Ka OBAKENG MAJE

Lefapha la Boitekanelo mo Bokone Bophirima le kaile fa thendara e ene e tshwanetswe ke go ka phatlhaladiwa mabapi le go ka baakanya kliniki ya kwa motseng wa Manthe mono Taung e sekegilwe nakwana.

Go ya ka sebueledi sa lefapha, Tebogo Lekgethwane, tshwetso eno e tshotswe morago ga gore go nne le dikgogakgogano marageng ga baagi le lefapha. Go begwa fa dithulelo tsa mogare ga kliniki (ceilings) diwele, mme le mantlwana-boithusetso a sa dire.

Baagi ba ne ba ikuela mo lefapheng go ka baakanya kliniki eno, gonne e sa sireletsega go ka dirisiwa ke baagi. Mokwaledi wa foramo ya kgwebo o bidiwang, Bagwebi Baga-Maidi Business Council, Lebone More are, ba ne ba ikgolaganya le kantoro ya mokhuduthamaga wa lefapha, Madoda Sambatha go latela ditletlebo tsa baagi.

E ne ya re dikgwedi dile pedi tse difetileng, lefapha lene la romela badiri ba lone go kopana le baagi le go ba neela tshedimosetso mabapi le ditlankana tsa thendara go tswa kwa lefapha.

Fela, kopano eno, ene e seka ya bona maungo a namatshang gonne baagi ba ne ba kaya fa ba sa itumelele dintlha-kaelo dingwe mo setlankaneng sa thendara.  

Baagi ba ne ba kopa gore badiri bao ba lefapha ba boele morago, mme ba baakanye ditlankaelo tseo pele ba boela kwa go bone.

“Ga jaana lefapha le tshotse tshwetso ya go ka itirela tiro eno, gonne go tla re tsaya nako go nna re ntse reya kwa pele le kwa morago. Jaanong se re tlileng go se dira ke gore, re na le di artisans mo ditheo tsa rona jaaka ko bookelong jwa kgaolo jwa Taung, ga mmogo le kwa Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital kwa Vryburg.

“Gona le dilo tse re naganang gore di ka dirwa ka bonako ntle le tiego. Tse dingwe tsa tsone ke dithulelo (ceilings) jaaka re di bone diwele kwa kliniking ya Manthe. Jaaka lefapha, re itemogetse gape fa mantlwa-boithusetso a mangwe a sa tlhole a dira,” Lekgethwane wa tlhalosa.

O kaile gape fa lefapha le tshotse tshwetso ya go reka dilo tse di tlhokegang mo go baakanyeng sengwe le sengwe se se senyegileng, mme batla tsaya badiri (artisans) ba bone go ya go dira tiro eo.

Lekgethwane are, kgang ya thendara e tla dirwa, mme go melao le melawana e tshwanetswe ya salwe morago. Are, go botlhokwa gore go thibiwe boatla pele fa go sentse go letilwe kgang ya thendara.

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By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

A case of fraud against four accused, Norton Carld Howard (43), Charles Moses Howard (56), Jezeral Selvin (39), and Kenshia Charlene Howard (36) was postponed until 3 November 2022. Four accused briefly appeared before the Kuruman Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

It is alleged that, in April 2010, Norton Howard fraudulently used Kallies Business Enterprise CC credentials to bid for a tender advertised by Anglo American, which is Kathu Khumba Iron Ore. As a result of misrepresentation, Howard was awarded the tender for plant maintenance.

The Hawks spokesperson in Northern Cape, Capt Tebogo Thebe said: “It is alleged that in August 2018, Howard made a misrepresentation to CIPC. He submitted another fraudulent resolution to CIPC that the members of Kallies Enterprise resigned.

“As a result, the membership of the close corporation was amended, where the father and siblings of the suspect were added as new members of the entity. The prejudice to the complainant is R61 million.”

Thebe said Howard was granted R50 000 bail, whereas the other accused were released on R30 000 bail each. He said the matter was postponed for further investigation.

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By OBAKENG MAJE

The much-anticipated Taung Cultural Calabash will be held on 15 October 2022. The Mmabana Foundation said this is in order to protect the integrity of the programme and ensure successful implementation.

The annual event was established in 1994 as a celebration of cultures and coincided with the democratic elections in the country. The Taung Cultural Calabash started as a one-day event and soon found a sponsor in the Transnet Foundation that enabled it to grow and bear fruit.

Soon the North West Provincial Government (NWPG) through the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture came on board as a funder and enabled the event to prosper and grow.

However, the four-day event was marred with maladministration, corruption and mismanagement of funds over the years. This prompted the Transnet Foundation to stop funding it.

Now, the North West Department of Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport has budgeted R4 million to revitalise the event.

The Mmabana Foundation spokesperson, Kelebogile Modiselle said: “We chose that date to avoid incurring any potential fruitless and wasteful expenditure and to afford the Service Provider sufficient time for preparations.

“Taung Cultural Calabash Provincial Competitions, which are a developmental platform for artists will be hosted on the 23 September 2022 to select overall provincial winners, who rewarded in accordance with the set thresholds.”

Modiselle said Mmabana Foundation aims at nurturing, developing and promoting artistic talent in the province. She further said they also aim to create platforms for artists to demonstrate their exceptional capabilities.

“Taung Cultural Calabash is a flagship programme implemented by Mmabana, Arts, Culture and Sports Foundation and is historically implemented in the heritage month of September given its nature.

“We have already advertised a bid (tender) for the management of the programme and internal processes have been finalised. So, the appointment of the service provider is being concluded after thorough bid evaluation, adjudication and quality review process,” she said.

Modiselle added that, in order to realise their legislated mandate of artistic talent development, the district auditions for the 2022 Taung Cultural Calabash were successfully held across the province with a total of 965 participants.

According to Modiselle, a total of 210 visuals and performing artists who took position one in their various categories at their district auditions, qualified to proceed to the Taung Cultural Calabash Provincial Competitions (developmental programme), which will be held at Mmabana Taung on 23 September 2022.

“We have 57 in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, 56 from Dr Kenneth Kaunda, 49 in Bojanala and 48 in Ngaka Modiri Molema 48. The management of the entity would like to thank all stakeholders in advance, and will ensure that the 2022 Taung Cultural Calabash lives up to the expectations,” she said.

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