LIMPOPO MIRROR
14 September 2012 13 By Tshifhiwa Mukwevho
Two arrested after content of house disappears
Black Leopards´ managing director, David Thidiela, Bishop Neluhela and Bishop Netshivhera lead the procession carrying the coffin to the graveyard. By Theophilus Netshivhodza
Jafrou Maria laid to rest Jafrou (senior mother) Maria Mabuduga Ralinala, who passed away on 31 August, was buried at Musanda Milaboni last Saturday. During the ceremony, she was hailed as a real community builde, who rendered her service to people from all walks of life. During his sermon, Apostle (Dr) Masakona of the Calvary Church said all the people present were happy, because they were celebrating
the life of a people’s person. “She led a pure life and young people should idolize her,” Masakona added. Jafrou Ralinala started to serve in the United African Apostolic Church as a messenger at the tender age of eight years and was the first female allowed to play the drums in church. She was a founder member of the women’s league of her chuch. She is survived by two sons and 16 grandchildren.
By Tshifhiwa Mukwevho
Khuba family’s house collapses The storms and rains which came on Wednesday night last week (5 September) left a family without a roof over their heads, when their one-roomed mud-brick house collapsed at Tshikwarani village in the Kutama area. Mr Joseph Khuba (46) and his wife, Selina (39), were awakened by a loud sound, when the bricks and roofing of the house collapsed in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to Khuba, they woke up to investigate and found that their house was severely damaged. “We have nowhere else to stay and we do not know what to do about the situation we are facing now,” he added. The Kutama Traditional Authority, however, has responded to the call for help. The chairperson of the traditional authority, Mr Gilbert Muofhe, said that the family had been living in a house not suitable for human habitation. He said that, by the look of things,
the house was on the verge of collapsing at any time. “We’ve found a place for the family and they will share an RDP house with another family,” said Muofhe. “It is the traditional authority’s duty to try to help where we can.” Mr and Mrs Khuba are unemployed and they manage to scratch a living by performing small chores in households around the village. Their two children have since been removed from their care and were placed in a children’s care centre in Tshikota by the social workers. According to them, the family’s living arrangement were not suitable for children. The family’s unassuming belongings were moved to the RDP house a few streets away, where a gentleman in the RDP house welcomed them warmly. “We will share the rooms,” he said, dividing the rooms by closing up one internal door with corrugated sheets, for the families to have at least two rooms each. “These people are my long-time friends,” he added.
The unemployed Mr Joseph Khuba and his wife Selina are grappling with the sad reality that their house has collapsed.
In what seems like the devil on the also vandalised. tives, who had accepted stolen goods from move, a thief entered a house and left “Just imagine your own neighbour him, when they clearly knew that he had with furniture, utensils, linen and other doing this kind of harm to you,” Sadiki never owned such items himself. related items valued at R50 000. shook her head. “Together with the police, Lt Col Freddy Shirinda lauded the The incident took place at Ravele vil- we went to Tshifhiwa’s house and found Tshilwavhusiku SAPS’s investigating lage in the Sinthumule area during the his wife watching TV programmes on my team, who managed to trace and arrest second week of August. TV set. I can’t believe it - they were even the suspect. Tshiovhe and Madume were The Tshilwavhusiku police managed to using my plates and table cloths.” charged with burglary and appeared in trace and track the suspect in Ravele. The Sadiki says she is not only angry with court on Tuesday, where their case was suspect, Mr Tshifhiwa Tshiovhe (33), is Tshiovhe, but also with some of his rela- postponed to 11 October for trial. the complainant’s neighbour and, according to the police, had allegedly confessed to them about the theft. He also allegedly led them to Ha-Matidza in the Nzhelele area and to Tshikota near Makhado (Louis Trichardt). Tshiovhe later implicated Mpho Melton Madume (27) of Tshikuwi in Nzhelele. He had allegedly ferried some of the stolen items to these places to hide them, and his confession proved valuable when nearly all the stolen items were recovered on Tuesday, 21 August. “I don’t know what’s happening with me,” said Tshiovhe at the Tshilwavhusiku police station. “Ndo tou Photographed with the suspect, Tshifhiwa Tshiovhe (kneeling), are (from left to right) dzhenwa nga limuya (The policemen Tshifhiwa Ramarumo, Azwindini Makuya, Lt Col Freddy Shirinda (station evil spirit had possessed commander), Erick Ravhura and Mr Nkhangweni Mulaudzi. me). I had also sold some things to a Zimbabwean.” According to the complainant, Mrs Tovhowani Sadiki, she came home from her place of work in Gauteng on Monday, 20 August, and found that the main door of her house had been broken down. She stepped inside and noticed that her stove, couches, music system, refrigerator and microwave oven were missing. Little did she know that this was only the beginning of a heart-breaking sight in the house. Doors were damaged in all the rooms, Ravele community members rejoiced with the Sadiki household after the stolen items were and wardrobe doors were discovered and brought back home.