Bartimea's Principal, Deputy Suspended
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SETJHABA COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENTNMENT www.bloemfonteincourant.co.zaw Kgalala ya bolo Taxi accident Mama SixS die on Free State ke mohlala o couldn’t crush Mhlophe’s story-y- motle ho batjha her dreams telling captivateses roadsr over the weekend PAGE 2 PAGE 3 her audiences PAGE 5 LENTSWE LA BATHO • VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 FREE Bartimea’s principal, deputy suspended REFILWE GAESWE any interference by transferring both the deputy principal and The Department of Education the principal to our district in the Free State has rebuked offi ces. This move was to make allegations that the school principal sure that we continue with our of Bartimea School for the Deaf investigations. In the meantime, and Blind has been suspended. we placed an administrator at Departmental spokesperson, the school, who will work as a Howard Ndaba, has clarifi ed that principal to oversee and manage the principal, Pinkie Matshaseng, the business of the school,” along with her deputy, has explained Ndaba. been transferred to one of the Meanwhile, Ndaba has revealed department’s district offi ces in that investigations pertaining to Thaba Nchu after a task team was the school are at a very advanced established last month. stage. He explained that as soon “As the department, we have as investigations are fi nalised, the to act on those allegations and outcome will be announced. also in the interest of ensuring This after learners coming from Songbird spreads the warmth that learning and teaching don’t as far as Lesotho, North West, South African songbird and performer, Sibongile Mngoma, handed out blankets to a few shelters in the city as part suffer. Most of the allegations Northern Cape and from across the of the “67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day” initiative. Over 200 blankets were brought to Bloemfontein from were centred around the school Free State were sent home after the Johannesburg and distributed to several shelters. The wool donated by a generous donor to this initiative is worth R14 management. We then decided school closed abruptly before the million and thus far the global movement has already collected 15 000 completed blankets for distribution. Mngoma that we should allow the end of the fi rst term in April this and her team distributed these colourful blankets at the Jean Webber Home in Bloemfontein. PHOTO: LERATO SEBE investigation to continue without year. CONTINUES ON PAGE 2► 2 COMMUNITY NEWS • SETJHABA www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za • [email protected] • 1 June 2016 ◄CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 we want to get to the bottom of the Hundreds of blind and deaf issue. If you can recall, in the year learners refused teachers and the Bartimea’s principal, deputy suspended 2014, a similar incident happened school’s staff members entry for and the school was burnt. So we a week. rooted and were communicated Ndaba has urged parents to remain district offices to do whatever don’t want a recurrence of that,” The learners protested some time ago. It did not happen calm. He explained that they have work the department has assigned he said. over grievances relating to, overnight. been working hard to ensure that to them. There are various issues According to Ndaba, a task among others, allegations of It is alleged that the officials they speedily resolve all the issues that were raised, including team that was established by the mismanagement and change thereby wanted to prevent at Bartimea after the transfer of the issues of maladministration, department has been meeting on of management. Some of the learners from becoming violent school principal and the deputy. mismanagement of funds and several occasions to investigate all visible damages that occurred and damaging school property “The principal and the deputy some learners were alleging the allegations raised by learners from the recent protest were following the last incident where principal of the school are the that some of the teachers are not and a turn-around strategy has broken windows. It is alleged that an administration building was main people who have been well trained in sign language, been developed to respond to the the disgruntled blind and deaf torched and set alight on the accused of wrong-doing and for example. The department is issues. learners’ grievances are deep- evening of June 2014. they have been transferred to the looking at these allegations and [email protected] Kgalala ya bolo ke mohlala Thabo ke motaki ya hlwahlwa MATSEKO RAMOTEKOA yohle,” ho hlalositse Thabo. Setsebi sena se hlwahlwa sa ho o motle ho batjha Morati enwa wa ho taka o etsa taka se tsebahala le mose ho ditshwantsho tse ntle haholo. mawatle. Leha a sa ka a atleha, Thabo Sejesho ( 27) o tumme ho na le monna e mong wa MATSEKO RAMOTEKOA ka ho taka motsaneng wa Ithali ya kileng a mo kopa ho habo wa di-D lekeisheneng la taka setshwantsho sa moradi Takatso ya kgalala ena ya bolo e ne Botshabelo. Lerato la Thabo wa hae selemong se fetileng. e le ho ba mooki. la ho taka le qadile kamora Empa ka lebaka la ho hloleha Ka mora ho phetha dithuto tsa ho ithutela ho etsa dipala- ho se posa, o ile a hloleha ho hae tsa sehlopha sa leshome ka menwana koletjheng ya phetha mosebetsi oo, ha a ka selemo sa 2008, mohlankana enwa Motheo ho la Bloemfontein. a inehela. Thabo o bolelletse ya dilemo tse mashome a mabedi Leha e le hore Batswadi ba Voice hore o kgona ho taka a metso e supileng o ne a na le hae ha ba sebetse, Thabo o ile ditshwantso tsa batho le tumelo ya hore e tla ba mooki a etsa bonnete ba hore o ipha diphoofolo a sebedisa dipente ya hlwahlwa. Empa ka lebaka la monyetla wa ho ntsetsa dithuto tsa ho taka. matshwao a thuto a neng a sa mo tsa hae pele. Lebaka ke hobane, Ka tjhelete eo a e etsang, o dumelle ho kena sekolong sa booki o ne a sa batle ho iphumana a hlokomela kgaitsedi ya hae se Bloemfontein, Moeketsi Sekola sena seo a ka itshwarellang ka ya ithutang yunifesithing ya tswaletsweng motsaneng wa D sona bophelong. ya Central Univesity of ho la Botshabelo ha a ka a inehela. Ha a le dilemo tse supileng Technology, Bloemfontein. Kajeno lena Sekola ke mmapala- feela, Thabo o ne a se a Thabo o na le tumelo ya pele ya hlabang dintlha sehlopheng ntse a taka ditshwantsho hore o tla tuma haholo ka se tsebahalang sa Foreisetata, e tse kgahlisang haholo. Ha ho etsa dipala-menwana le leng Free State Stars. bashanyana ba dilemong ditshwantsho tsa hae hobane Mohlankana enwa o ile a tuma tsa hae ba ne ba sa tsebe o sebetsa ka thata. Tsebo eo a sehleng se fetileng sa loko ya PSL seo ba ka se etsang, Thabo nang le yona o e fetisetsa ho kamora ho ba mohlaba-dintlha ya yena o ne a inkela dipampiri batjha ba nang le thahasello ya ka sehloohong. Sekola ya motlotlo tsa hae le mekgabiso a etsa ho taka. Ha a sa sebetse, o ruta mme ya bileng a thabetseng qeto ditshwantsho. Taba ya ho taka batjha ba bang e le tsela ya ho eo a ileng a e nka ya ho bapala ya Thabo e qadile ha a ne a fetisetsa tsebo le lerato la hae bolo o re o motlotlo haholo ntse a le sekolong se tlaase. la ho taka ho bona hore le bona hore ebe o ile a sebedisa neo ya Letswallwa la motse wa Botshabelo leo e bileng e le kgalala ya papadi ya bolo ya Kamehla mohlankana enwa o ba tsebe ho fihlella bokgoni ba hae hore a atlehe bophelong. sehlopha se seholo sa Free State Stars, Moeketsi Sekola. ne a thabela ho sheba dinepe. hae. Boiphihlelo ba hae ba ho ba Ere kaha di ne di mo kgahla [email protected] mmapala-pele le ho hlaba dintlha kgothaletso ya ntate Hlehlethe wa ho bontsha bokgoni ba hae, o haholo, o ne a leka ho taka ho behile lebitso la hae le la motse ya ileng a kgahlwa ke makgethe re mamello ke yona e tlisitseng ditshwantsho tseo a di boneng wa habo hara ya dikgalala tsa bolo ao mohlankana a neng a bapala katleho bophelong ba hae. Sekola dinepeng ka boyena. “ Le ha Afrika Borwa le lefatsheng ka ka oona, o ile a iphumana a se a o bolelletse Voice hore o bile di ne di sa tshwane le tseo ke bophara. “Ke hotse ke labalabela bapalla sehlopha sa Bloemfontein, motlotlo haholo ka ho fumana di boneng dinepeng, taba ya ho ba mooki. Empa matshwao e leng Roses United. Ha sehlopha moputso wa ho ba sebapadi hore di entswe ke nna e ne aka a thuto a sehlopha sa leshome sena se neng se mo lefa moputso se hlabileng dintlha tse ngata e nthabisa haholo,” ho rialo le metso e mmedi a ne sa lekana o tlaase se eba le mathata, Sekola selemong se fetileng. Leha a Thabo. hore ke kene sekolong sa booki sa o ne a se a le boemong ba ho ka tumme haholo tjena, Sekola o Thabo ya neng a na le tjantjello mmuso,” ho hlalositse Sekola. bapalla dihlopha tse kgolo kahara hlalositse hore o thabela ho qoqa ya ho taka ka bokgabane o Ere kaha o ne a se na tjhelete ya naha. Mme ke mona moo a ileng a le batho le ho araba dipotso tseo ile a sebetsa ka thata ho ka hore a ka ingodisa dikolong tseo leka lehlohonolo la hae sehlopheng a nang le dikarabo tsa tsona.