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New leader for Tshikambe village

By Elmon Tshikhudo

Tshikambe village has been without a traditional leader since the death of Vhamusanda Vho-Wilson Kutama Ratshibvumo Mphaphuli in 2019. Happily, this is now something of the past. On Saturday, residents, friends and guests gathered at Tshikambe Primary School’s sports grounds for the installation of the new leader, Vhamusanda Vho-Godfrey Vhutshilo Kutama Mphaphuli.

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The power outage has also become a source of frustration for businesses who had not been prepared and have already suffered great losses because of it. Businesspeople, like so many residents, were forced to dispose of hundreds of rands worth of food from their fridges and freezers.

A local businessman, Mr Tom Dagada, said the blackout had huge repercussions for businesses. “The outage took us by surprise, and we were forced to take most of the stock here to our other shop as we do not have standby generators. If we did not have a Plan B, we would be talking of massive losses today,” he said.

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The spokesperson for the Makhado Municipality, Mr Louis Bobodi, said that the power outage had been caused by trees that had fallen onto the powerlines that supply the area with electricity. When our correspondent called Bobodi on Monday (27th), he said that the fault was on the municipality’s side as they had still not cut up the trees that had fallen on the power lines in order for the technicians to fix the broken lines. By Tuesday, however, the trees had been cut down and the technicians were busy fixing the power lines.

Mphaphuli (42) will now go under the name Vhamusanda Vho-Ntikedzeni. Ms Lufuluvhi Kutama Mphaphuli was named the khadzi (sister), while Mr Nyambeni Kutama Mphaphuli was named the ndumi (assistant).

Among the guests were the internationally acclaimed

Bishop Elijah Maswanganyi, the chairperson of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa in Vhembe Dr Prince Gulukhulu Mathebula, chiefs from around Vhembe and pastors.

When inaugurating him, Thovhele Gole Mphaphuli, who is the senior traditional leader of the Mphaphuli dynasty, said he was excited that, unlike in other families where fighting became the order of the day, the transition had gone very smoothly. He urged the new chief to treat his subjects equally and with respect and to judge all cases fairly, without favour. “Take care of your people and put God, the God that I worship, first, and everything will be well with you. To the community - here is your new leader to whom I have bestowed the powers to lead you. Respect him and do not set evil traps for him. He is human, like you,” he said.

The chairperson of the Tshikambe Royal Family, Mr Norman Munyangane, said they would rally around and support the vision of the new chief.

The new traditional leader accepted his responsibility with humility. “I am not taking this responsibility lightly. It is an honour that comes with lots of responsibilities. Development is a major challenge in our area, and I am still going to sit down with my council and look at areas to prioritize. A community centre is one of my priorities, and we are appealing for assistance to get started and make this my first project. My subjects deserve more, and I pledge to work hard and make a difference in this village. My people should feel they have a leader, and together we can do more,” he said.