Rural Economic Development remains one of the solutions towards economic freedom but without land ownership, it is just another wish list. Every day more than 53 million South Africans eat, drink, bathe, wear clothes and take different medications produced from agricultural and land-related sources. 

The question is does South Africans consume what we produce or who produces what we consume? The youth unemployment rate is rated at its highest 59.6% till 8 December 2022 – surely has increased in 2023. It is reported that 18 million depend on grants; it is believed that nearly 50% of South Africans depend on grants.

In Moses Kotane Local Municipality, the border of Kgetleng, Ramotshere Moilwa and Thabazimbi local Municipality are agricultural, mining and tourism areas but the worrying factor is poverty and food security as victims of social economic injustice who are also disadvantageous. 

Praised and Salvation Foundation is a poverty alleviation program (Food security) led by Archbishop Stephan Mokgadi Molokwane and is underway in Mooiland (Agricultural land on the borders of Moses Kotane and Ramotshere Moilwa Local Municipality). It is not easy to lament the Arch, one is caught up in community factions politics and municipality administrative issues. We are surrounded by water but there are too many unnecessary politics from the department of water and sanitation in our place.

Our poverty alleviation and food security benefit both municipalities as we hire residents from Venture settlement, some of these farm dwellers grew up on this farm, some are our relatives from Pella and other settlements, then we have other people from Pella, Letlhakane village, Tlokweng, Koffikraal and so on. We produce crop and horticulture products, and we have a skill development program where we share and transfer the agricultural skill to each other especially youth that we are empowering as victims of gender-based violence. We request for investors to come and invest in our program as Praised and Salvation foundation my contacts 076 932 7493.   

Kgetse ya tsie e kgongwa ke go tshwaraganelwa. Leruo ke karolo ya moruo wa kgaolo ya rona mo nageng ya rona. Tlhoba boroko ya morua kgomo ke bogodu jwa dikgomo, dipudi, dinku, dikgogo le tsano di phologolo tsa naga.

Ga re kake ra tshaba go rua ka ntlha ya magodu a leruo. Fa re le baruakgomo  re itse sentle gore ngwe ya tiro ya rona ke go samagana le bogodu jwa leruo joo botlang ka magodu.

Magodu a gantsi ke bangwe ba barua kgomo, gantsi ke batho ba re nang nabo ka metlha. Gantsi magodu a tsena ka mongwe yoo re moitseng a re itse sentle, e ka nna ka mongwe wa morua kgomo, Modisa, wa lesika yo gaufi le rona a itse boleng jwa leruo le bokao jwa leruo.

Se kao go a kgonagala gore Modisa wa tsona e nne ena yo a direkisang ka baka la megagaru, ka baka la gore mong leruo ga a motshole sentle, gongwe ga a duelwe ka nako, ga a duelwe go ya ka kutlwano, Seriti sa gagwe sa botho ga se tlotlwe ke mong leruo le lapa la gagwe jalo le jalo.

Nako dingwe bona mapodise a molao ba ba leruo , nako dingwe go na le dipelaelo tsa gore le boana ba dinalanyana. Motho a ka botsa gore bogologolo metlheng eo mapodise ba neng ba seo, baruakgomo ba ne ba dira jaang? Seo le bangwe gompieno ba se dirang go sireletsa leruo la bona.

A re dire se se neng se dirwa ka sedira, se direla baruakgomo. A re bue ka Whatsapp ikgolaganye le Tumelo dinomorong tse 0786023100 kgotsa Thato dinomorong tse 0762292126.

Tumelo Motshegare with Pako Community Newspaper crew in Mahikeng youth summit recently.

THE MADIKWE EDUCATION cluster in the North West province makes its mark by producing the best matric results for matric. Motlhaputseng High School in Tlokweng went above 90 percent by passing with 91.9 percent, followed by Vrede village high school which is Reipuseng with 86.7 percent, Morare (in Pella) with 82.4 percent and Sewagodimo(in Pella) with 82.8 percent.

Other Tlokweng schools that did better are Gabonewe with 80 percent and Kgosibodibe with 69.4 percent. The School Governing Bodies (SGBs), parents and the community have been inspired by the performance of the Class of 2022.

“We would to thank the teachers for their efforts, producing such results is not a walk in the park. We also like to thank the learners for being patient and working hard to pass their matric,” said one of the parents.

He said this should encourage the class of 2023, matric ga se matrase (meaning matric is not easy).

THE NORTH WEST Education MEC Viola Ntsetsao Motsumi condemned the disruption of education during the school opening by protestors in  Welbedatcht. Residents were protesting against the poor service delivery by the local municipality.

“I am taking this time to condemn the disruption of learning and teaching in Welbedatcht. I just cannot understand how adults can go to school and prevent learners from getting an education.

“Learners are the future of this country and they should be given a chance to get an education. The constitutions of this country emphasise that every child has the right to education, clearly, those who are behind this are violating their right to education,” said Motsumi.

*MEANWHILE THE MEC presented the Platinum Province’s Class of 2022 matric results on the 20 January. The province obtained a 79.8 percent pass rate improving by 1.6 percent from 2021 results. 

Joe 2 verse 21

Se boife, wena naga! Duduetsa o itumele, gonne tse kgolo di dirwa ke morena. Se boifeng, lona diphologolo tsa naga gonne mafulo a nag a tla tlhoga, e e, le ditlhare di tla ungwa maungo a tsona. 

Setlhare sa feie le sa moweine di tla ungwa ka fa thateng ya tsona. 23 Le lona, ban aba Sione, duduetsang lo itumele mo Moreneng,Modimo wa lona, gonne o tla lo naya moruti yo o lo rutang tshiamo a lo nesatsa pula, pula ya ntlha le ya kgogolamoko jaaka mo metlheng ya pele.