Respected councillor passes away
Mahasha was a long standing and member of the ANC attached to the Mokwape Edwin Malatji branch in ward 10 of the Greater Tzaneen Municipality.
Recently the province of Limpopo woke up to the sad news of the death of one of the Greater Tzaneen Mmunicipality’s discerning and most experienced councillors, Ngwako Moses Mahasha, after a short illness.
What compounded the shock and magnified the loss of Big Moss, as Mahasha was widely known, was the immense value he added to the councils and subcommittees of the Greater Tzaneen Municipality and Mopani District Municipality where he served with distinction.
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In a statement issued immediately after his death, Mayor Maripe Mangena, described Mahasha as “Tlou ya Bolobedu, elephant of Bolobedu,” a very committed, hardworking and easy to access kind of a leader.”
He leaves behind his wife Linda and children Rodney Mohale, Mapula, Phetole, Cindy and Clement and his siblings Mmamokobe Mary, Ramphamodi Phineas, Ntjatjapa Napier and Mmakgomo.
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A special council meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon to give councillors the opportunity to pay their last respects. A memorial service in his honour will be held on Thursday, 20 February at Motupa-Kgomo Primary School where he once worked as a teacher.
He will be buried at the Motupa cemetery after an official funeral conducted from Motupa Kgomo Primary School on Saturday morning.
