New chief for Ramauba

Members of the community and several traditional leaders around Vhembe attended the installation of Chief Ngwedzeni Murudi for Ramauba village at the local soccer grounds on Saturday.

His ndumi is Mr Naledzani Masia and his khadzi is Ms Mukatshelwa Murudi.The new name of the Chief is Vha-Musanda vho-Nkwatiseni.

Vho-Nthumeni Masia conducted the installation. He said he supported the vision of installing chiefs who could assist in the day-to-day running of the village. “We want development in our area and we have taken the lead by starting community-driven projects. We hope that you will all follow suit, so that your subjects will reap the fruits of this democracy,” he said.

He urged the new chiefs to look after the interests of the poor and also urged the community to give the utmost support and respect to their leaders. Community members must support their leaders, he said and advised the new chief to work for the people and to support the government.

He also told the chief to refrain from bad habits, stressing that political parties should respect the chiefs, since they are the leaders of their communities.

Chief Ngwedzeni Nkhwatiseni Murudi said it was a great day for his people and that he was aware of the challenges ahead of him. He said his immediate attention would be to engage the relevant authorities for the development of the village. “We are quite aware of the challenges like water, electricity and roads in our area," he said.

Date:18 December 2014

By: Kaizer Nengovhela

Kaizer Nengovhela started writing stories for Limpopo Mirror in 2000. Prior to that he had a five year stint at Phala-Phala FM as sports presenter. In 2005 Kaizer received an award from the province's premier as Best Sports Presenter. The same year he was also nominated as Best Sports Reporter by the Makhado Municipality. Kaizer was awarded the Mathatha Tsedu award in 2014.

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