Picture: The burst sewer pipe causes health hazards to residents/Facebook 

By OBAKENG MAJE

The residents of Seweding and Ramosadi villages, in Mahikeng, urge the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality to fix the burst sewer pipe that continues to emit bad odours in their areas. The residents embarked on a protest this week.

One of the residents, Kealeboga Tau said it has been months since the sewer pipe burst, but the municipality is not doing enough to fix it. Tau further said the bad odour continues to affect their health and the sewer spillage overflow into their yards.

“The situation continues to be hazardous to our health. We have children who cannot cope with the bad smell we are subjected to on a daily basis. We call on the municipality to ensure that, this mess is fixed because we cannot take it anymore.

“The summer season is also creeping in and this means our yards will be insect and rodent-infested in no time. The government should always ensure that its infrastructure is maintained. However, we heard stories that the sewer pipe burst because it is old. What kind of leadership do we have, if they are going to wait for a mess to happen before they could react?” she said.

Meanwhile, the executive mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Khumalo Molefe said they are working around the clock to fix the sewer pipe. Molefe said that would be temporary because the sewer pipe is asbestos and it needs to be replaced.

“The replacement of a broken 6km sewer pipeline is imminent. However, the municipality will need around R65 million to do that. At the outset, we met with the community of Ramosadi and Seweding, who were impacted severely by the bursting of our main sewer pipeline.

“As a result, many of the houses submerged under sewerage, and therefore, the health of our people was really compromised. We really want to unconditionally apologise for this incident. However, after the protest, we had to negotiate in a very protracted manner with the community for the contractor to return to the site because, one of the reasons that exacerbated the situation is that, during protest action, the contractor left the site,” he said.

He further said, that the contractor has returned to the site and they have roped in additional engineers and also extended the scope of the contractor. Molefe added that, there are some detractors who use the service delivery protest for their political gains, however, the community has identified them.

“We want to commend the community for identifying instigators who wanted to be peacetime heroes, whereas they have a hidden political and so-called business agenda. The community has isolated them and taken the responsibility at hand, which is to ensure that the burst sewer pipeline is fixed.

“We will continue to monitor the situation and in addition, we are bringing on-site a mobile clinic and added engines to help the engine used by the contractor. This is in the immediate term and in the medium and long term, we have taken a decision to replace a 6km pipeline, which will cost us R65m,” said Molefe.

He said even though they do not have this kind of budget, they are working cooperatively as a government to find the needed money. Molefe said they will also ensure that poor asset and record management is rectified and plan properly to replace inevitably aging infrastructure.

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Picture: The suspected stolen cattle in a trailer/Generic

By OBAKENG MAJE

Two men who were arrested for allegedly stealing cattle were remanded in custody until 29 August 2023. Moses Matsheho (37) and Lucas Serole (46) were arrested by Mabeskraal Visible Policing during a crime intelligence operation for allegedly being in possession of stolen cattle worth R60 000.

The North West police spokesperson, Capt Aaftje Botma said the incident took place in Seolong village. Botma further said the police received a tip-off after the suspects were allegedly seen loading cattle into a trailer.

“The preliminary investigation revealed that, the initial brand marks on the cattle had been tampered with. The police from the Madikwe Stock Theft and Endangered Species (STES) Unit seized the cattle, the vehicle, and the trailer for further investigation.

“Matsheho and Serole briefly appeared before the Mogwase Magistrate’s Court on 24 August 2023. They were remanded in custody and expected to do a formal bail application on 29 August 2023,” she added.

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Setshwantsho: Sarasanta wa sepodisi o a bolailweng, Keitumetse Masilo

Ka REGINALD KANYANE

Baagi ba motse-setoropo wa Ipelegeng kwa Schweizer Reneke, ba kaile fa go bolawa ga lepodisi la bone kwa Kimberley, Sarasanta Keitumetse Masilo (45) ele poelo morago mo twantshong kgatlhanong le bosenyi. Ba re le fa Masilo a ne a dira jaaka motlhankela wa sepodisi kwa Kimberley, ba ne ba le motlotlo ka ene, gonne one a fofisa folaga ya motse-setoropo wa bone kwa godimo.

Mongwe wa baagi, Jennifer Motsei o ikuela mo puso go ka dira ka natla go netefatsa fa mapodisi a sireletsegile ka dinako tsotlhe. Motsei are, go botlhoko go bona mapodisi a bolawa ke disinyi, mme molao o sa tsengwe tirisong.  

“Nna ka nosi ke ne kere a katlholelo loso e busediwe gonne bosinyi bo ile magoletsa. Mapodisi ga a sa tlhole a itse gore a dire eng, gonne molao o sireletsa disinyi. Ba kgona go bolawa fela ba ntse ba tshwere dithunya, gonne fa ba di dirisa, molao o ba isa kgolegelong kgotsa ba latlhegelwa ke tiro,” Motsei wa tlhalosa.  

Masilo, yo one a direla lephata la sepodisi le le rebang bosinyi jo bo kwa godimo, one a thuntsiwa le go bolawa ke rasethunya ga mmogo le modiri ka ene, Konsetabole Okaetse Mandindi yo a tlhagang kwa motse-setoropo wa Pampierstad fa bane ba le mo tirong.

Ene ya re ka Labobedi, Mandindi le Masilo, ba sala morago sejanaga sengwe se sene se begwa se utswitswe kwa Bloemfontein. Mme ene ya re molatofadiwa, Daniel Wilfred Alberts (38) go lemoga ha sepodisi sele mo motlhaleng wa gagwe, one a leka go le botsa phokoje ka sejanaga.

Fela, Masilo le Mandindi, ba ne ba mo baya marebele.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi kwa Northern Cape, Brig Brig Mashay Gamieldien are, Alberts one a leka go siela kwa setheong sa Transnet, mme a thula ka sejanaga seo.

“Molatofadiwa one a thuntsa Masilo ga mmogo le modiri ka ene, Mandindi. Molatofadiwa one a le botsa phokoje ka maoto, fela one a direlwa sakana la nkope ke sepodisi, mme a tshwarwa moragonyana,” Gamieldien wa tlhalosa.

Sebueledi sa lephata la bosekisi kwa Northern Cape, Mojalefa Senokoatsane are, Alberts o lebaganeng le ditatofatso tse pedi tsa go bolaya, ditatofatso dile thato tsa go tshwara poo le maikaelelo a go ntsha dikgobalo, bogodu jwa sejanaga ga mmogo le bogodu.

“Ha Alberts a ne a tlhageletse kwa kgotlha-tshekelo, o ile a kaela lekgotlha fa a sa tle go dira kopo ya beile. Molatofadiwa o tla romelwa kwa bookelong jwa batho ba malwetsi a tlhaloganyo go ya go mo lekola tlhaloganyo,” Senokoatsane wa tlhalosa.

Senokotsoane are seno se tla morago ga gore Alberts a kaele lekgotlha fa a tlile a amogelwa kwa ditheong tsa malwetsi a tlhaloganyo mo nakong e e fetileng. Are molatofadiwa o ka tlhagelela kwa kgotlha-tshekelo ka tiriso ya mafaratlhatlha (virtually) fa a boela kgotlha-tshekelo ka di 5 Diphalane 2023, mme dipatlisiso di tsweletse.

Tirelo ya phitlho ya ga Masilo e tlile go tshwarelwa kwa ntlo-lehalahaleng ya baagi kwa Ipelegeng Multi-Purpose Hall ka Tshipi, 27 Phatwe 2023 ka ura ya bo supa mo mosong, fa Mandindi a tla bolokwa kwa dirapeng tsa baswi tsa Pampierstad mo bekeng e e tlang, 2 Lwetse 2023.

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