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Bela Bela police have ar-rested a suspect in connec-tion with a phone competitionswindle. Phetla said that thewoman allegedly conned un-suspecting victims of R23 000cash in total. He said the po-lice received a tip off andtraced the suspect through abank account, which led toSebokeng in Gauteng Prov-ince.He said that the suspects

called unsuspecting victimsand congratulated them forwinning certain amounts ofmoney or valuable prizes.They then ask them to de-posit certain amounts ofmoney to activate their prizesand receive the winnings. Thesuspects keep asking formoney and use different bank

Lizzy Bapela

Tuesday 4 DecemberBela Bela police warned par-ents to look after their childrenwhen swimming, especiallyduring the holidays, as vaca-tion areas are usually full atthis time. The warning comesafter a Grade 1 learner of SpaPark Primary School drownedin a swimming pool during the

school’s prize giving cer-emony, which was held at theForever Resorts on Tuesday,4 December. Lieutenant-Colo-nel Abel Phetla, of the detec-tives unit, said that two chil-dren fell in the water in 2011,whereby one of them survivedand the other died.

Friday 7 DecemberTwo people were arrested fordrunken driving in Bela Bela andwere released on bail after ap-pearing before the Bela BelaMagistrate’s Court. Phetla saidthat the first suspect appearedin court on Monday, 10 Decem-ber, while the second one ap-peared on Tuesday, 11 Decem-ber.Thirty-nine people were

nabbed for drinking in publicduring the weekend of Friday, 7December, to Sunday, 9 De-cember. Phetla said that thesuspects were arrested on thestreets and next to taverns in

the township and were all re-leased after paying admissionof guilt fines of R200 each.Three people were arrested in

Bela Bela after being found inpossession of dangerous weap-ons, which Phetla said theyused to assault innocent peo-ple. He added that the suspectswere released after paying ad-mission of guilt fines of R100each.A further 10 suspects were

arrested for selling alcohol with-out valid licenses and were allreleased after paying admissionof guilt fines of R1 000 each.

Saturday 8 DecemberModimolle police were con-

ducting a stop and search op-eration and they stopped a sus-picious looking taxi. Policespokesperson, Warrant OfficerJames Findlay, said that thepolice found 16 boxes of illegalcigarettes, each containing 50cartons, with a street value ofR100 000.He said that the suspect tried

to bribe police officials with R12000 and was charged with brib-ery. He added that the suspectalso had R10 000 cash in his

possession. Findlay said thatthe R12 000 was booked in asevidence with the cigarettes andthe suspect, Samuel Ingwane,appeared before the ModimolleMagistrate’s Court on Monday,10 December.A Bela Bela man is expected

to appear in court shortly fol-lowing an alleged rape incidentthat happened in Zuma Viewsection.Phetla said that the suspect

made an appearance on Tues-day, 11 December.

Sunday 9 DecemberA suspect appeared in courton Monday, 10 December, inconnection with burglary.Phetla said that the suspect,Chris Morudu, allegedly com-mitted a series of burglariesin the old location in Decem-ber. Morudu’s case was re-manded to Tuesday, 18 De-cember, for further investiga-tion.

Two people from Bela Belaare expected to appear incourt soon after they werefound in possession of sus-pected stolen property.Phetla said that the two ap-peared briefly in court onMonday, 10 December. Hewarned the public to stopbuying stolen goods andavoid prosecution.

Lizzy Bapela

Police in Bela Bela has made a break-through by arresting suspects in con-nection with housebreakings thattook place in the area over the pasttwo months.In the first incident, members of the

Bela Bela Crime Prevention Unit(CPU) arrested a suspect after catch-ing him in a house, where he wasstealing, on Sunday, 10 December.Lieutenant-Colonel Abel Phetla, of the

Bela Bela police, said that the sus-pect was with three other accompliceswho fled the scene of the crime be-fore the police could arrest them. Hesaid that the suspect was linked tofour other break-ins that also tookplace in town on the same night.Phetla added that, through investi-

gations, the police learned the sus-pect, a Mozambican national, wasarrested last year for committing aseries of housebreakings in the BelaBela area and he could possibly belinked to other cases as well.Phetla explained that the suspects

were so careless that they used thevictim’s cell phone to communicate

Monday 10 Decemberaccounts and will be gone bythe time the victims noticedthey have been conned.Phetla urged people to be ona lookout as some of thescams come in the form ofSMS or email.Detective Sekgobela re-

ceived information about asuspicious looking man withmusic equipment and madefollow-ups. He told The BEATthat the suspect confirmed hestole the items from the backof a bakkie belonging to atourist.He added that the suspect

appeared in court on Tues-day, 11 December, and thatthe police urge the lawfulowner of the items to visit thepolice station and identify theitems.

Break through in housebreaking cases

Bela Bela detective, FransSekgobela, warned criminals tostay away this festive season.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

with each other. He said that the sus-pect had already given most of thestolen items to his accomplices whenthe police arrested him.The suspect appeared before the

Bela Bela Magistrate’s Court on Mon-day, 10 December, on charges ofhousebreaking and theft.Meanwhile, soon after winning in the

2012 SAPS Prestige Awards, Detec-tive Frans Sekgobela had alreadymade another breakthrough in arrest-ing another housebreaking suspect onSunday, 9 December.Sekgobela said that the suspect was

found in possession of a plasma TV,which investigations revealed it wasstolen at Zebula Lodge. He said thecase would now be handed over toPienaarsrivier police for further investi-gation as the lodge falls under theirarea.The Bela Bela police have also ar-

rested a suspect, Puleng Pole, whohas been terrorising HoërskoolWarmbad area by breaking intohouses and flats and stealing valuableitems for the past two months. Phetlasaid the suspect is a local residentand was out on bail, after he was ar-

rested for theft out of motor vehicle inSeptember, at the time of arrest.He said the suspect had allegedly

stolen groceries from the vehicle of aPakistani national and was arrestedthree days after the incident had takenplace. The suspect allegedly stole gar-den chairs, a gazebo, women’s sneak-ers and Avon products near the highschool. Phetla told The BEAT that thesuspect showed the police to the per-son who bought some of the stolenitems. Mahlatse Fortunate Raphiri wasarrested and charged for possessionof stolen goods and he appeared incourt on Friday, 7 December, while Poleappeared on Tuesday, 11 December.Sekgobela said that all these sus-

pects have other cases of previousincidents against them.He said it seems as if the suspects

just commit one crime after anotherand the police are working around thesame criminals and offenses, whichis discouraging for the police.Phetla said that break-ins in Bela

Bela have been on the rise since Oc-tober, with over 600 cases reported.Police are working hard to crack downon the syndicates.

Police warn the public to be alert

Lizzy Bapela

Bela Bela police warned membersof the public to be on high alert dur-ing the festive season, as manycriminals go all-out during this time.Lieutenant Colonel Abel Phetla,

commander of the Bela Bela detec-tives, said that there are syndicates

roaming around the area with themission of robbing people of theirvaluable belongings and hard earnedcash.“We plead with the people not to

leave their valuable items in visibleareas and to always lock their carsbefore leaving them. The crookshave their own remote controls andyou can never lock your car if theyare already using their remotes.”“Never, at any time of the year,

walk around with huge sums of cashas the suspects follow the victimsimmediately after withdrawingmoney from the banks. Watch outif you are asked for help at ATM’sand never drink or eat anything froma stranger, because they use allsorts of drugs to catch their targets,”Phetla explained.“Do not buy suspicious goods from

the streets without slips as you willbe implicated and people who buystolen items are also prosecuted,”he said.He further said that the suspects

just check a place out once andcome later with their accomplicesto clean it out and flee.Phetla said that it is easy to trace

the suspects and confiscate thestolen items if sold locally, but

sometimes the suspects flee imme-diately after committing the crimes.He encourages those withdrawing

large amounts of cash to pay theiremployees to notify the police if sus-picious looking people or vehiclesare following them. He said if theydo not know what to do or where togo when cornered; the victims cango to the police station.According to the information re-

ceived from the police, a huge per-centage of break-ins taking place intown and on farms are crimes com-mitted by foreign syndicates.Targeted streets in town include

Moffat, Pienaar and Kretczhmar.The police vowed to locate the sus-pects and bring them all to book.Phetla said that there is a special

detective’s team from Polokwanecoming to Bela Bela to crack downon drug dealers. He said that theproblem with catching dealers isthat they do not hide the drugs attheir homes but somewhereunsuspicious and every dealerknows his customers.Phetla explained that some of the

users break into people’s housesand steal in order to sell the stolenproperties to buy drugs with themoney.

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“I am still the mayor until further notice…”

TK Mashaba

Freddy Hlungwane, allegedly axedmayor of Bela Bela, came clean on Fri-day, 7 December, at the year-end func-tion of the municipal workers. This cameafter weeks of silence on the matter.Hlungwane, who stood confidently be-

fore the attendees, told the audience atthe function that he was still the mayorof Bela Bela until a letter of recall wasissued.“I was not employed by the people or

by the newspapers. I was employed bythe ANC and until such time that I re-ceive a letter announcing the end of myterm, I can say I know that I am mayor,”he said.This announcement came a week after

The BEAT ran an art ic le aboutHlungwane’s alleged removal from officewith speaker, Shadi Mononyane, andchief whip, Spando Maluleke.The BEAT received information from

various reliable sources that the three

had been summonsed to Polokwane toappear before the Provincial ExecutiveCouncil. According to our sources, themeeting was called in order to removethe three from their posts.At the year-end function, Hlungwane

said that it would be in the public inter-est to know whether his term of servicewas terminated or not.He also expressed his surprise at the

news that Sam Bambo, municipal man-ager, will be leaving Bela Bela this week.“I thought we were here today for an em-ployees’ year end function, but I over-heard that the municipal manager will beleaving us next week,” he said.Matome Sebelebele, municipal spokes-

person, said that he would send a pressrelease to all interested media partiesonly if an announcement was made bythe Political Management Team.On Monday, 10 December, Sebelebele

confirmed that Hlungwane was still in of-fice. “Freddy Hlungwane is still the ac-tive mayor,” he said.

“I was not employed by the people or by thenewspapers. I was employed by the ANC and until suchtime that I receive a letter announcing the end of my

term, I can say I know that I am mayor,”

Lizzy Bapela

The children and family of a mentallychallenged woman, RebeccaMokhari, are living in fear and confu-sion, after countless attempts of get-ting help for their mother have failed.Mokhari’s son Frans Maluleka said

his mother became ill in 2006, afterhis father’s death. Maluleka said thatMokhari received treatment at the hos-pital until the festive season in 2011,granting them some quality time asa family.Maluleka said that things went wrong

just after the holidays when the doc-tors and nurses at the local clinicsand hospital started sending themfrom pillar to post when they wereseeking the right medical treatmentfor Mokhari. He claimed that hismother was discharged without anymedication or even a check-up whenbrought to the hospital and that shestarted refusing to go when they triedto take her there again.The son alleged that the ambulance

driver and his crew refused to takeher to the hospital if he was notpresent and the police refused to help,saying it is not their job. He told TheBEAT that the doctors refuse to lis-ten to his suggestions saying he mustnot tell them what to do.Maluleka says Mokhari is living in

Family seeks help for mother

her own imaginaryworld, as she seesinvisible peoplewhom she claims areher worst enemies,fighting her terribly.“Whatever we eat or

drink, she takes allthe ingredients andthrows them away,saying the enemieshave poisoned it. Shedoes not even wantto see a TV switchedon as she says shesaw the people onthe screen at a dev-il’s place and sheconfronts those im-aginary people,whom she claims arethe devils, by swear-ing and shouting at

them.”“She does not sleep at night but in-

stead shouts, fights, throw thingsaround the house and even attack mychildren, saying they connive with herenemies,” he said.He said that the family has tried all

means possible to have their mothertreated. According to Maluleke, hismother’s condition deteriorates whenshe is not on medication.A big problem for the family is that

Mokhari sometimes just disappearsand they have been lucky to havefriends and neighbours who managedto bring her back after spotting her invarious places in Limpopo, the North-West and Mpumalanga.“We have found her with severe

wounds on her forehead and bodybefore. Whenever I receive a call noti-fying me of incidents involving her, Ihave to take time off work, which hasalready landed me into trouble withmy superiors,” Maluleka explained.“Doctors and nurses have refused to

help her, giving us hopeless reasonsas to why they can not help her, claim-ing they have run out of mediation.When I take her to the hospital, theyrelease her without giving her anythingas soon as I had left. I was told mymother would have to be on the wait-ing list, as the space for mentally illpatients is full at the hospital and they

said they doubt she will make it toadmission, as the list is too long, with50 patients before her. I kept referenceof anybody that I spoke to concern-ing this matter including the Bela BelaHospital’s CEO, SJW Kriel,” Malulekasaid.The BEAT spoke to the hospital’s

media liaison officer, Buti Moagi.Moagi said that he did not know

about this specific case and indicatedthat there are some cases that reachhis office depending on the kind of thecase. However, Moagi SAID that nopatient would be released without be-ing stabilised. No patient will just beleft to cope outside, without a doc-tors’ attention. “I can confirm to youthat no patient would leave the hospi-tal before doctors could check themand give them the proper treatment,”he said. Moagi referred Maluleka tocommunications office, where he willbe assisted by him or his colleaguePascoe Thubela. Maluleka said thathe lost his bond, house and marriagedue to the situation and now his jobis also on the line. He has run out ofideas for solutions.He told The BEAT his mother was

emotionally and financial abused pre-viously, kicked out of her house andthrown to the streets. He pleads withanybody who can help to contact himat 073 697 2490.

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Michelle Murray, layout artist:My favourite story for 2012 was Wrong Turnon 12 October. A car that crashed into afuel station shop in Modimolle on Satur-day, 6 October, turned the convenienceshop into a drive through service withoutintending to do so. A case of negligence

and reckless driving was opened against a74-year-old resident, who was taken to hos-pital with minor injuries. Nobody was seri-ously hurt in the accident. I enjoyed thisstory, because the photos taken at thescene made for a great front page. Photo:Supplied.

Maria Makwela, advertisements:The three Kekana children who were sobrutally murdered in Mookgophong was thesaddest story of 2012 for me. They wereall from one family and all three were sovery young. The story about the children’s

funeral, on 31 August, touched me deeply.The sight of the Working on Fire groupstanding an honour guard and singing forthe children showed how the communitywas hurt by this terrible murder. Photo:Mzamane Ringane.

Marki Franken, editor:My favourite story of 2012 was Business-man in court for murdering girlfriend, on18 May. Instead of taking the route thatall the other media houses took, LizzyBapela from THE BEAT chose not to fo-cus on the suspect too much, but ratherspoke to the family of Lerato Hloaela andgot to know more about the victim of thisfar-reaching crime. Hloaela’s cousin ex-plained that their pain was worse becauseshe was so badly burned that they couldnot say goodbye to her as is the cus-tom. Photo: Supplied

TK Mashaba, journalist:The story about the fire at Sondela, SondelaBurns, on 7 September spoke to me. On Sat-urday, 1 September, the popular nature reserveand holiday resort, Sondela Nature Reserve,suffered substantial damages when a devas-tating veld fire tore through the reserve. TheBEAT spoke to Mr Petrus Seshaba, one of

the paramedics of Tromar EMS and RescueServices. He recalls Saturday as one of thetoughest days in his career as a professionalparamedic. The story touched my heart be-cause so many people were hurt, traumatisedand impacted by this event. The fire also hada huge impact on the community at large.Photo: Ingrid Pepler

Lizzy Bapela, journalist:I enjoyed covering the story of the ANCYouth League staging a sit in at the mu-nicipality on 13 January. These young peo-ple stood up for the whole community. Thesit-in took place on Tuesday, 10 January,on the municipal premises and was led bythe league’s sub-regional chairperson, FaniKomane. Among other grievances, theleague complained about cheques lost bythe municipality and said that the involvedemployees were arrested and then re-leased later on. The league also com-plained about the expensive water andelectricity that is increasing unnecessar-ily while officials are allegedly misusing themoney. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Mzamane Ringane, journalist:The story that I found most satisfying wasthe story, published on 18 May, about therampage, following the death of LeratoHloaela in Modimolle. Eighty-three peopleappeared before the Modimolle Magistratecourt on Tuesday, 15 May, following inci-dents where tuck shops owned by foreignnationals were vandalised and looted. Afterthe burial process was concluded, a small

group of angry residents converged at thegraveside in Modimolle and vowed to sendthe Pakistani nationals packing right away.I was there as the story unfolded. Moreo-ver, the action was captured fully, supportedby pictures. The national media ran with thestory; but we managed to stand out. I evengot a face full of teargas to add to my jour-nalistic bragging rights. Photo: MzamaneRingane

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This edition is the last edition of TheBEAT for 2012. The year, like so manyyears before, has flown by without wait-ing for us to realise that time is tick-ing; and so the Christmas season ishere once again.The roman poet, Virgil, put into words

what we all need to understand abouttime. “But meanwhile time flies; it fliesnever to be regained.” We can neverget the time that we have wasted back.So often we do not make the most ofthe time that we have on earth.At the end of another year, it is time

to reflect on the ways that we spentthe precious minutes that made up thepast year. Every minute counts. Did weuse our time for good or evil? Did wewaste moments that we could havespent with our loved ones? Dis we makethe most of what we were given?Unlike treasures and any other pos-

sessions, time cannot be stored, col-lected, earned, or bought with hardwork, money, formality or our souls. Itslips away whether or not we chooseto pack meaning into it. Use it or loseit, so goes the saying.Though we all know how limited our

lives, we sometimes act as if we donot know the value of time. We usewords like spend, kill or waste whenwe speak of how we use the limitednumber of hours in each day.We need to take an overview of the

current use of our time. Do we spendenough time with our families or do wespend too much time working? Arethere some things on which we wouldlike to spend less time?When we look at the past year, there

are so many things that we would havedone better if we knew how. The bestway to move forward is to forgive our-selves for mistakes made and to makesure that we do not make the samemistakes again. “You did then what youknew best. Now you know better, soyou will do better,” — Maya Angelou.The BEAT wishes a happy and peace-

ful Christmas for all our readers. Mayyou find the value in the time that youspend with the ones you love.We also wish a prosperous new year

to our readers. May the lessons thatyou have learned in 2012 be the lightthat shows you the way in 2013.

Merry Christmasfrom The BEAT

Pumi Katide (left), Nhlakanipo Sedise (middle) and Mponso Nkabinde (right) was spot-ted in full Christmas gear for their festive shopping in Bela Bela. Photo: Gerhard Franken

The Christmas story Bishop Silas Tlou

Mary, a virgin, engaged to be mar-ried to Joseph, a carpenter. An an-gel visited her and explained that shewould conceive a son by the powerof the Holy Spirit. She would givebirth to this child and she wouldname him Jesus.At first, Mary was afraid and trou-

bled by the angel’s words. Being avirgin, Mary questioned the angel,“How will this be?” The angel ex-plained that the child would beGod’s own Son.Mary believed the angel and re-

joiced in God. Mary reflected withwonder on the words found in Isaiah7:14 foretelling this event, “Thereforethe Lord himself will give you a sign:The virgin will be with child and willgive birth to a son, and will call himImmanuel.”Whi le Mary was engaged to

Joseph, she became pregnantthrough the Holy Spirit, as foretoldby the angel. When Mary told Josephshe was pregnant, he had every rightto feel disgraced. He knew the childwas not his own. Joseph had theright to divorce Mary and, under Jew-ish law, she could be put to deathby stoning.Although Joseph’s initial reaction

was to break the engagement, hedid not want to cause her furthershame, so he decided to act quietly.However, God sent an angel toJoseph in a dream to reassure himthat his marriage to her was God’swill. The angel explained that thechild’s name would be Jesus andthat he was the Messiah. WhenJoseph woke from his dream, heobeyed God and married Mary.At that time, a census was taken,

and every person in the entire Ro-man world had to go to his home-town to register. Joseph, from theline of David, was required to go toBethlehem. Mary gave birth to Je-sus there. The inn was too crowded,and Mary gave birth in the stable.She wrapped the baby in cloth andplaced him in a feeding-box.An angel of the Lord appeared to

shepherds who were tending theirsheep. The angel announced thatthe Saviour had been born. Suddenlymany heavenly beings appeared andbegan praising God.The shepherds travelled to Bethle-

hem to see the Christ-child. Therethey found Mary, Joseph and thebaby in the stable. They went ontheir way still praising and glorify-ing God.Wise men from the east saw a star

and they came in search, knowingthe star signified the birth of a king.The wise men came to the Jewishrulers in Jerusalem and asked wherethe Christ was to be born. The rul-ers explained, “In Bethlehem, inJudea,” referring to Micah 5:2.Today’s families find their joy and

unity through days like Christmas.To all The BEAT readers, I wish youand your family a happy and won-derful Christmas.


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The BEAT visited some of our younger readers to hear what they hadto say about Christmas and why they love celebrating the holiday.

Bekalla Niqussi(4): Time forpresents andFather Christmas.We celebrate itbecause we arehappy. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Lesego Nhlapo (5):My parents buy menice clothes andcrackers and I seemany peoplecoming to myhome. We eat nicefood together.Photo: TK Mashaba

Deborrah Niqussi (5): Toys, nice bags andbicycles, sticker books and guitars. Wecelebrate it because it is God’s birthdayand we celebrate with toys and animals.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Lefa Mashibu (5): My parents always takeus to KFC and buy food with toys, but thisyear they said they would buy me a bike.Photo: TK Mashaba

Keorapetse Mallela (5): Christmas meansFather Christmas, presents and a Christ-mas tree. We must be happy on that daybecause we celebrate God’s birthday.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Mmapula Morena(4): My mombrings me myfavourite toys, liketeddy bears andclothes, but I liketo play with myfriends, wearing ournew dresses.Photo: TKMashaba


Solomon Mahlangu High School, in Modimolle, had 105 learners in one Grade 9 classin the beginning of the year. Overcrowded classrooms lead to many teaching obsta-cles. Photo: TK Mashaba (Photo published on 17 February)

The wounds of MrTshepo Shai,community leader,who was allegedlyshot as he wastrying to intervenewhen 16 shackswere demolishedby the SenameleClosed Corpora-tion on Thursday,8 March. Photo:Lerato Matlala(Photo publishedon 16 March)

Fire fighterstrained to be intop form for thefire season thatusually starts inJune in theWaterberg. Thetraining sessionwas part of theWorking on Firetraining camp atSondela. Photo:Ingrid Pepler(Photo publishedon 11 May)

This photo of the furious fire that tore through the Maroela lapa, at one of the swim-ming pools at Sondela, was sent to us by a reader. The devastating fire ripped through1500 ha of the popular nature reserve outside Bela Bela on 1 September. (Photopublished on 7 September)

A young girl is being held by the police during a protest in Modimolle after a rampageon Sunday, 13 May, where shops, owned by foreign nationals, in the area were van-dalised and looted. The rampage started after the funeral of Lerato Hloaela, who wasallegedly murdered by Pakistani national, and father of her two children Faisel Mo-hammed Havayae. Photo: Mzamane Ringane (Photo published on 18 May)

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The past year was an eventful year as far asthe game of soccer was concerned. The BEATlooks at soccer news that broke in 2012.Right in the beginning of the year, a Modimolle

player showed up on the radar as a star towatch in the future. Tshepo Marakalla, formerModimolle Aces player who also played for A1Terrors this year, told The BEAT that he scoredmore than 300 goals during his soccer career.Leventis FC joined the SAB Waterberg Re-

gional League when they bought their statusin the league and relocated to Bela Bela, hail-ing from Gauteng.

Local soccer highlights of 2012The newly based Bela Bela team used Moloto

Stadium, in the Bela Bela Township, as theirhome ground. During the course of the year,things did not work out well for Leventis FC.Financial problems caused them to miss fix-tures. The team was forced to move back toGauteng after players demanded more moneyfor relocating to Bela Bela. This made attend-ing games a logistical nightmare.Leventis FC disappeared from the local soc-

cer scene after the SAB League banned themfrom playing in the league as punishment forall the games that they forfeited.Bela Bela FC United also experienced some

problems. The team sold their status and is

now known under a new name, Total Surren-der. The team had a tough season in the be-ginning of the year, but their new ownershipcould prove fruitful for the team. Total Surren-der goes into the festive season in the firstposition on the SAB League log.Good news came at the beginning of the

current soccer season when the SAB Leagueannounced that all games would be clusteredin order to make travelling easier for teams.This meant that teams would play their gamesin three streams and the winners of eachstream would battle it our for the SAB title.It was sad news for soccer in South Africa

when SAFA announced that Vodacom would

no longer sponsor the well-known VodacomLeague. After many talks, SAFA decided thatthey would administer the league and theleague was renamed the SAFA League.During the year, many soccer academies

came under the searchlight because parentswere complaining about the conditions thattheir children were living in. SAFA said thatthey would register all soccer academies andthat they would help these academies to de-velop young talent.Soccer academies that are not registered with

SAFA will not receive any support from SAFAand cannot function within the SAFA struc-tures.

Boikie Monareng, of the Run Boikie RunSports Academy, scooped fifth positionthe 5051 challenge in 2011. Photo:Herman Steyn (Photo published on 17February)

Youngstersdisplay their skillsduring the SAFAWaterberg Un-der12 selections.Photo: MzamaneRingane (Photopublished on 26April)

FC Dinare’s Brian Ngwenya (red jersey) and Thobani Mncwangoof Baroka FC are locked in a real tussle for the ball. Photo:Mzamane Ringane (Photo published on 4 May)

A1 Terrors FC (blue) in action against Happy Boys FC in a localderby on Sunday, 4 November. Photo: Mzamane Ringane (Photopublished on 9 November)

Bela Bela High school in action againstMaope during the match on Monday, 20August, at Bela Bela High School sportsgrounds. Photo: TK Mashaba (Photopublished on 24 August)

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