           Brig Mokgwabone said ac-        ed to the police who effected
  Michau (70) were arrested on        cording to reports, some of        the arrest, Brigadier added.
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                               Minor raped in Khuma
by MOHANOE KHIBA                             HIV, and even death.                       that they opened a case of rape.              “The victim followed the suspect to
                                               A man who is more than 20 years             The suspect was due to appear at the     his place in a bid to get back her hand
Lentswe, Khuma - It is said that Gen-        old is a suspect who was arrested by the   Stilfontein Magistrate Court this week.     bag.
der-based violence (GBV) undermines          Khuma police after he allegedly raped         “It is alleged that a 13-year-old girl     “The suspect refused to give the
the health, dignity, security and autono-    a 13-year-old girl.                        was allegedly raped at about 18:00 on       hand bag to the victim, instead he
my of its victims, yet it remains shrouded     The incident happened during the         Sunday 6 December. The victim was           raped her,” Brig Mokgwabone said.
in a culture of silence.                     16 Days of Activism for No Violence        allegedly walking on Makgale Street in        Lentswe tried to speak to the mother
   Victims of violence can suffer sexual     against Women and Children and             Khuma when approached by the sus-           of the victim, but she couldn’t say any-
and reproductive health consequences,        Lentswe learned that it happened at        pect who grabbed a hand bag from the        thing, because she was still traumatised
including forced and unwanted pregnan-       CH Section (Block 3) in Khuma.             victim.                                     by the incident.
cies, unsafe abortions, traumatic fistula,     The North West police spokesperson

                                                                                                     Strike locks
sexually transmitted infections including    Brig Sabata Mokgwabone confirmed

                                                                                                       miners
                                                                                                     underground
                                                                                        Lentswe, Orkney - A major part of              The newspaper received massages
                                                                                        VMR‘s (previously Kopanang) work-           from worried family members who said
                                                                                        force have been expelled due to an il-      their loved ones are trapped without
                                                                                        legal strike.                               food or medication.
                                                                                           More than 850 mineworkers were              In a statement on NUM’s website the
                                                                                        trapped underground for more than 30        union accused the Village Main Reef
                                                                                        hours last week - some willing, others      Group of arrogance and said workers
                                                                                        against their will.                         are “fed up” with management who are
                                                                                           Lentswe was informed that members        not listening to their complaints.
                                                                                        of NUM started a sit-in underground            “Workers discovered that the mine
                                                                                        on Tuesday 1 December.                      stopped paying their contributions.
                                                                                           Workers were prohibited from return-     Workers are fighting back as the mine
                                                                                        ing to the surface and were threatened      has declared war on them,’’ it said on
                                                                                        with violence to adhere to the instruc-     the website.
                                                                                        tions of the leaders.                          The mine declined comment. NUM
                                                                                                                                    members also picketed at management
                                                                                                                                    offices while armed security kept guard.
                                                                                                                                       According to the family of the work-
                                                                                                                                    ers stuck underground, those who are
                                                                                                                                    not members of NUM are held against
                                                                                                                                    their will. Others cannot work as the
                                                                                                                                    shaft came to a standstill.
                                                                                                                                       The situation is tense. NUM closed
                                                                                                                                    their statement by saying they will not
                                                                                                                                    be dictated to by “Chinese capitalism
                                                                                                                                    and barbarism”.
                                                                                                                                       “Our people are not slaves to the
                                                                                                                                    racist Chinese”. VMR is a Chinese com-
                                                                                                                                    pany and part of Heaven Sent.
                                                                                                                                       Workers returned to the surface on 2
                                                                                                                                    December.
                                                                                                                                       Al of those who took part in the strike
                                                                                                                                    were expelled.
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  1000 suspects from
 safer festive operation
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Police in the            and audio visual equipment as well as     sioner, Lt Genl Sello Kwena wel-
province said working together with            various drugs such as nyaope, mandrax     comed the successes achieved and
other law enforcement agencies arrest-         tablets, khat, crystal meth and dagga,”   pointed out that the operations will
ed 1 243 suspects for various offences         Brig Mokgwabone added.                    continue as part of tightening the
during the Safer Festive Season joint            Police said in addition, 1 168 fines    grip against criminals and criminality
operations conducted between Friday            and compliance notices relating to the    during the entire festive season.
16 October and Tuesday 8 December.             Road Traffic Act, Liquor Act and the
   According to the North West police          Second-Hand Goods Act were issued to
spokesperson Brig Sabata Mokgwabo-             individuals and businesses.                    North West Provincial Commis-
ne, the suspects include 141 that were           The North West Provincial Commis-              sioner, Lt Genl Sello Kwena.
arrested for contact crimes, 27 for
property related crimes, 173 for crimes
detected as a result of police action such
as illegal possession of firearms and
driving under the influence of alcohol
while others were held for many other
crimes.
   “During the operations and as part of
enforcing compliance with the Liquor
Act, 556 fines were issued for liquor
related offences that included drinking
and drunk in public places. In the pro-
cess, shebeens were also shut down.
   “Furthermore, the operations led to
confiscation of seven firearms, 83 am-
munition, five stolen or robbed motor
vehicles, six knives, 12 sheep, liquor,
illicit cigarettes, and different electronic

Help find
 family
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The manage-
ment of Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital
Complex requests readers to help trace
the family or relatives of a 70-year-old
Peter Motsumi who died in hospital on
Tuesday 1 December.
  According to the hospital spokesper-
son Nico Masiu, he was admitted on 16
October and later discharged, however
he had to be readmitted on 14 Novem-
ber. Masiu said he gave an address
which turned out to be non existent.
  “The deceased was undocumented
and according to Home Affairs, the
identity number does not exist, that
resulted in difficulty to trace his family
and relatives..”
  The Family or relatives of these de-
ceased are advised to visit the Tshepong
hospital mortuary.
  Readers who might know the de-
ceased are advised to inform the family
or call Liza Mapepesa on 018 406 3257.
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  Modise’s hearing to continue in April
Lentswe, Potchefstroom - On Wednes- (the veterinarian who was called out to   the farm Modderfontein in 2014).               According to Andrew Leask, Head In-
day 2 December, Speaker Thandi      the site) and Pieter Ferreira van Aswe-      The legal team of the accused was led    vestigator at AfriForum’s Private Prose-
Modise appeared in the dock in the  gen (a supplier who supplied fodder to    by Adv Dali Mpofu.                          cution Unit, the day in court was used
Potchefstroom Regional                                                           Adv Mpofu argued that they were not      for speeches and the accused’s legal
Court for the second consecu-                                                 aware that the Private Prosecution Unit     team failed to disclose a clear defence
tive day with regards to her                                                  was planning on calling Dr Abbas as         on the day
hearing on charges of animal                                                  an expert witness on that day and as a         “The charges against Ms Modise
abuse.                                                                        result didn’t have their own expert in      deals with animal abuse and her legal
   The case was postponed                                                     court to support Modise’s legal team.       team didn’t give any explanation for it.
until 13 to 15 April 2021.                                                       He said that despite the fact that       The prosecution will however continue
   Adv Gerrie Nel, who is the                                                 Adv Nel on Tuesday 1 December (a day        to concentrate on the relevant merits of
Head of AfriForum’s Private                                                   before) indicated in court that he was      the case.”
Prosecution Unit is privately                                                 planning on calling a veterinarian and         The fodder supplier Van Aswegen
prosecuting Modise on be-                                                     also disclosed Dr Abbas’s expert ac-        testified that he already in November
half of the National Council                                                  counts to the accused’s legal team.         2013 noticed that the pigs didn’t have
of Societies for the Preven-                                                     AfriForum said Adv Mpofu could also      enough fodder and advised the farm
tion of Cruelty to Animals                                                    not substantiate his initial claim - that   worker to fill up the animals’ feed
(NSPCA).                                                                      in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act      trough.
   The prosecution on that                                                    the Private Prosecution Unit had to give       According to Van Aswegen it would
Wednesday called three wit-                                                   the opposition 14 days’ notice that they    have improved the condition of the
nesses to the stand.                                                          want to call an expert witness.             animals with regards to malnutrition,
   The Editor of the Potch-                                                      Then Dr Abbas could subsequently         especially when taking into account that
efstroom Herald, Dustin                                                       not continue with his testimony seeing      they were already starting to go hungry
Wetdewich, Dr Sameer Abbas Thandi Modise’s lawyer Adv Dali Mpofu.             as the accused’s legal team wasn’t ready    and thus driven to cannibalism.
                                                                              to cross-
                                                                              examine him.
                                                                              He will be
                                                                              called back
                                                                              to the wit-
                                                                              ness stand in
                                                                              April.

                                                                               Veterinarian
                                                                                Dr Sameer
                                                                                     Abbas.

                                                                                   MAN ARRESTED
                                                                                    FOR MURDER
                                                                                Lentswe, Taung - A 23-year-old man        males who saw him stabbing the vic-
                                                                                who is currently under police guard       tim,” Lt Col Funani said.
                                                                                in hospital, is expected to appear          The police said the motive of the
                                                                                soon in the Taung Magistrates’ Court      incident is unknown at this stage and
                                                                                on a charge of murder.                    investigation into the matter contin-
                                                                                   The North West police spokes-          ues.
                                                                                person Lt Colonel Amanda Funani             The Provincial Commissioner of
                                                                                said the suspect’s court appearance       North West, Lt Genl Sello Kwena
                                                                                emanates from his arrest on Friday 4      condemned the incident which oc-
                                                                                December after he allegedly stabbed       curred within the 16 Days of Activ-
                                                                                and killed a thirty-year-old woman at     ism for No Violence against Women
                                                                                a tavern in Lokaleng village, Taung.      and Children.
                                                                                   “According to reports, the suspect       “At the same time, Lieutenant
                                                                                stabbed the woman with a knife on         General Kwena lauded the police
                                                                                the neck.                                 for quick response which resulted in
                                                                                   “The victim died while in transit to   the arrest of the alleged perpetrator.
                                                                                hospital.                                 He also urged members of the com-
                                                                                   “The suspect was also taken to         munity to refrain from taking the law
                                                                                hospital after being assaulted by two     into their own hands,” Funani said.
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                                                                                         Chambers
                                                                                       extend helping
                                                                                        hand to city
                                                                                   Lentswe, Klerksdorp - In a bid to help          Matlosana Business Unite. They are
                                                                                   remedy the Matlosana Municipality’s             extending a helping hand to the mu-
                                                                                   dire financial situation, three business        nicipality.
                                                                                   chambers in Klerksdorp has called for a            “The City of Matlosana has persis-
                                                                                   meeting with the city to discuss a finan-       tently been in material breach of its
  Some of the people who attended the meeting.
                                                                                   cial recovery plan.                             obligations to provide consistently all

          Chamber
                                                                                      Matlosana Business Unite requested           basic services and to meet its financial
                                                                                   an urgent meeting with stakeholders             obligations over an extended period,’’
                                                                                   regarding financial management of the           said Oosthuizen.

         encourages
                                                                                   municipality. Johan Oosthuizen of Mat-             “The primary responsibility to iden-
                                                                                   losana Chamber of Business says the             tify and resolve financial problems in a
                                                                                   business fraternity is prepared to help         municipality rests with the municipality

       black business
                                                                                   the city formulate an effective recovery        itself. We want to assist them, also with
                                                                                   plan to resolve its problems.                   the process of recovering outstanding
                                                                                      The Matlosana Chamber of Business,           debt and has also requested the city
                                                                                   the Wesvaal Chamber of Business and             to provide us with a detailed list of all
  Lentswe, Klerksdorp - On Sunday 6       can also run their own businesses        the Matlosana Black Business Cham-              businesses who are in arrears regarding
  December, the Matlosana Black Busi-     successfully just like other races do.   ber of Commerce and Industry have               their monthly municipal account,’’ he
  ness Chamber of Commerce & In-             Mbele said they dealt with issues     aligned themselves in the grouping              said.
  dustry (MBBCCI) hosted its annual       like adoption of resolutions of how
  general meeting at Rio Casino under     to teach blacks to start owning their       DISCLAIMER: Readers are advised to use their own discretion when responding
  the theme: ‘Kasi local economic pro-    local, rural areas or township econo-      to adverts, as it is the customer’s responsibility to verify the advertisers’ credentials
                                                                                      prior to making payments for any goods or services received. Lentswe will not be
  gramme’.                                mies, local economic development is-                                 held liable for any transactions made.
     Chairperson Mlungisi Mbele said      sues, meanwhile the central message
  it was their first meeting. Invited     was to encourage those businesses
  guests and various delegates in at-     to rise up and start to participate in
  tendance were Director of Kgorogo       their space to reclaim their own busi-
  Social Investment Pinampi Maano         nesses.
  (from Khuma) who was recently in-          “The local economic space is
  vited to parliament, Jabu Leshage       invaded and occupied by foreign
  (JHB Fresh Produce Market Man-          nationals and big corporate compa-
  ager), Jacky Mokgalagadi (Presented     nies,” he added. Most of the speakers
  a paper on social economy), while       were sharing the words to see more
  Dr Martin Khunou did the keynote        spaza shops started again as the first
  address.                                project, meanwhile others will follow.
     According to Mbele, they also in-       “Through this programme we
  vited Wesvaal Business Chamber and      want to create a value chain amongst
  Matlosana Business Chamber.             our businesses, revenue must circu-
     MBBCCI is a locally based busi-      late amongst us 10 times before it
  ness chamber formed by four town-       can leave our areas.
  ships of Matlosana which are Jou-          “We call upon our people who are
  berton, Kanana, Khuma and Tigane        interested to take part in business to
  and its main objective is to change     contact us for further information,”
  the mindset of black people that they   he concluded.
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   Molatlhegi Petrus        Itumeleng Basie Seribe     Namane Joseph Steven-       Dipuo Gladys Mtshat-        Boitumelo Gladys Dla-        Tshepiso Ben Mogo-
Maila (64) of 26268 Ext       (56) of 15921 Ext 15,     son (30) of 16364 Ext       sheni (55) of X1020        mini-Menyeloa (48) of      motsi (39) of X361 Ext 2,
 23, Jouberton will be     Jouberton will be buried      16, Jouberton will be    Make Street, Jouberton      23146 Ext 11, Jouberton     Jouberton will be buried
buried on 12 December        on 12 December. The       buried on 12 December.       will be buried on 12        will be buried on 12        on 12 December. The
 at Leratong Christian       service will be held at      The service will be      December. The service       December. The service       service will be held at
    Church at 08:00.             home at 08:00.         held at home at 07:00.    will be at home at 07:00.   will be at home at 07:30.        home at 07:00.

  Morongoa Christina       Molatudi Ruben Seiphe-       Aletta Maphutsi (41) of   Abram Nkadimong Ra-         Tshepo Esau Mokwatsi         Kelebelemang Elisa
Koaho (51) of 25629 Ext    hlo (59) of 379 Letshega     1704 Ext 16, Jouberton     madikela (69) of 6763        (37) of 21564 Ext 1,      Tladi (61) of 5786 Ext
 23, Jouberton will be     Noga, Ext 6, Jouberton        will be buried on 12       Ext 9, Khuma will be       Jouberton will be bu-        10, Jouberton will
buried on 12 December.       will be buried on 12       December. The service     buried on 12 December        ried on 11 December.        be buried on 12 De-
The service will be held   December at URCSA wa           will be held at Ma-      at Khuma Community          The service will be at      cember. The service
   at home at 07:00.          boikanyo at 06:00.       ranatha Church at 07:00.        Hall at 07:00.         Abandent Church, 07:00.     will be at home, 07:00.

                                                            Please take note that the deadline for Rest In Peace
                                                           and DIKITSISO is 14:00 on Tuesday due to the public
                                                                   holiday on Wednesday 16 December.
                                                            Email Mohanoe at mohanoe@klerksdorprecord.co.za or
                                                           phone 074 379 1738 if there is something happening in your
                                                              area or it there is anything you think is newsworthy.
  Mothusi Phillipus          Tyelinzima Vincent
 Mogotsi (70) of 235        Ntekiso (56) of 1640
Motsumi Street, Tigane     Mphenyeke Str, Kanana                 Please take note that the deadline for Herbalists / Healers is
 will be buried on 12        will be buried on 12
December. The service      December. The service
                                                                     14:00 on Tuesday. No late entries will be accepted!!
will be held at home at    will be at Roman Catho-
         07:00.              lic Church at 07:00.
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FRIDAY, 11 DecembeR 2020                                                                                                                                      lentswe • 9

Covid-19: 40 new cases in NW                                                                                                                            Classifieds
                                                                                                                                                       BRIDGING cash while waiting
                                                                                                                                                        for pension/package/property
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The De-             Forty new cases were reported      from the Dr KK district).           deaths due to Covid-19 (256 died       sale payout (lump sum only).
partment of Health released the         on Tuesday 8 December, bringing         The province has 704 active      in the Dr KK district).                Tel: 011 394 6937/081 562
                                                                                                                                                        0510.
latest statistics for Covid-19 in the   the total to 35 145 people who       cases, of which 309 are in Mat-        Nationally, 821 889 tested posi-              41449 17/01-18/12
province.                               tested positive (30% or 10 671 are   losana. The province suffered 566   tive and 22 432 have passed away.     BRAND NEW! 1 bedroom flats
                                                                                                                                                        and bachelors to let in Hart-

             Stolen goods found in shack
                                                                                                                                                        beesfontein from only R1 700
                                                                                                                                                        upwards @ 127 Voortrekker.
                                                                                                                                                        Including parking. Phone
                                                                                                                                                        Abdulli: 076 857 2964 and
                                                                                                                                                        Moses: 083 588 9791. Hurry
                                                                                                                                                        and book yours now.
                                                                                                                                                                       39568 21/09-R
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A burgla-         identified the property as belong-   and appeared in Klerksdorp          goods. He has been remanded in
ry at a local business was quickly      ing to him.”                         court on 4 December to face         custody and will reappear on 9
solved when SAPS acted on infor-          Joseph Mohale was arrested         charges of possession of stolen     December.
mation about suspected stolen
goods in a shack in Jacaranda
informal settlement last week.
  Sgt Amogelang Malwetse said
police officers received a phone
call from a businessman who
was on his way to Cape Town on
a business trip, informing them
about a burglary at his business.
  “While busy with preliminary
investigation they received a tip
off about stolen goods in Jaca-
randa. They followed up on the
information and upon arrival
searched the shack where they
found a music system, micro-
wave oven, kettle, toaster and
coffee maker,’’ she said.
  “The complainant turned
around and headed back to
Klerksdorp where he positively

      Sgt Leepile Gumede and
    Const Keorapetse Mompati
        with stolen goods they
                   discovered.
ALABAMA PICKET TO GET A NEW POLICE STATION - North ...
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FRIDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2020                                                                                                                                                                                         LENTSWE • 11

     Iceblog is still cool
by MOHANOE KHIBA                                                       message that nothing is for free in this life. Noth-
                                                                       ing is for mahala.”
Lentswe, Kanana - He’s not a new kid on the                              That first album with 10 tracks which had hit
block but honed his talents and his sweet and spe-                     songs Bheja, Ayipheli, Aziwe and others had a good
cial voice. He started with kwaito, and now shines                        response from local radio station, Star FM and
with amapiano.                                                              also from Motsweding FM.
   This singer, Sthembile Mtolo from Kanana                                     Asking how he managed or decided to
is still focused full-time on his musical career.                           go solo: “We once had a music group, but it
   He’s affectionately known by his stage                                   didn’t materialize because of financial chal-
name as Iceblog and started locally                                        lenges, so that is why I decided to go solo.”
with his music career. He now works                                             Iceblog recalled his early days, saying: “I
mainly in Gauteng.                                                           started at the age of 13. I used to imitate the
   Iceblog’s new amapiano single,                                             likes of Lucky Dube and Brenda Fassie. My
‘Lento’’ for this year is a hit on                                            parents would always find me dancing and
airwaves on Gauteng’s community                                               singing along to those old-time songs.”
and commercial radio stations.                                                    The ambitious artist said he was excited
   Speaking to Iceblog, he said the                                           to be playing alongside some of Mzansi’s
song is about partying since we are                                           musical greats.
already in the festive season.                                                   “I was happy to share the stage with
   He said he worked with DJ Lat-                                           well-known musicians like Teargas, Chomee,
echnque of Pretoria together with                                          DJ Cleo and Revolution, not to mention DJ
Seun and Amanda from Kanana.                                               Fisherman, Bricks and Tina.
   Asked about his music career:                                               “In future, I dearly wish to have my own
“My first album Ayipheli is strictly                                        record label one day, so that I can help up-
a blend of kwaito and house                                                 and-coming musicians,” Iceblog said with a
music. It has messages of hap-                                              broad smile.
piness and sadness.
   “It also stresses kwaito is
alive and won’t die easily.
The album also carries the                                                         Iceblog.

    Aces up their sleeves
  Lentswe, Alabama - The Ala-                   12 players, divided into two                    The doubles winners are
  bama Tennis club is alive and                 groups.                                       Thabo Kgobe and Manfred
  well.                                           The singles winner is Trevor                McBride.
    The club held a tourna-                     Anthony, with Stanton Chin-                     They beat Devon and Stan-
  ment over the weekend with                    ian runner-up.                                ton Chinan in the final.

  Thabo Kgobe and Manfred Mc Bride won the                             The singles winner is Trevor Anthony. He is
  doubles at the Alabama Tennis club over the                          with the runner-up, Stanton Chinan. They are
  weekend. They are with Trevor Anthony.                               with Carmen-Zita Beukes.

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        Football local boys are
             champions
Lentswe, Vryburg - The local u/19           Meanwhile, Bojanala lashed Ngaka
football boys team of the Dr Kenneth      Modiri Molema 1- 0 to secure them a
Kaunda region are the overall provin-     place in the finals.
cial champions after beating other re-      And during the finals, Dr Kenneth
gions at Colridge Stadium in Vryburg      Kaunda and Bojanala locked horns in
last weekend.                             the final.
   The four u/19 teams which are in         An own goal was then scored by
the NW provincial programme that          Onkabetswe Tebatso Edward Mojak-
ran from the beginning of 2019 are        golo and sent the Dr Kenneth Ka-
Bojanala region, Dr Modiri Molema,        unda regional boys to the throne of
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati inclu-          becoming the 2020 NW provincial
ding Dr Kenneth Kaunda.                   champions.
   It is said that these boys underwent     Player of the tournament is Onka-
physical tests and diet programmes        betswe Tebatso Edward Mojakgolo
at the NWU Potchefstroom Campus           and goalkeeper of the day is Phu-
with the aim of preparing them for        mzile Vumahleni both from Dr Ken-
national u/19 championships.              neth Kaunda region.
   In the first match of the day, Dr        Nelson Dlamini went home smiling
Kenneth Kaunda walloped the hosts,        having been chosen best coach of the      Phumzile Vumahleni (left), Nelson Dlamini, Onkabetswe Tebatso Edward Mojakgolo
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati 4 - 2.          series.                                   and Mafifi Shuping, the regional Secretary for Ngaka Modiri Molema.

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