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PAGE 2 NOV-06 /2011
eroes are ordinary people
who live extraordinary lives.
They are leaders whom
great books might have not been
written about but who have con-
tinued doing great things for fel-
low country men. Pastor Makhale
is one of the greatest leaders
Ratanda has ever seen. A humble
man of valour but a giant with a
rich history that coming genera-
tions shall embrace.
Moruti Makhale (as he is
affectionately known) was born in
Heidelberg’s Old Location
famously known as “Ezindaleni.
Life then was not all that easy
since getting an education was a
struggle on its own. Transforma-
tion and change came around in
1958 when people of Ezindaleni
relocated and came to what we
now know as Ratanda.
Ntate Makhale did his Junior
Certificate during this time at
Charters in Nigel. At the age of 19
he became blessed and was
enlisted with South African
Police. This was during the
apartheid era. Being a police
officer then meant that you were
an enemy.
Moruti Makhale however did not
lose heart. Things were not easy
but when God has a purpose for
your life even the most
complicated situations will seem
like a walk in the park.
In 1973 he obtained his Matric
certificate and blessings of
promotions came pouring in until
he became a Lieutenant and was
the first African to become an
officer at Heidelberg SAPS.
This promotion led him to Springs
Divisional Commissioner and he
was appointed to coordinate the
new dispensation in the post
apartheid era and he headed the
police and monitored that the
police had to go for mental
eva lua t ion d ue to the
’brainwashing’ that took place
during the apartheid era. After
these therapy sessions they would
be able to live normal lives again
and be accepted into their
communities since they have been
labelled enemies. This was a
challenge to Moruti Mokhale
since he himself had to go through
this.
The biggest highlight of his life
was when he was moved to
Germiston where he was
appointment by Nelson Mandela
and De Klerk to initiate calm and
stability in the political strive at
Kathorus where Inkatha Freedom
Party was in cahoots with the
ANC. This had been a very bad
experience for Moruti Makhale
but he survived it all.
He was also involved in projects
which included
building Katho-
r u s R D P
houses, fixing
r o a d s a n d
clinics. This
was a fascinat-
ing project that
helped people
to recover from
their loses and
were restored
their belong-
ings. This had a
long lasting
impact on the
community of
Kathorus and
up to this day
he is not
forgotten.
Visitors from
o v e r s e a s
acknowledged
him for a job
well done and he had to tour them
around this area which had
endured the damage and
vandalism caused by conflict
between the ANC and Inkatha
Freedom Party.
He was then sent to Katlehong
SAPS where he was appointed as
Br igad ier and a Sta t ion
Commander . He rece ived
accolades and praises from
Nelson Mandela once more
because of his leadership skills.
Moruti Makhale retired in 2001
after 30 years of service. Another
l i fe changing exper ience
happened to him when he was at
Sunning Hill Hospital where he
went for a medical evaluation.
During one of his sessions a
physiologist told him that God
wanted to use him elsewhere and
this therapy session was one of its
kind because the psychologist
asked that they pray and God
revealed his calling into ministry
though the psychologist.
Shortly after the retirement and
the incident that he had
experienced at the hospital, he
was appointed to lead the
Apostolic Faith Church . Moruti
Makhale being a man who
believes in education ,further went
on to study Theology and
continued with his ministry.
He has been a pastor for ten years
and as a pastor he has attained a
lot of things even travelling to
other countr ies l ike the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
He receives a lot of invitations to
opening ceremonies and at
schools for motivational talks. To
many he has become a marriage
councillor as well.
He acknowledges that he could
have not have gone through
these experiences on his own.
God gave him a wonderful
beautiful strong woman who at
all times stood firm by his side
Mme Makhale. She had to endure
hardships and sometimes even
phone calls at night when her
hero was needed elsewhere.
Ntate Makhale is a proud father to
Tefo and Nthabiserng Makhale
and many others that see him as a
father to them because in times of
distress he is always willing to
lend a helping hand. He is now
enjoying retirement together with
his wife and has visited overseas
countries like Europe and
Mauritius.
We at Dipapatso salute Moruti
Makhale for his contribution in
making Ratanda and South
Africa what it is today. He is a
true hero, leader and certainly
father of the nation.
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PAGE 3 NOV-06 /2011
Who is to blame for our
misfortunes and failures in life ?
Is it God?
Is it our parents?
Is it our spouses?
Many a times when things don’t go our way we tend to blame everybody else but o u r s e l v e s . Unfortunately, our blaming game is not justifiable since God has granted us the power of choice. Choice is so powerful to an extent that even God Himself does not force anything on us without our consent. From creation and beyond we have been blessed with this powerful gift of choice.
It is common to hear women complain about their abusive relationships. They stay in those relation-ship for years as if they are trapped and there is no way out. All they do is com-plain, pray and hope
that things will change. All the while they are faced with a sim-ple choice of walking away.
Complain-ing about
unemployment will not make us employ-able. If you cant find a job you must just cre-ate your own job. You have a choice to either m o u r n o r d o something about it. Wherever there is a way in there is also a way out.
Workers forever com-plain about their bosses and hate their jobs as a result. However even in that situation they still have a choice. They can either resign from their jobs and look for something else or they have a choice to change their attitude about their bosses. It is about choice at the end of the day.
We fail by choice as we also succeed by choice. Life does not hold a gun against our heads and hold us hostage. Our family background does not define our destina-tion. Our past failures does not seal our fu-ture. We become
products of our own choices.
The Bible tells a story of Cain who killed his brother Abel. As a result of his sin God cursed him to become a vagabond. He was meant to be a wandering wonderer without a home, fam-ily of his own and no future. However, not only did Cain brake the curse by getting married and having children but he also went to an extent of building not just a house but he built a city. The choices he made turned his impossible destina-tion around.
We all have a choice to break limitations in our lives. We might be rejected and written off but we still have a choice to break all those limitations in our lives. At the end of the day you choose to become and you become what you have chosen to become.
Death do come to us all. Advertise your funeral service with Dipapatso
Newspaper at a discounted price. Call 073 666 7384 to place advert.
As I grew up in the farms of Free State I used to
hear my elders say that someone has found
favour if a such as person is liked by a white
man.
This possibly meant:
Possible promotion without long service.
New tractors would firstly be driven by
that individual before they can be given to
others.
Being left in-charge of everything when the
white man is not around.
His house would be built with bricks and
would be bigger than others.
His children would be allowed to play with
white children including their toys.
All these benefits were the works of what my
elders called favour. In this case those who
were not favoured were subjected to hard la-
bour, all sorts of curses and slavery.
Then I hated this FAVOUR THING because I
always fought with white children and they
reported me to their parents and as a result my
beloved grandfather would punish me because I
could not get favour.
I grew up longing to know what favour could
actually be since it looked like it is a thing that
makes life easy.
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines
favour as:
An act of kindness beyond what is due or
usual and
Unfair preferential treatment.
Let’s look at Favour In Action from a biblical
point of view.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 (To the sinner He gives the
task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand
it over to the one who pleases God)
This simply means the poor sinner will wake up
early in the morning, do all the planning, work
even when it’s raining and end up laid on a
stretcher to hospital due to fatigue all in the
name of gathering and storing up wealth.
Remember that in Genesis 3:19 God said to the
man: (By the sweat of your brow you will eat
your food)
God comes, and take all that this sinner has
worked for, for the rest of his life and give it to
this one whom He favours.
Is it really fair? NO, it’s not fair but that’s how
FAVOUR operates. To be honest, favour is
very selfish, it doesn’t care about other people,
and it only cares about the one that is directed
to. You may have years of experience at your
workplace but others would come become your
superiors.
Your business of years will not do well while
others who started yesterday would have their
businesses booming. Favour has one source
only which is GOD.
He gives it to the ones who please Him
(Ecclesiastes 2:26). You may ask how. I don’t
know because no one deserves it
Being a born again Christian doesn't automati-
cally make you qualify to be favoured, there are
millions of Christians who still lack favour
from God and some are favoured even when
they are not saved, the likes of King Nebuchad-
nezzar in the Bible (Daniel 1&2)
Just look around you, you’ll see who is fa-
voured and who is not. ARE YOU FA-
VOURED? Find your favour from God in his
word.
Tumelo Molefe is a pastor,
author, motivational
speaker, life coach, busi-
nessman, life coach and a
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Prophet London is a businessman, a voice
over artist at Lesedi FM, a pastor and a mo-
tivational speaker. He can be contacted
through the Dipappatso office.
PAGE 4 NOV-06 /2011
In the political circle there
are only three groups: those
who make things happen,
those who watch when
things happen and those
who wonder why things
are happening.
It doesn’t take a rocket
scientist to realise that the
ANC Youth League is mak-
ing things happen in South
Africa. They have always
been vocal about what
direction they think this
country should take. They
called for the nationalisa-
tion of mines, a call that
ruffled a few feathers within
the ANC.
The Youth League’s historic
economic freedom march to
Pretoria served as a warning
that there is a revolution
brewing. The youth are fed
up with the rate of
unemployment and lack of
opportunities for South
Africans. No amount of
suspension of their leaders
will ever change this.
Malema might be suspended
but the real problems that he
was addressing with the
Youth League still stands.
It is really shocking to see
the Youth League stance on
the change in economic
policies causing this
discomfort within the ANC.
All that the Youth League is
doing is to further
the cause of the Free-
dom Charter drafted
in Kliptown in 1955
that clearly stated
that the people shall
share in the wealth of
the country. It is
evident that the ANC
is dragging its feet
when coming to
taking the wealth of
the country back to
the people.
All the while the SACP and
Cosatu remain mum and
just watch when
t h i n g s a r e
h a p p e n i n g .
S A C P a n d
Cosatu should
have joined the
Youth League in
pressurising the
government to
speed up the
e c o n o m i c
policies that will
benefit all. As
f o r t h e
W o m e n ’ s
League they
seem to be just
wondering why
things are happening.
I understand that the Youth
League is autonomous but
not outside the ANC
however they are bold to
speak up even if it means
facing expulsion. Chris
Hani and Joe Slovo must be
turning in their graves to see
what the SACP has become.
As Julius Malema said that
the gloves are off, its evident
that the ANC shall have to
reconsider their economic
policies and fast.
A clause from the Freedom
Charter in 1955 in Kliptown.
THE PEOPLE SHALL SHARE
IN THE COUNTRY'S
WEALTH! The benefit national wealth of our coun-try, the heritage of all South Africans, shall be restored to the people; The mineral wealth beneath the soil, the banks and the monopoly industry shall be transferred to the ownership of the people as a whole; All other industry and trade shall be controlled to assist the well-being of the people; All people shall have equal rights to trade where they choose, to manufac-ture and to enter all trades, crafts and professions.
Tumelo Molefe is writing in
his own capacity.
PAGE 5 NOV-06 /2011
There are people who can walk
away from you. And hear me
when I tell you this! When people
can walk away from you: let them
walk. I don't want you to try to
talk another person into staying
with you, loving you, calling you,
caring about you, coming to see
you, staying attached to you. I
mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from
you let them walk. Your destiny is
never tied to anybody that left.
The bible said that, "They came
out from us that it might be made
manifest that they were not for us.
For had they been of us, no doubt
they would have continued with
u s . " [ 1 J o h n 2 : 1 9 ]
People leave you because they are
not joined to you. And if they are
not joined to you, you can't make
them stay. Let them go. And it
doesn't mean that they are a bad
person, it just means that their part
in the story is over. And you've
got to know when people's part in
your story is over so that you don't
keep trying to raise the dead.
You've got to know when it's
dead. You've got to know when
i t ' s o v e r .
Let me tell you something. I've got
the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth
spiritual gift, I believe in good-
bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's
that I'm faithful, and I know what-
ever God means for me to have
He'll give it to me. And if it takes
too much sweat I don't need it.
Stop begging people to stay. Let
t h e m g o ! !
If you are holding on to something
that doesn't belong to you and was
never intended for your life, then
you need to...LET IT GO!!!
If you are holding on to past hurts
and pains... LET IT GO!!!
If someone can't treat you right,
love you back, and see your
w o r t h . . . L E T I T G O ! ! !
If someone has angered you ...
L E T I T G O ! ! !
If you are holding on to some
thoughts of evil and revenge....
L E T I T G O ! ! !
If you are involved in a wrong
relationship or addiction ... LET
I T G O ! ! !
If you are holding on to a job that
no longer meets your needs or
talents . . LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude... LET
I T G O ! ! !
If you keep judging others to make
yourself feel better... LET IT
G O ! ! !
If you're stuck in the past and God
is trying to take you to a new level
in Him... LET IT GO!!!
If you are struggling with the
healing of a broken relationship....
L E T I T G O ! ! !
If you keep trying to help someone
who won't even try to help them-
s e l v e s . . L E T I T G O ! ! !
If you're feeling depressed and
stressed ... LET IT GO!!!
If there is a particular situation
that you are so used to handling
yourself and God is saying "take
your hands off of it," then you
need to... LET IT GO!!!
Let the past be the past. Forget the
former things. GOD is doing a
new thing for 2010!!! LET IT
G O ! ! !
Get Right or Get Left .. think
about it, and then LET IT GO!!!
PAGE 6 NOV-06 /2011
arketing is one of the main tools that enhances growth of a n y b u s i n e s s . M o s t
businesses view marketing as simply a fancy advertisement or a new company catalog. It’s only a few that realize that marketing is certainly the
most important aspect of business growth. A successful marketing
strategy can mean the difference between business won or lost and
ultimately whether a company is able to connect with its customers.
In order to increase market share, a business must have a solid marketing plan to capitalize on the leads generated through those marketing efforts. So, how does marketing help your business in front of customers? When it comes to understanding
marketing, it’s important to look at t h e how and the why. What does
your business do and how your business can best get this message out to its customers? This is the ultimate message
and purpose of marketing and we are going to look at Print Advertising as one of the tools of marketing: Business advertising is a science and an art. Most
businesses often miss the fundamentals of advertising. Regardless of the size of your business an understanding of
the concept of advertising can reap huge rewards. Most businesses budget an
average of 5 to 7% of a business gross sales for advertising and in most cases this is collation to a location of your business and how much rent you are paying. (Contact
me for detailed info of this). Here are a two things you need to take into consideration before rushing into advertising your business:
You will need to
introspect your business target market (thus the radius of
buyers) before you choose any type of media you want to use
for advertising.
Consider the distribution radius
of the type of media that you want to advertise in. Does the medium/newspaper reach your target market? (That’s the main question here)
Let me share with you some of the most concepts of a successful print advertising: Use One Message: A high response rate ad usually
conveys a single message. Your small business advertising needs to quickly communicate its core message in 3 seconds or less. Using too much info and products can distract interest and attention from readers and/or buyers.
Advertise Frequently: Advertising now and then plants memory of your business in the mind
of buyers. Most folks only advertise once in a while and expect the Print Newspaper or medium to bring
customers to their business doorstep and blame the medium if no-one knocks on their door. It important to advertise your business constantly. This may seem to be a waste of money as many think it that way, but you will be shocked and surprised at
the good end results. Be Easy to Contact: Your advert should have all full contact informa-tion such as phone and fax numbers,
company physical address including email address and a website if you
have one. It seems simple but is forgotten by most companies. Be
everywhere. Create Curiosity: Successful business advertising does not only sell a product or service to customers you already have. It also need to build a new customer database. Create ads
that generate interest and make the customer want more information. Use the AIDA formula: Let your ad b r i n g A T T E N T I O N , c r e a t e INTEREST, build DESIRE, and force the buyer to take ACTION to come
and knock at your business door. Remember: Having a poor response is not the Newspaper or medium's fault. Often the problem is the message. Business advertising is not a quick fix solution
to marketing your business. It takes planning, testing and constant exposure to have an impact on your small business
Print advertising can do more than just bring Customers. You will be shocked to read below what print ads
can do to your business: Print Advertising Can Make You Look Professional For your prospects, your advertising is your business. The level of profes-
sionalism in your marketing materials indicates how professional your busi-ness is. And if you have better mar-keting materials than the competition, your prospects will assume that yours is the better business
Do not let your advert look too clus-tered with much info and products as this will look like you are not ready to spend much on just advertising. Peo-ple like to do business with profes-sional businesses or organizations. Professionalism leads to trust and
added value. Make sure your ads pre-sent you in the best light. Remember, your print ad is the first impression
you make. Print Ads Can Set Appropriate
Customer Expectations Example: “We are the only No. 1 affordable Electronic Shop in town” Here you are implying that ONLY YOU have cheap electronic products and do ing th is you a re set t i ng expectations by telling the customer
to expect to start paying for your services at very low prices. (NB: Ensure that everything you say is that you customers will get as deception may damage creditability of your business)
Big Ads can make your company look bigger than it really is A larger and more professional print advertisement with multiple phone lines, addresses, e-mails, etc. will make your business look bigger than
it really is. People trust larger, more established businesses and if you want corporate business or larger
jobs, you need to have the biggest, best print ad around. Grabbing all these concepts and putting them into good use can
make your print advertising work.
For more info Contact Elizabeth at the
Offices of Dipapatso on 073 884 9214 for
LB Matope a GCC Business Consultant
specializing in Companies Registration,
Business Plans, Bookkeeping, marketing &
promotion for businesses among others).
PAGE 7 NOV-06 /2011
Mxit ,2go,twitter and facebook to mention a few are the
most popular social networks amongst teens . Gone are
the days when the streets would be filled with teens
playing „‟mogusha‟‟ or „‟kgati‟‟.Nowadays go to a
teens room and you will mostly find him or her typing
on his or her P.C or CELLPHONE, Staying connected to
the world out there is just a click away. The world is at
fingertips. Mobile phones that have internet services
make it easy for teens to be online on social networks so
they really don‟t need computers. Mxit is the cheapest
known chatroom. You can text a message for less than 5
cents.
These social networks have an effect on teens when they
are in classrooms because you will find them chatting
even when there is a teacher in class and also the lan-
guage they use when chatting they now also use when
they write essays or letters. We use the abbreviations we
use when chatting in our school work e.g cool-kwl, for-
4, friends-frinds, good-gud etc.
The thing about this social networks they can get addic-
tive though I have never heard of an organisation that
deals with the addicts. The most common sign of an ad-
dict is whenever they speak they use “lingo” they use in
the social network e.g when they ask the person how is
she doing they would say hud and when they want to
laugh they would say lol.
On the other hand social networking is not such a bad
thing because teens can improve their typing skills, it is
not expensive and if lucky they can get to chat with their
celebrity role models and get to know the everyday life
of the person they look up to.
On the educational side I think it is of no use teaching
teens how to write letters rather teach them how to write
emails at least or teach them how to use the internet.
Ever since these social networks came into the picture I
have never seen a teen at the post office or receiving a
letter and I just wonder why.
The yookos center has been launched in Ratanda. The pur-
pose of the center is to empower technologically illiterate
members of the community who have consented to be regis-
tered on Yookos to get the basic knowledge and pratical
experience of basic emailing and internet navigation. The
center will create email addresses for all yookos subscribers
and provide a platform for them to socialize on the yookos
site.
The center will be open weekdays between 12h00 and
16h00 at the Ratanda Public Library. Yookos also provides
a platform for Businesses, organisations and influential per-
sonalities like Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD to promote
their entities and materials.
Bontle Nqubane
For many years of studying you have been counting
yourself down up to this day. All these years you have
been asking yourself when are you going to get done with
school. When will you get out of that uniform? Well, today
your questions have been answered. Today is your day.
All those years of teachers running after you, begging you
to do your work are over and done away with. Today you
are becoming a statistic. You are increasing the population
of the unemployed.
You are on the verge of being independent. You are about
to experience the real world outside of school. Your
student days are over. Unfortunately, it is not everybody
who has planned and prepared a way to the future.
Now is the time to put to practise everything you have
learnt over the years. As you walk out of the school prem-
ises never forget where you come from. Walk out of the
gates to walk into change. Walk out knowing that you are
to make a difference in your family, community and in
your country. You have without doubt obtained the key to
unlock your future.
Bontle was a Grade 12 learner in New Ratanda
Secondary School in 2011.
It is that time of
the year when
end year results
will be issued in
schools around
South Africa. For
some learners
this will mean
jubilation while
for some it will
bring sadness
and hurt. It is
during this sea-
son when a
whole lot of
learners who did
not perform well
in their studies
commit suicide.
It is at times sad to see how some learners play truant
throughout the year. Never take their school work seri-
ously and when they get their end year results commit
suicide. Teenagers need to know the principle of reaping
what you have sown is a reality.
On the other hand there are learners who are hard work-
ers but due to circumstances above them find themselves
failing at the end of the year. Some learners deal with
family problems beyond comprehension. This is under-
standable but it does not mean that failure must lead
them to committing suicide.
Failing a few subjects does not make one a total failure
in life. The word FAIL should simply mean First At-
tempt In Learning. If in 2011 a learner could not make it
through to the next grade there is still 2012. What you
couldn‟t do in 2011 you can still do even better in 2012.
Failing hurts but it must not lead to a point of death .
Most teenagers can learn that talking to someone helps.
Rather than bottling your feelings inside find someone
you can trust and talk to them.
Alternatively you can contact:
Suicide Crisis Line 0800 567 567 SMS 31393
16 days of
activism
against
violence on
women and children.
From The Youth Desk: Due to the ever increasing violence
on women and young children, So-
cial Crime Prevention unit together
with the Youth Desk have decided
to come together with many other
stakeholders, NGO‟s and together
we have come up with a project that
will make people aware that we can
combat these acts by coming to-
gether as a united front and discour-
age perpetrators at all cost.
On the 2nd of December 2011 a
march will commence from the
Multi Purpose Hall where the
Ratanda Community will assemble,
open in prayer and then march
down to the Ratanda Police Station.
During this March pre scholars will
hold up banners that will show case
the rights of women and children.
Learners from schools will board
buses and go to Shalimar Taxi Rank
where the march will start once
more and all will be heading for the
Heidelberg Magistrate Court to
hand over a peace memorandum.
We therefore urge all community
members to join us and participate
because TOGETHER WE CAN DO
MORE!
If you are in a cultural group that
would like to perform and form
part of our event please call Cap-
tain Nxumalo on 082 712 3696 or
Mpho on 073 560 04111
New Ratanda Secondary School has fi-
nally been named. The name New
Ratanda was never an official name of
the school. The school was formed as a
merger of two schools Kgoro ya Thuto
and Kudung. This merger sparked a con-
flict that took years to resolve.
A series of meetings was held to try and
resolve issues that overshadowed this
school in Ratanda Extension 23. Several
names were suggested for the school
which never materialised. All the while
the struggle continued.
Finally, an amicable solution has been
found as the school is now named Kgoro
ya Thuto Secondary School. The
School‟s Governing Body endeavour has
paid off as the matter of the name can be
laid to rest ( at least we hope)
There is no time for crime.
There is no time to stand in the corners
But the is a time to stand and shine
Tlou ha e hlolwe ke morwalo wa yona
Let us be proud of being human beings
Let us rise and shine
Raise our voice and say
“yes” I am proud to be an African
“yes” I am proud to be a human being
Some people stand in street corners
With posts written
“no job!,
“no money!,
“no food!” hanging on their necks
With no hope for the future they stand
Let us rebuild our minds
Let us work together towards success
Remember; moketa ho tsoswa o itekang
I tried …
I tried being the best but I couldn‟t resist
I tried playing innocent but I got caught
They call me names but I don't focus
They run around I call them stupid
They try convicting me but I loose
They try helping me out but again I smash!
This is supposed to be my time
This should be my light
This is supposed to be my dream
This is how I should be living , free like a
bird
My tries seem worth nothing but sorrow
My tries seem to be failing by the day
My tries kindly get crushed by my pride
My time is worth my tries
I tried…
Grade 7A
Student of Qhaqholla primary Sch.
The yookos team at your service in Ratanda Library
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