SETJHABA COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za Barutehi ba bararo ba Thaba Nchu youth give back Library Long Table- Bringing R380M Free State ikemiseditse ho fana ka thuto to their own community all women together to hospital remains unopened ya mahala ho batjha. celebrate differences PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 5 two years after completion WEDNESDAY 14 December 2016 FREE Free State law enforcement, including SAPS, traffic officers and the Hawks, marched through the streets of Mangaung as part of the “Back to Basics” festive season operation. Residents have been put at ease by the high law enforcement visibility in their areas. Free State Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Jacob Tsumane, says law enforcement in the province will not allow criminals to terrorise the community during their leisure time. PHOTO: SEITHATI SEMENOKANE A safe festive season for the Free State SEITHATI SEMENOKANE and Transport, Sam Mashini, get out of this province joyfully, vehicles, dealing in drugs, stock community during their leisure along with the provincial police so that you can return again. But theft, drunken driving, fraud, etc. time. Proudly marching through the commissioner, Lieutenant General please make sure that you protect Drugs, including dagga, Mandrax, “We will be saturating malls, streets of Namibia location in Lebeoana Tsumane, handed over and respect the law,” he added. khat, heroin, and Tik were parking areas. We are also going Mangaung, Free State policemen 40 patrol vehicles to the different During the first phase, which confiscated. Stolen vehicles were to deal with street bashers (people and -women say they are well cluster commanders in preparation began on 1 November 2016, 579 recovered and the police seized who drink in the streets). And we prepared to ensure that residents for the next two months. arrests were made for crimes that weapons, ammunition and stolen also want to warn the gangsters have a safe and secure festive Mashinini assured residents that have been detected as a result vehicles. that are breeding gangsterism season. Law enforcement in the they would be safe this festive of police action, including 468 In the fight to curb alcohol-related during the initiation schools that province launched the second season, with high police visibility arrests for drug-related crimes. crimes, the police confiscated we will be keeping an eye on phase of the “Back to Basics” in malls and residential areas. Another 95 people have also more than 38 552 litres of them. So generally speaking, we festive season operations in “You are going to see men and been arrested for driving under alcohol and closed down 40 will be all over in this province,” Bloemfontein. The operation women on the street, not only in the influence of alcohol. Other illegal liquor outlets. Tsumane warned Tsumane. includes the police, traffic officers this area but across the Free State. arrests were for murder, attempted warned gangs operating in the The operation runs throughout as well as the Hawks all working That’s why my message is simple: murder, rape, sexual assault, province that gangster activities the festive season, till 31 January together to ensure that citizens when you enter the Free State, assault with the intent to inflict will not be tolerated in the Free 2017, with law enforcement abide by the law during the festive which is a province of peace, grievous bodily harm, robbery, State Province. He said law hoping to curb crime during the season. please observe the law. If you malicious damage to property, enforcement in the province will “silly season”. Free State MEC for Police, Roads are a visitor, make sure that you armed robbery, burglaries, theft of not allow criminals to terrorise the [email protected] 2 COMMUNITY NEWS • SETJHABA www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za • [email protected] • 14 December 2016 Barutehi ba ikemiseditse ho fana ka thuto ya mahala ho batjha MATSEKO RAMOTEKOA dikolong tse ngata, baithuti ba sehlopha sa leshome le metso Barutehi ba bararo ba e mmedi ba iswa dikampong ikemiseditse ho fana ka thuto ya e le ho ba lokisetsa ho ngola mahala ho batjha. ditlhatlhobo tsa makgaolakgang. Ba re lebaka ke hobane, thuto “Jwalo ka motjha ya keneng ke lefa le mpho eo motho a ka sekolo, ke hlokomela hore iketsetsang bokamoso ka lona. thuto e bohlokwa haholo. Mme motho ya rutehileng, Mme hore motho a kgone ho o ba le tsebo mme o kgona ba le kutlwusiso ya mosebetsi ho ikemela ka dinako tsohle. wa sokolo, o lokelwa ho Ba hatelletse le ka hore, ho fumantshwa thuto ka kotloloho be le tswelopele motseng wa ho tloha di hlopheng tse tlaase,” Botshabelo, ba dumela hore ho hlalosa Lucky. batjha ba bangata ba rutehileng Lucky o hlaloseditse Voice ke bona ba ka tlisang di phetheo. hore baithuti batla fumantshwa Ke ka hoo barutehi bana ba monyetla wa ho rutwa dithuto itlammeng ka hore, ba tlo etsa sa saense le dipalo. Le ha tsohle hore ba rute baithuti thuto ena e tlo tswela baithuti ba motse wa habo bona ntle molemo, Lucky o tshepisitse le tefello. Lucky Leballo (32) hore ba keke ba lefiswa letho le Hope Mafa (25) hammoho bakeng sa ho rutwa. Leha le Lebohang Mofo (27) ba motjha enwa ya phethetseng ikemiseditse ho tlisa poseselo thuto ya hae ya lengolo la ho bona ka ho ba thusa ka dipoloma yuniversithing ya mosebetsi wa bona wa sekolo. CUT Bloemfontein dilemo Lucky Leballo le Hope Mafa mmoho le Lebohang Mofo ba thakgotse le nane la ho fumantsha baithuti ba motse wa habo bona di Ho ya ka Lucky, bana ba tlo tse mmalwa tse fetileng o thuto tsa tlatsetso. PHOTO: MATSEKO RAMOTEKOA una molemo ke ba ho tloha tsamaisa kgebo ya hae ya ho sehlopheng sa borobong ho etsa meketjana, o na le tumelo a mmuso a kenyeleditseng le ho di tseba. Ho ya ka Lucky, ba “Baithuti bohle ba dulang ka hara fihlela ho leshome le metso o ya hore o tla ipha nako ya lefapha la thuto. O re le ha ele hore tlo sebetsa le barutehi ba bang ba motse wa Botshabelo ba tla fumana mong. Lucky o re ba nkile qeto ho hlokomela hore baithuti ka ona motsotso ha hona tjhelete motse wa Botshabelo. Lebohang monyetla ona. Re hlwahile dikolo ena kamora ho hlokomela hore ba fumantswa tsohle tseo eo baithapileng ho ruta bana ya nang le lengolo la dipoloma ho tse mmalwa ka hara motsana o le ha baithutwana ba sehlopha ba di hlokang. “Ke motho ba tlo e lefuwa, ba etsa mekutu lekala la shebaneng le marangrang mong le o mong wa Botshabelo sa leshome le metso e mmedi ya boulellang thuto haholo. yohle ho fumana di tshehetso tsa a di khomphutha o thabetse ho ba moo di thuto tsena di tlang ho nka ba pasa ka hara motse wa Mme ke dumela hore ke yona di tjhelete. O kopile batswadi ho karolo e tlang ho ntshetsha baithuti sebaka teng. Mme bana ba tsebe Botshabelo, bothata ba bona mohlodi-theho wa bophelo bo lokolla bana ba bona ka bongata ba Botshabelo pele. Morero ona hore ba tla rutwa Moqebelo o mong ke hore ba bang ba hloleha botle,” ho rialo Lucky. mme a ba a hlalosa hore ba lokela o moholo wa batjha bana o tlo le o mong ho tloha hoseng,” ho ho feta sehlopha sena. Mme Lucky o re ba fumane tshehetso ho tshepa hore bana ba bona ba tlo thakgolwa maqalong a selemo se qetella Lucky. o re hape, o hlokomela hore ho tswa mafapheng a fapaneng fumantshwa tsohle tseo ba hlokang tlang. [email protected] Highlights of Mangaung Metro’s performance in 2016 SEITHATI SEMENOKANE praised his officials for what they had done Following the elections, the ANC won the Meanwhile, the Department of Water Affairs for the community. “I think I have served the Mangaung Metro with 56.77% of the votes, has been fast tracking a planned water pipeline Mangaung Metro Municipality has had an people of Mangaung very well. I tried my down from 66.27% in 2011. The DA got from the Gariep Dam in order to alleviate the action-packed 2016. Many changes came best to work with our communities and to 27.11% of the votes. The former Naledi water supply crisis in the Mangaung Metro about when the country held the local elections make sure that young people also felt part of Municipality and Soutpan were added to the Municipality. Construction on the Gariep on 3 August 2016. During campaigning, this city, as they are the future of our cities. metro. pipeline was initially planned to start by 2035, the ruling ANC party announced Olly Residents should understand that they have Mangaung Metro Executive Mayor, Olly but the current drought and shortage of water Mlamleli, who was the MEC for Cooperative been blessed to have people who can serve Mlamleli, was officially inaugurated at a urged the department to ramp up this schedule Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) in them well. I hope that after the elections they ceremony held at the Bram Fischer Building considerably. the Free State, as the new mayoral candidate. will support the incumbent who comes in in Bloemfontein during September. This after Public transport in the metro was also put That meant that Thabo Manyoni would not be and that they will be able to work with the opposition parties boycotted the event, saying in the spotlight. Mlamleli revealed that the contesting a second term. incumbent to make Mangaung a better place,” that it was wasteful expenditure. She used the municipality was working together with the In one of his last official speeches, Manyoni he said. occasion to present her plans for the metro, transport industry to ensure that it obtains an which included increasing infrastructure and Integrated Public Transport Network.