Home | South Africa The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West seems to be struggling to provide residents with sufficient water This as many communities experience prolonged water shortages Residents of the Itekeng township near Biesiesvlei outside Lichtenburg in the troubled Ditsobotla Local Municipality are criticising the authorities over water shortages They say they are forced to travel long distances to fetch water We have to line up early in the morning for water but often leave empty-handed We go from one tap to another without finding any water we’re forced to buy it from the shops,” says one resident we need to do something that can make us to survive so when we actually don’t have water Because it’s the one that makes us clean as always Executive Mayor Khumalo Molefe has blamed cable theft for the current water shortages “We are supplying Biesiesvlei with about eight boreholes All eight have been operational until we were struck by an unfortunately regular event of cable theft in Biesiesvlei Now this cable theft affected about six boreholes and six boreholes out of eight were affected.” Orapa United came within seconds of extending their winning run to seven games against Township Rollers on Saturday denied by a last-gasp equalizer from the unlikeliest of sources: central defender a draw was probably a fair result after a grueling encounter under the Boteti sun in which the action ebbed and flowed and both teams enjoyed periods of dominance it was the Ostriches who started the stronger bossing the early skirmishes as the crowds continued to swarm to the Itekeng Those that did turn up in time would have seen Omaatla ‘Dunga’ Kebatho’s 15th minute strike thunder into the bar as Orapa laid siege to the visitor’s goal in a frantic attack Simisani Mathumo flinging himself at the rebound to prevent the follow-up going in had an even better chance to break the deadlock 10 minutes later when he was adjudged to have been tripped in the box the strapping 29-year-old striker scuffing his spot-kick against the post moving the ball well and probing patiently The Blues’ impetus was helped by some sloppy Orapa play the Ostriches repeatedly giving away possession Mapalastina should have opened the scoring in the 65th minute when Edwin Moalosi was played clean through on goal the midfielder unselfishly tried to square the ball to the on-rushing debutant complicating matters when he really should have shot himself Unable to take the under-hit pass in his stride the former Ostrich’s big moment gone in a flash he smashed a fierce first-time shot on the turn It was a predatory finish from a man in the form of his life The South African forward had an instant impact most of the credit must go to the Zebras defender who showed a striker’s instinct to smash a swerving shot from distance past Malapela the Orapa gloveman getting a hand to the ball but unable to keep it out With Gaborone United held to a draw by Eleven Angels it means the Ostriches remain just three points off top spot as the first round of fixtures comes to an end Mangwiro’s men host BDF XI this week before a potentially seismic clash with GU followed by a return meeting with Popa the gap to the top is nine points – tough but not insurmountable for Traguil’s troops Next up for the Blue machine is bottom club fresh from their first win of the season only for their Coach Botshelo Pelokgosi to join Jwaneng Galaxy’s ladies team the very next day where we seemed to panic at the back and gave the ball away too often They scored late but I’m still happy with the point.” We’re finally starting to play the football I want It would have been a travesty to lose this match Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "a9125a2d1a102dde59db71aa8a65ead5" );document.getElementById("aad51f3427").setAttribute( "id" and website in this browser for the next time I comment The Voice is a print and online newspaper based in Botswana founded in Francistown in 1993 as The Francistowner Extra in 1999 it opened offices in the national capital