Setshwantsho: Thato Ralisite o setopo sa gagwe se bonweng kwa nageng

Ka OBAKENG MAJE

Lesea la dingwaga dile 2 le lene le timetse, mme la fitlhelwa le tlhokofetse kwa sekgweng kwa motseng wa Myra, gaufi le Taung, le tlhotse le bolokilwe mo letsatsing la gompieno. Go begwa fa Thato Ralisite ane a nyelela fa a ne a tshameka kwa ntle kwa ntlung ya ga rakgadiagwe ka letsatsi la di 19 Phatwe 2023.

Sebueledi sa sepodisi mo Bokone Bophirima, mokolonele Adele Myburgh, o kaile fa gone ga dirwa letsholo-patlo kwa motseng, mme ga gwa nna le nko e e tswang le mina. Myburgh are, setopo sa ga Thato sene sa bonwa ke mofeti ka tsela ka Labobedi mo maitseboeng.

“Ga gona ope o o tshwerweng go fitlha ga jaana, mme dipatlisiso di tsweletse. Dipatlisiso tsa go netefatsa tlholo ya loso di tla tswelela go netefatsa gore loso la ga Thato le tlhodilwe ke eng,” Myburgh wa tlhalosa.

Kgabagare, modulasetilo wa Myra Civic Movement, Moabi Joseph Oshupeng are ga ba itumelele tsamaiso ya bogosi kwa motseng wa bone. Oshupeng o latofatsa kgosi ya motse ka go tsaya letlhakore mo ntlheng e, ebile o kaile fa a makaditswe ke motho mongwe o o dulang kwa motseng wa Mogopela B a ne a bua jaaka kgosi kwa phitlhong ya lesea.

“Gona le selo se se tlhotseng se ntenne tota kwa phitlhong ya leseanyana la rona gompieno. A moya wa ga Thato o bone boikhutso, le fa ke tennwe ke gore, erile fa gotwe ditebogo ka kgosi ko mabitleng, ke fa go ema motho yo re sa mo itseng le gone ese motho wa Myra ele motho wa kwa Mogopela B.

“Motho yoo, o buile dilo disele are rona jaaka baagi ba Myra, re tshwanetse re itshwarele motlhodi kgotsa batlhodi ba go nyelela le go bolawa ga lesea la rona. Bogosi jwa rona bo tshwanetse bo tlhalose ka Laboraro. Re le baagi, re tlile go baakanya Myra, gonne loso la ga Thato le bakile ketsaetsego e e seng kana ka sepe mo motseng,” Oshupeng wa tlhalosa.

Gape o kaile fa jaaka baagi, ba na le bana le batho bangwe kwa ntle ga motse wa bone, mme batho bao ba simolotse go gana bana ba bone ba etela motse wa bone wa Myra ka ntlheng ya pabalesego. Oshupeng are, fa ba ka tlogela kgang e fela jaana, e tla ba baya ka mosing gonne ga ba itse gore ke lesea la ga mang le le tla latelang.

“Jaaka rele baagi, rena le bana mo motseng wa rona. Jaanong, bana bao ba tlile go ikutlwa ba sa sireletsega. Gape, go begwa fa kgosi a boleletse ba lelapa la Ralisite fa boloi ele setso. Jaanong, re ikopela tirisano mmogo go kgosi ya rona, mme re nne le phitlhelelo mo ditiragalong tse tsa bosinyi jaaka morafe,” Oshupeng wa tlhalosa.

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By OBAKENG MAJE

More than 50 learners including a teacher were allegedly robbed of their tablets and laptops during a school camp at Are-Fadimeheng Secondary School in Jouberton Township, near Klerksdorp on Sunday. 

It is alleged that in the early hours of Sunday morning at around 4 a.m., six armed men wearing balaclavas gained entry to the school premises. According to allegations, the armed robbers tied the security guard in his guardroom before they proceeded to where learners and a teacher had lodged. 

The North West police spokesperson, Capt Aaftje Botma said learners and a teacher had gathered for an organised weekend camp for Grade 12 Physical Science learners.

“A business robbery case was opened and no arrests thus far. It is alleged that the learners at the school were busy with their studies when the suspects wearing balaclavas, entered and pointed them with firearms before taking some cell phones and laptops.

“No injuries were suffered and learners and a teacher were taken to Tshepong Complex Hospital for counselling,” she said.

Meanwhile, the North West MEC for Education, Viola Motsumi condemned the incident. Motsumi further said learners were voluntarily joined by five other accounting learners.

“This is an act of cruelty and we call for the perpetrators to be found and brought to book. I am gravely aggrieved by this barbaric act that is deliberately set at drawing an African child backwards.

“As the department, we are progressively improving the quality of education of learners by exposing our learners through engagements that bridge the technological divide by affording them gadgets for educational purposes,” she said. 

Motsumi added that it seems they live in a society that is contrary to the progress of the very African child. 

“This is unbecoming behaviour and needs to stop.  Now we are left with learners with no gadgets and emotionally damaged. I earnestly ask our South African Police Services (SAPS) to move swiftly in their search and arrest of these criminals and bring them to book.

“In the same breath, we are thankful to the Department of Health for stepping in to administer psychological evaluation to the learners. The department will continue to administer psychological support to all learners as of Monday,” said Motsumi.

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Picture: Ward 20 councillor, Itumeleng Maribe addressing the Women Empowerment symposium/Supplied

By OBAKENG MAJE

The Ward 20 councillor, Itumeleng Maribe said that even though women’s empowerment has been made significantly in various sectors, the marginalisation of poor women severely compromises the progress. Maribe was addressing the women empowerment symposium in Kameelpuits village, near Taung on Friday.

He further said the symposium was attributed to more than 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women. Maribe added that, since the advent of democracy in South Africa, great strides have been made in changing the status quo.

“You will remember that we celebrate Women’s Month and it was imperative to have a symposium like this. Many women, especially in rural areas continue to be marginalised. However, we call on men to stand up and eliminate any form of discrimination against women. Instead, we need to empower them without expecting anything in return.

“Women are the pillars of the society and I am happy that, they continue to break the barriers across all sectors. The least that we could do is to give them support and ensure that they succeed in that mission. Furthermore, government policies and programmes have improved the living conditions of women,” he said.

Maribe said women in rural areas should also be allowed to make inroads and occupy strategic positions. He said nationally, a number of women are taking up leadership positions in areas previously dominated by men.

Meanwhile, on 9 August 2023, the president of the Republic of South Africa (RSA), Cyril Ramaphosa said: “Together, we thank the women of South Africa for the role they play in the life of our nation. We celebrate how far we have come in building a non-sexist society, where women are free and equal and enjoy the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution.

“We recall the suffering that women have endured for no reason other than that they are women. We remember the courageous struggles waged by women against oppression, from those who stood up against colonialism and slavery to those who risked jail rather than carry the hated dompas.”

Ramaphosa said, remember those women who took up arms against a violent regime, who organised workers to fight exploitation, who led political movements and civic organisations, and who were involved in the drafting of our new democratic Constitution.

He said, today of all days, they salute imbokodo, amaqhawekazi, the brave pioneers who marched to the Union Buildings on this day in 1956.

“We are still moved by the images of women like Lilian Ngoyi, Rahima Moosa, Sophie De Bruyn and Helen Joseph carrying armfuls of petitions from the women of South Africa. Today, all the women of South Africa, whether they are black, white, Indian, or coloured, have freedom and equal rights thanks to the bravery, activism, and sacrifices of the generation of 1956.

“Thanks to the struggles of women over the generations, all South African women have the right to vote, the right to work, the right to have control over their bodies, the right to property and equality,” he said.

Ramaphosa said despite hardship, deprivation and many difficulties, South African women continue to stand strong. He said they bring up children, many of them as single parents.

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Picture: Social media platforms across South Africa/Google

By OBAKENG MAJE

The Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies will hold a symposium to discuss the impact of digital media misinformation, disinformation, and content moderation ahead of the upcoming general elections in 2024. The chairperson of the Portfolio Committee, Justice Molafo said a two-day symposium will commence at the Tshedimosetso House in Hatfield, Pretoria from 29 until 30 August 2023.  

“On the first day, the symposium will receive presentations from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, Government Communications and Information Systems, Independent Electoral Commission, Films and Publications Board, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Media Development and Diversity Agency, National Association of Broadcasters, South African Communication Forum, as well as the Association of Comms and Technology.

“There will then be discussions in between presentations. More industry players will make presentations on day two, including Google, Meta, TikTok, Twitter, Media Monitoring Africa, and Right2Know. Once again, there will be discussions in between presentations,” he said.

Molafo further said the committee aims to assess the state of readiness of the communication sector and its capacity to meet its mandate to disseminate information relatively in the run-up to the national and provincial government elections. He added that this will include the measures it will take to guard against spreading misinformation during future elections.

“The committee considers it necessary to interrogate the role played by social media network platforms in shaping the social fabric of the country and the Southern African Development Community and will engage with all digital media platforms to explore the environment within which they operate.

“Next year, South Africans will head to the voting stations to elect their public representatives at provincial and national levels for the seventh time since the beginning of the country’s democratic dispensation. The emergence of digital communication platforms in the 21^st century has transformed the communications landscape, including the way information is disseminated,” said Molafo.

He said with this transformation, however, the troubling power of disinformation campaigns also grew. Molafo said in the interests of holding free and fair elections and protecting South Africa’s democracy in the digital age, Parliament must begin to debate the guidelines that will ensure fair and impartial communications during election cycles, notwithstanding the proliferation of digital communication platforms.

“The symposium will cover various themes, including, amongst others, digital media platforms and their influence on the integrity of electoral processes in South Africa, the practical dangers posed by digital media platforms around user-data misappropriation, and the measures put in place to protect digital media platform users.

“Digital media platforms’ self-regulation and the policies in place to promote the protection and personal privacy of the end-users, budget allocations for identifying misinformation by social network platforms for South Africa in contrast to profits generated in the country as well as political advertising on digital media platforms,” said Molafo.

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Picture: Some of the drugs allegedly seizure from three Nigerians/Supplied

By OBAKENG MAJE

Three Nigerian nationals aged 32, 36 and 40 were arrested during a clamp down on Candy P project on Friday. The North West police spokesperson, Brig Sabata Mokgwabone said in March 2022, the police received a tip-off regarding a group distributing drugs in Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp and Ventersdorp.

He said as part of effectively dealing with drug traffickers and ridding the communities of drugs, a multi-disciplinary takedown operation by provincial Organised Crime, Crime Intelligence and Potchefstroom Visible Policing was assembled.

Mokgwabone further said, that through crime intelligence, it was established that the supply was coming from Fochville in Gauteng Province. He added that the suspects were identified and several transactions were conducted with them (suspects) between July and October 2022.

“In the process, a variety of drugs were seized. The suspects were eventually arrested during transactions on 25 August 2023. As a result, drugs such as CAT, Crystal Meth, and Ecstasy to the value of R150 000 were seized.

“The total estimated value of all drugs seized since the beginning of the project is R400 000. The suspects are expected to appear in the Potchefstroom Magistrate’s Court on 28 August 2023. They will be facing charges relating to the contravention of Section 5(1) (a) & (b) and 4(1) (a) & (b) of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No.140 of 1992) and Section 49 (14) and (15) of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002),” said Mokgwabone.

Meanwhile, the North West Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena applauded the police for their tireless efforts, which resulted in the arrest and confiscation of the drugs. Kwena pointed out that, the work to expose and apprehend more drug traffickers will continue also taking into consideration drug-related complaints raised during the recent Deputy Ministerial Imbizo in Ikageng, Potchefstroom.

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Setshwantsho: Molatofadiwa mo kgetsing ya go teketa, Poloko Sekgopi/Facebook

Ka OBAKENG MAJE

Kgetsi ya go teketa kgatlhanong le monna mongwe wa mogwebi kwa Vryburg, e buseditswe morago go fitlha di 13 Lwetse 2023. Poloko Sekgopi (39) one a lelelwa ke ditshipi morago ga go latofadiwa ka dikgetsi dile pedi tsa go teketa.

Sekgopi o buseditswe kwa ntlo-leftshwana go emela letsatsi la tsheko. Go kaiwa fa Sekgopi a ile a lelelwa ke ditshipi morago ga go bonwa mo video e tletse-tletseng mo mafaratlhatlheng a boitapoloso a teketa lekgarebe kwa Shell Garage e teng kwa Vryburg ka di 13 Phatwe 2023.

Go ya ka dipego, Sekgopi one a tsena kwa Shell Garage a hupile tedu kwa a fitlhetseng lekgarebe le teng, mme a le tlhasela. Go ya ka sebueledi sa sepodisi kwa sedikeng sa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Warrant Officer Tryphosa van Rooyen, Sekgopi one a tlhasela le motlhokomedi wa tshireletso yo oneng a leka go tsereganya.

Van Rooyen are, motlhokomedi o, le ene one a bula kgetsi ya go teketa kgatlhanong le Sekgopi.

“Ke nnete, go butswe dikgetsi dile pedi tsa go teketa kgatlhanong le Sekgopi. Mongwe wa ba ngongoregi mo dikgetsing tseno, ona le dingwaga dile 33. Sekgopi o tlhageletse ka bo ripana kwa kgotlha-tshekelo ya Vryburg mo letsatsing la gompieno.

“Dikgetsi kgatlhanong le ene di ne tsa busediwa morago go fitlha ka di 13 Lwetse 2023. Ga re itse fa bosekisi botla kopanya dikgetsi tseo, kgotsa di tla seka ka go farologana,” van Rooyen wa tlhalosa.

Lekgotlha gape le ne la utlwa fa Sekgopi ane a bonwa molato mo kgetsing enngwe ya go teketa ka Motsheganong 2023. One a neelwa kotlhao ya dikgwedi dile tharo kwa kgolegelong e ene ya beelwa thoko sebaka sa dingwaga dile tlhano.

Kgabagare, mokgatlho wa baagi wa South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) mo Bokone Bophirima, o kaile fa o goeletsa gore molatofadiwa a se neelwe beile ke kgotlha-tshekelo. Sebueledi sa SANCO mo porofenseng, David Xolile Kham are ba kgatlhanong le tshotlakako ya bong.

“Ke ka maswabi go bona motho wa mme a bediwa ke rakgwebo o itsagaleng go tswa kwa North World Circles. Tshotlakako kgatlhanong le bong e goeleditswe jaaka leroborobo mo Afrika Borwa. Jaanong, re rotloetsa banna ba ba dikgoka go ka thusa go aga setshaba se se tsepameng.

“A banna ba atle bomme gona le go ba teketa, kgotsa go ba bolaya. Seo se botsha fa tshotlakako ya bong e sentse ele tlhoba-boroko. Re tlile go ikuela go lefapha la katlatlelo-loago go ka netefatsa fa ba ba sotlakakiwang ba bona bosiamise,” Kham wa tlhalosa.

O kaile gape fa mokgatlho wa SANCO o tlile go sala morago tiragalo e, le go netefatsa fa ba ba molato ba rweswa maikarabelo.

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