WeeklySA_AdminDPCI Limpopo
A vehicle dealership fraudster has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment after he was convicted on a fraud charge. And the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations (DPCI) is content about the conviction and sentencing by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. DPCI Limpopo spokesperson Captain Marimba Maluleke said Mokhurane Danny Moraba, 23, had on April 18, 2019 visited one of the car dealerships in Polokwane purporting to be a potential buyer. He said Moraba had presented his particulars to the dealership in order to get financed on his aspired Toyota Avanza car worth R446 220. Maluleke said when the bank was busy processing Moraba’s application it was discovered that he (Moraba) had submitted fraudulent documents. And authorities were immediately notified, he said, adding that Moraba was arrested by members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation when he went to collect the car. He was out on R500 bail until he was convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment, of which three had been suspended on condition that he was not found guilty on similar offences during the period of suspension.
Elim Hospital
A team of experts comprising of a Paediatrician, Advanced Paediatric Nurse, Advanced Midwife, Nursing Service Manager and a Risk Director have been dispatched to investigate the death of two neonates at the Elim Hospital outside Louis Trichardt. Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said the two neonates had been delivered prematurely through Caesarean section at Mankweng Hospital after their mothers were transferred from Elim Hospital due to complications during pregnancy. She said the babies were referred back to Elim Hospital after showing positive progress where treatment continued “as per clinical protocol and guidelines of management of premature babies.” “Unfortunately both babies demised under mysterious circumstances,” Ramathuba said, adding that standard protocol in the department dictated that every perinatal or neonatal death, including maternal deaths, should be reported to her office. “My advisory team would then, on the basis of their analysis, decide if further investigation is required.” She said the reporting of such cases would assist her in identifying any negligence, adverse events and also to implement corrective measures to avoid any further loss of lives “especially when it involves pregnant women or new-born babies.” The MEC further sent words of condolences to the families of the deceased infants.
Dog-fighting
No animal abuse will be tolerated in Limpopo. This comes after a 32-year-old security guard was sentenced to five years imprisonment after being found guilty of involvement in dog-fighting activities, illegal hunting with dogs, illegal possession of wild animals and cruelty to animals. The guard, identified only as Maluleka, was also fined R20 000 or the imprisonment sentence, neither of which were suspended. Maluleka was also declared unfit to own or be in charge of any animal in the future. In this first case of its kind in the province, Magistrate Mokwena had stressed that the abuse of animals was not just a minor personality flaw but that studies had found that people who tortured the animals turned to be aggressive towards human beings as well. The horrific injuries and scars on the dogs had painted a picture of what the animals had endured in their lives and the terrible conditions that all animals on the property lived under, said Mokwena.
Limpopo musician
Popular Limpopo musician King Monada has extended his generosity by donating food parcels and blankets to a destitute family in a rural village outside Tzaneen. Monada, whose real name is Khutjo Kgatle, had visited the family of five members from Myakayaka village near Tickeyline, who were desperate for assistance. The Ramatladi couple had been living in a two-roomed shack with their two children and a grandson. The family’s mud house’s roof had been blown away by the wind and the wall had collapsed. The family could not get an RDP house because the site on which they live is not on the map, according to neighbours. The husband, Timothy Ramatladi, 53, is unemployed while his wife, Joyce, 52, does odd jobs to fend for the whole family. Monada, who became famous for his hit song “Ska bhora moreki” said he was touched by the conditions under which the family lived, hence he saw the need to donate food parcels and blankets.
