Sasol Highveld Photography Club members have also been affected by the lockdown.
The usual monthly club meeting has been put on hold for the time being. No social gatherings were allowed during the lockdown and the club had to make other plans to keeps everyone in high spirits.
Photographers could also not travel easily and had to resort to either digging into their archives or to find new ways of practising their hobby.
The club however, came up with the idea of continuing their monthly judging.
Judges could remotely few the entries for the month. This is not a new concept but was usually reserved for larger competitions.
Here is a selection of photographs for the month of June 2020.
The Provincial Commissioner of South African Police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma has called on community members to be more vigilant with their children.
The General’s plea emanates from recent incidents involving children which occurred at Mmametlake and Emzinoni respectively.
On the Mmametlake incident, which occurred on Saturday, 20 June 2020 at, a two year old girl succumbed to injuries after being hit by a car reportedly driven by her mother.
According to the report, the 42-year-old mother started her vehicle in an attempt to move it out the garage and bumped the child.
Upon hearing a thumping sound, she stopped the car to investigate and found her child lying motionless nearby.
Medical personnel as well as the police were summoned but the toddler was unfortunately certified dead at the scene.
A case of Culpable Homicide was opened and is being investigated.
Meanwhile, on Friday, 19 June 2020, two year old, Siphumelele Thulani Ndhlovu from Extention 5 in Emzinoni was reported missing by his 37-year-old mother.
According to the information available, Siphumelele went out to play, while his mother was taking a bath.
Siphumelele Thulani Ndhlovu
Moments later she grew concerned when she did not see Siphumelele and she began to look for him with the assistance of her neighbours but with no success.
The mother reported the matter to the police and a missing persons case was opened immediately and is currently being investigated by the police’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS).
The Provincial Commissioner of South African Police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma General Zuma has urged parents and care-givers to take extraordinary precautions to ensure the safety of their children so as to avoid tragic incidents.
Anyone with information that will assist police find Siphumele Thulani Ndhlovu or may know of his whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Tumisho Molobela on 076 163 1287 or SAPS Emzinoni on 017 647 9665.
Alternatively, members of the community can call the Crime Stop number on 08600 10111.
A tip-off can also be given on the MySAPSAPP which can be downloaded onto any smartphone. Information can be given anonymously.
MySAPSAPP
EMZINONI MISSING CHILD
Yesterday in Emzinoni, the mother of a 2-year-old boy went to the police station to report her son, Thulani Ndhlovu missing.
According to the mother, the boy was playing outside (in ext 5 Emzinoni) round about 11:00 in the morning.
A missing child case was opened at Emzinoni and transferred to FCS.
If you have any information please contact the Emzinoni Police Station: 017 647 9665
Al die maatreëls is in plek, maar dit was ‘n aanpassing vir onderwysers toe hul nie soos gewoonweg hulle leerlinge met ‘n drukkie kon groet nie.
Mevrou Alecia van Blerk, ‘n graad R- onderwyseres by Laerskool Secunda “voet-groet” haar leerling, Hanrico Clingen nadat sy hom vir drie maande nie gesien het nie.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma has strongly condemned incidents of domestic violence involving members of the SAPS at Embalenhle and Breyten respectively.
In the incident which occurred at Breyten, a 45-year-old police Sergeant is alleged to have shot and killed his 35-year-old wife as well as injured her two brothers before turning the gun on himself, earlier yesterday, 21 June 2020.
Meanwhile, a 28-year-old female Constable was assaulted, allegedly by the father of her child who is also a police Constable.
This incident took place during the early hours of Saturday morning, 20 June 2020, at Embalenhle whilst both members were off duty.
According to information, in the shooting incident which took place at Breyten, the officer who was stationed at Hendrina SAPS, reportedly got into a heated argument with his wife on Saturday, prompting her to move out.
She asked her brothers to accompany her to fetch her belongings yesterday, however upon arriving at the house, a scuffle broke out. The member allegedly drew his firearm, shot and injured her brothers and took his wife into the house where he fatally shot her and then turned the gun on himself.
Police and medical personnel were summoned to the scene and upon arrival found the Sergeant and his wife lying in a pool of blood motionless and they were both certified dead.
Police opened a case of murder, two counts of attempted murder as well as an inquest. The two surviving victims were rushed to hospital for medical assistance.
In the incident which occurred at Embalenhle, it was reported that the female officer woke up during the early hours of Saturday morning and went to report to the 34-year-old father of the child (male officer) that the child was sick.
An argument broke out between the two thereafter, which apparently led to the assault.
Police opened a case of Assault with intent to cause Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) and the suspect was arrested, charged accordingly as well as his service firearm seized.
The Provincial Commissioner is deeply disturbed by the two incidents more so as they were allegedly committed by police officers and are regrettable.
He has reiterated that people should refrain from using violence to resolve domestic issues.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Zuma also indicated that the police management view the two incidents in a very serious light and warn other members not to emulate any unlawful act which has a potential to tarnish the image of the police.
“As the police, we have our Employee Health and Wellness Unit which members can use whenever they experience any personal issues and their services are readily available as well as accessible to all members. We cannot allow a situation where Gender-Based-Violence is perpetuated by members within our ranks especially during this period where there has been a public outcry of such incidents and members should be there to remedy the situation not to exacerbate the already unacceptable pressure,” said General Zuma.
Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma
Meanwhile the suspect on the assault case is expected to appear at the Evander Magistrate’s Court today, Monday 22 June 2020.
In a “first of its kind” sponsor, Graceland Hotel Casino and Country club sponsored the rally team of Natie Booysen and his navigator Johan Smit better known as Team Natie.
Graceland has been involved in several sponsorships and partnerships over the past few years. There is a boxing academy that is run and started by Graceland, more recently Graceland sponsored Hydroponic tunnels at Marietjie school. This sponsorship of the iconic 1968 Ford 1600 will further expose their community involvement. Thank you to Graceland for supporting local talents.
Only a handful attended the unveiling of the new colours due to the Coronavirus restrictions, but it was met with great enthusiasm.
No rally took place this year as the lockdown put an end to all sport at that stage. There are talks of a rally in the next few weeks, but no final date has been set so far. Motorsport SA has written a letter to parliament to ask for clarity on resuming the rally’s, but no response has been received yet.
As many motorsport stakeholders will be aware, the so-called “directions” for the resumption of sport under Level 3 Lockdown, referred to in MSA’s most recent communique, were published late yesterday (11 June).
Although the fact that motorsport has received one mention in the published directions – albeit only in relation to the resumption of training by professional athletes – is cause for some cautious optimism, the reality is that the published directions change very little for motorsport as we know it in South Africa.
The directions only refer to professional athletes, i.e. those who earn an income from competing as defined in clause 2 a) on page 2 of the directions. As is well known, this definition only applies to a handful of motorsport competitors.
In terms of sub-clause 5) on page 5 of the directions “Only non-contact professional sports bodies listed in Annexure A may resume matches.” MSA is unfortunately not one of the bodies listed in Annexure A.
In terms of the directions, no training or competition whatsoever may take place in designated hotspot areas. Much, if not most, of South African motorsport, takes place in areas currently designated by government as hotspots.
MSA is very disappointed by the contents of the published directions surrounding sport, particularly in light of the submission it had already made to government. This being said, MSA will continue to engage with government in an ongoing effort to achieve a resumption of local motorsport as soon as possible in a safe and responsible manner.
Bethal: Today 2020-06-21 at about 12:05 members from Secunda Flying Squad arrested a 38-year-old man for possession of suspected stolen property.
The arrest of the suspect came after Sergeant Mduduzi Vincent Sibeko and Sergeant Tumelo Malope conducted stop and searches on the N17 in Bethal and stopped and searched a taxi with occupants.
While conducting the search, members found a man with a black and grey back-pack containing four (4) laptops with five (5) chargers.
Members discovered that one laptop had a sticker on it with contact details of the lawful owner and called for inquiries.
The owner confirmed that there was a break-in at Ntababomvu Primary school at Don Donald.
The police seized a black Packard BELL laptop, black and grey HP laptop, grey HP laptop and black Toshiba laptop as well as two (2) black Verbatim USBs containing the school subjects’ files from the suspect.
Sergeant Mduduzi Sibeko and Sergeant Tumelo Malope with the suspect and recovered laptops.
The value of the stolen property is estimated at R30 000 only.
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Ons het ook ‘n Smallville Kinderkerk les vir jou beskikbaar op Smallville se Facebook blad of op Kruik Gemeente se Youtube kanaal.
Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt for suspects who shot and killed 57-year-old Amos Mgwenya who was a security guard at Mthayiza Primary School in Kabokweni.
Mgwenya was shot during an armed robbery incident which occurred yesterday Friday, 19 June 2020.
The incident was uncovered when three women arrived at the school and called out for Mgwenya to open the gate for them, to which he did not respond.
They grew suspicious as this was a daily routine for him, prompting them to jump over the gate with the intention to investigate.
This led them to discover Mgwenya in his car, bleeding from what looked like gunshot wounds.
Police and medical personnel were summoned to the scene where Mgwenya was unfortunately certified dead.
Police further discovered that the suspects broke into the computer room and made off with items such as laptops, projectors, routers, a PC computer box, earphones as well as an internet booster.
The investigation has further highlighted that this incident was an orchestrated robbery and it is clear that the suspects were armed and were targeting certain items at the school.
A case of murder and robbery was opened and a manhunt launched immediately.
No arrests have been made as yet.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma, has called for the arrest of these ruthless suspects.
He also called on members of the public to help the police with their investigation.
“We really condemn the senseless killing of the victim who was hired to safeguard the school and its property which has been purchased to aide learners in furthering their education. These criminals must be arrested and face the full might of the law. We have already set up a team to ensure that they are located and put behind bars as soon as possible. We will use all resources at our disposal to trace them and also appeal to community members to provide with information that will assist in this case, ” said General Zuma.
Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma
Any person who might have information that may lead to the arrest of the suspects, is requested to contact Captain Shaka Nkosi 0712001669 or the Crime Stop number 08600 10111.
A tip-off can also be given on the MySAPSAPP which can be downloaded onto any smartphone. Information can be given anonymously.
