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KHAYA MAGENU>>[email protected]
UNEMPLOYED LulamileRobert Sivile from Kokstadthought his troubles were
over when he saw a newspaperadvert calling unemployedpeople to apply for work at The
JobYouDesireEmploymentAgencyat10Hawthorne Street in Kokstad.
However, Sivile has joined the queue ofone of many “losers” who registered at theagency which opened its offices threemonths ago, but which has since vanishedwith his money he paid to register there.
Sivile was looking for a driver positionandtheagencyassuredhimthatitwouldget
him a job at a Kokstad hardware outletknown to the Fever.
“They told me that I had to ‘buy’ a formfor R45, sign and return it, which I did. Theagency thenaskedme forR500, so that day,29 April, I went to a loan shark andborrowed the money.
“When I paid, the agency said it wouldphone me before 17 May giving me detailsof when I must report for duty.”
Sivile said that he also saw a long queueofpeoplehandingovermoney to theagencystaff.
He waited for the call, but it never cameand he became suspicious and decided tovisit the agency again to ask about the call.To his horror, he found the office empty andlocked. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
PHOTO: KHAYA MAGENUThe empty recruitment agency office and Lulamile Robert Sivile’s receipt.
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Matatiele embarkson solidarity pledge
THE Matatiele Local Municipality, through itsspecial programmes unit, the migration sup-port office and the Nigerian community inMatatiele will embark on the “Bring Back ourGirls” solidarity pledge on 22 May at 10am.
The municipality will work with Matatielestakeholders, including the Council of Church-es, government departments, in particular theDepartment of Education, the SAPS, political
parties and foreign nationals.The campaignwill be in the formof apeace-
ful march from the municipal traffic depart-ment to the municipal offices. Thereaftermarcherswill gather at theMatatiele townhallfor a prayer that serves as a signal of supportto the Nigerian counterparts in the MatatieleLocalMunicipality and theNigerian communi-ty, and to show that the municipality supportsthegovernment’s call toBokoHaramtoreleasethe kidnapped school girls unharmed.
TheMatatieleLocalMunicipalitymayorCllr.Momelezi Mbedla is expected to receive thepledges on behalf of the Nigerian embassy.
— Communications, IGR & Protocol Unit.
Rural school pupils get mobile
NTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]
LATEarrival at school, as a result ofwalk-ing long distances, will be a thing of thepast for somepupils fromschoolsaround
Grenacker rural village in Matatiele.This is after World Vision, a Christian-
aligned non-governmental organisation, inpartnershipwithQhubeka,anNGOthroughtheBicycle Education Empowerment Programme(Beep), handed over 250 bicycles to pupils ofthree local schools last Thursday.
Henco Visser, Beep project manager saidthey chose areas according to the distance thatpupils have to walk to school.
“Children have to walk extremely long dis-tances which increases tardiness, decreasesconcentration in class and, in some cases,rapidly decreases attendance. So with thisproject we want to decrease the time spenttravelling to school thus increasing time forhomework and studying.”
Xolile Mbi, World Vision lead programmefacilitator said Matatiele would receive 750 ofthe 6000 bicycles the project is to distributethroughout the country.
“The250bicyclesyouseehere todayare thesecond batch to be handed over in Matatieleas we handed over the first 250 last week and
we will be handing the last 250 bicycles nextweek,” he said.
He said that 70%of thebicycle beneficiarieswould be female pupils and 30% male.
“What is also great about this project is thatwe also have a mechanic who was trained byQhubeka to service or fix the bicycles if andwhen theyhaveproblems sopupils can call themechanic and he can help them,” Mbi ex-plained.
Tankiso Mokoqama (18), a MokhesengSenior Secondary Grade 10 pupil, said his lifewould be better now that he has a bicycle.
“I walk about nine kilometres to school, butnow with this bike my life will be better and Iwill look forward to going to school,” he said.
Another pupil from Mokheseng, MphoBolofo (15) said her parentswere paying R400forher transport,nowthatmoneywillbesavedas she will be riding to school.
Kwalinzo circuit manager at the Depart-ment of Education Liziwe Ntshengwana-Luhabe said she is very happy about theWorldVisiondonationasscholartransport intheareais non-existent.
It was pointed out that the bicycles wouldonly be available to pupils still in school, butonce they matriculate the bicycles would haveto be handed back so other pupils could usethem.
PHOTO: NTUNTU DWEBAThe 250 bicycles that were donated by World Vision to schools in Grenacker,
Twomunicipalitiesmerge
KHAYA MAGENU>>[email protected]
THE landscape of the IngweandKwaSanimunicipalities isgoing tochangeafter the municipal elections in 2016following the final decision of theMunicipal DemarcationBoard on theredetermination of municipalboundaries.
Municipal Demarcation Boardspokesperson Jabu Mthembu con-firmedthatKwaSani(Underberg)willmerge with Ingwe Municipality
(Bulwer) to make one municipality.This municipality will fall under theHarry Gwala District Municipality.
He said themost affectedprovince
will be KwaZulu-Natal where it wasconfirmed that 37municipalities willmerge into one, twowerewithdrawnand five varied.
“Currentlythereare61municipal-ities that will be reduced throughamalgamation to 54, reduced by sev-en municipalities.
“These are Ugu, Uthukela, Umkh-anyakude, Uthungulu and HarryGwala District Municipality,” saidMthembu.
The Sunday Independent news-paper quoted that thesemunicipalities will be named afterAfrican Union Commission chair-womanNkosazanaDlamini-Zumaasshe comes from Bulwer.
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Pupils with theirbicycles.
PHOTO: NTUNTUDWEBA
CURRENTLY THERE ARE 61 MUNICI-PALITIES THAT WILL BE REDUCEDTHROUGH AMALGAMATION TO 54,REDUCED BY SEVEN MUNICIPALITIES
Recruitment agency ‘vanishes’CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1“Itriedtocalltheagencyonitscellnumber,butthecallwenttovoice-mail, and I then realised I had been scammed.”
Another unemployed man, who wants to remain anonymous,told the Feverhewent through the same routine as Sivile “buying”a form for R45 and then paying R500.
“I applied for work as a shop assistant in Kokstad and waspromised work. Now I understand that of the many job seekerswho paid money to the agency, not a single one got a job.”
TheFeverunderstandsthatthejobrecruitmentagentsareahus-band and wife team from Pietermaritzburg.
The Fever also tried to call The Job You Desire RecruitmentAgency owners, Thembeka Maria Ngubane and William OwenSanjore, but the call went to voicemail.
NomanonoMlindazwe,whowasemployedbythecompany,toldtheFever thatsheworkedfor thecompanyfor twomonths,butwassurprised when she reported for duty on 13 May and found theoffice locked and empty.
“I phoned them [owners] on their cellphone, but the call wentto voicemail so I told the job seekers waiting in front of the officeto open a case at the police station.”
The owner of the building, Stephen Wells, said he was alsosurprised when he found that the agency had left without givingnotice and without paying rent.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Dumisani Ncongo confirmedthat many job seekers had opened a case of fraud against theagency. He said one job seeker paid R3 000 for the agency to getwork for him and his six children.
“I want to warn people to be aware that no job is for sale andif they come across this they must report it to the police.”
Matatiele local Municipality
Municipality Munisipaliteit
Masepala uMasipala
PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE NO.:2013/2014-223
COUNCIL MEETING
I, D.C.T. Nakin, the Municipal Manager, as directed by the Speaker, Cllr. K. J. Bosman-Magangana,hereby give Notice that in terms of Section 19(b) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000) that the next Ordinary Council Meeting of the Matatiele Local Municipal-ity will be held on Friday, 30 May 2014 at 11h00 in the Matatiele Town Hall. The purpose of themeeting will be the Adoption of the 2014/2015 Integrated Development Planning (IDP) Review and2014/2015 Budget. In terms of Section 20 of the quoted Act, members of the public, media andinterested parties may attend the meeting as observers.
ISAZISO SOMPHAKATHIINTLANGANISOYE BHUNGA
Mna, D.C.T. Nakin, Umphathi ka Masipala, ngokomyalelo kaSomlomo, uCeba K. J. Bosman-Magangana , ndazisa, ngokwe Candelo 19(b) loMthetho woHlobo lokuSebenza kooMasipalabaseMakhaya (uMthetho 32 ka 2000) ukuba intlanganiso yeBhunga kaMasipala iyakubanjwangoLwesihlanu, umhla we 30 kuCanzibe 2014 ngentsimbi yeshumi elinanye eMatatiele TownHall ukuyokwethula uhlahlo lwabiwo mali lonyaka 2014/2015, kunye nomqulu wophuhliso (IDP)2014/2015. Ngokwe Candelo 20 loMthetho woMasipala uLuntu ngokubanzi, iintatheli kwakunyenamanye amaqela anomdla ayamenywa ukuba abe yi nxalenye yale ntlanganiso.
TSEBISOYA SETJHABAKOPANOYA KHANSELE
Nna, D.C.T. Nakin, Motshwari wa Masepala, wa lehae wa Matatiele, ka ho laelwa ke Sebui, Mole-kgotla K.J. Bosman-Magangana, ke tsebisa hore tlasa karolwana ya 19(b) wa molao wa tsamaisoya bo Masepala ba mahaeng (Act 32 of 2000) hore lekgotla la Masepala le tla tshwara kopano kala Bohlano, mohla la 30 Mmesa 2014 ka hora ya leshome le motso o mong Holong ya Matatiele.Moralo wa ntshetso-pele 2014/2015, le moralo wa ditjhelete tsa 2014/2015 wa Matatiele le hopasiswa kopanong ena. Ka hoya ka karolwana 20 ya molao wa puso yabo Masepala, setjhaba kakakaretso, baqolotsi ba ditaba le mekgatlo emeng enang le thahasello eya mengwa ho nka karolokopanong ena.
OPENBARE KENNIS GEWINGRAADSVERGADERING
Ek, D.C.T. die Munisipale Bestuurder, aan gewys deur die Spreker, rdl. KJ Bosman Magangana, geehiermee kennis in terme van Artikel 19 (b) van die Wet op Plaaslike Regering: Munisipale Stelsels,2000 (Wet 32 van 2000) dat die volgende gewone Raadsvergadering van die Matatiele PlaaslikeMunisipaliteit gehou sal word op Vrydag , 30 Mei 2014 om 11h00 in die Matatiele Stadsaal. Die2014/2015 Geïntegreerde Ontwikkelingsbeplanning Hersiening (GOP), sal die 2014/2015 begrot-ing in hierdie vergadering aangeneem word. In terme van Artikel 20 van die Wet aangehaal, kanlede van die publiek, die media en belangstellendes om die vergadering as waarnemers bywoon.
BusinessdonatesuniformsKHAYA MAGENU>>[email protected]
SOME Tshisa Primary School pupilsgo to school without uniforms.Some even go to school without
shoes, but this doesn’t deter themfrom attaining an education.
So when Matatiele Fish andChips donated uniforms to thepupils they were overjoyed.
“I am trying to fulfil Nelson Man-dela’s dream of uplifting communi-ties and giving them an education,”said Matatiele Fish and Chips direc-tor Patrick Tsetse at the uniformhandover.
He promised that his companywould identify other strugglingMatatiele pupils and lend a helping
hand. “I am a person who does notwant to see children suffering — in-stead I want to see them beingeducated in order for them to get abetter future.”
After getting her uniform onepupil, Itumeleng Mkholokotho,spoke to the Fever: “I am veryhappy to get a new uniform and Ipromise to be successful in myeducation.”
She said she wanted to becomea police officer once she had passedGrade 12 because she wants to
fight the escalation of stock thefton the Matatiele and Lesothoborder.
Principal Nompucuko Mtatya-na said she is very happy abouther pupils getting uniforms.
“We have a large number oforphans at the school and mostof our pupils live with theirgrandparents and no one isworking in their family.”
She appealed to other busi-nesses to help them otherschools that are struggling.
Agent for CHANGE>> ‘I want to end the notion that Umzimkhulu is just a small village and a gateway to big cities’
FEVER REPORTER
WITHINunder three yearsthe Umzimkhulu LocalMunicipality municipal
manager Zweliphansi StanleySikhosana realised some of hisdreams and accomplished them.
Sikhosana’s good managerialskills were not only recognised inthe district they have alsograbbed the attention of the officeof President Jacob Zuma.
Zuma’s delegates visited thetown to observe developmentalprojects and confirmed that thetown is growing faster than ex-pected.
Since Umzimkhulu was incor-porated into KwaZulu-Natal fromthe Eastern Cape in 2006 its“face”haschangedasanumberofinfrastructuralprojectsare takingplace.
The UmzimkhuluMall and up-grading of roads in the town formpart of the developmentsachieved.
Sikhosana, a former teacherandthecouncil speakerat themu-nicipality said during his inaugu-ration: “I want to end the notionthat Umzimkhulu is just a smallvillage and a gateway to big cities.My intentions are to turn the townaround and attract people fromotherplaces tocomeandshopandlook for jobs here.”
Hissentimentsareslowlyprov-ingtobetruebecauselastweektheUmzimkhulu Municipality re-ceived an award of recognitionfromtheDepartmentofCo-opera-tive Governance and TraditionalAffairs (Cogta) and Salga for re-ceiving a clean audit from the Au-
ditor General.The municipality was among
seven municipalities that received aclean audit in the 2012 and 2013financial year.
Sikhosana said being a speaker ofthe municipality was also to his ad-vantage because he knew of themunicipal challenges before he tookover as municipal manager. “Apartfrom that, it is all about commitmentand how to work as a collective.”
He applauded the unity withinthe councillors and municipal em-ployees.
“Another thing we fail to do is tobe accountable to councillors andwetend to approach them when thereare challenges, but wheneverythinggoes smoothly we forget aboutthem.
“Thebestway is to involve theminall the processes taking place withinthe institution,” he said, adding thathismain aim is tomaintain the cleanaudit and improve his town.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDUmzimkhulu Municipal Manager Zweliphansi Sikhosana has improved thefunctioning of his municipality.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDBack roads have been tarred.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDThe Umzimkhulu Mall has become a huge economical boost for Umzimkhu-lu.
‘Illegal carwashers anuisance’
THE Kokstad Chamber of Commerce(KCC) has urged the SAPS to look intoillegal “bucket washing” of cars inHawthorne Street near the corner ofGroom Street.
Kokstad Chamber of Commerce PROMargi Flemming said the issue isescalating at a frightening rate.
“There is a concern that there mayeventually be loss of life caused bythose carrying out illegal car washing asthere has already been an attack inwhich someone was stabbed in theneck,” she said.
Flemming quoted By-law 44 of theGreater Kokstad Municipality emphasis-ing that the car washers are a publicnuisance under the following sections ofthe said by-law:Breaches of peaceA person commits an offence if, in apublic place, he or she(a) Accosts, insults, interferes with, jos-tles, threatens or harasses another per-son(b) Associates or acts in concert withother persons in a manner which causesor is likely to cause breach in the peace.e.t.cDangerous actsA person commits an offence if, in apublic place he or she-(a) activates, handles or uses any ma-terial, object or thing which results ininjury to a person, or which threatens aperson, or which damages property, orhe or she in a manner likely to result insuch injury, threat or damage.(e) Performs any other act which maycause injury to a person or damage toproperty, unless he or she is authorisedor permitted by law to do so, or does sowith the written permission of an au-thorised official and in accordance withany conditions imposed by him or her.Flemming further stressed the urgencyof the matter and revealed that cham-ber members and businesses in the areaexpect the matter to be dealt withpromptly and definitively so they canoperate without fear of intimidationand obstruction to the owners, staffand clients.
“This issue was raised in April inwriting, but it has yet to be addressedsatisfactorily,” she said.
PHOTO: NTUNTU DWEBAKokstad Chamber of Commerce PROMargi Flemming.
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NTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]
Double rapistgets lifeNTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]
FAMILIES of two rape victims areululating with joy after justice wasserved on a man who raped twowomen from Skiti and Ramohlakoa-na villages respectively on differentoccasions.
Mbulelo Mshotwana (34) fromSkiti village in Maluti near Matatiele,who also faced charges of house-breaking and theft, was given 10years for rapinga21-year-old, life forraping a 54-year-oldwomanand fiveyears for housebreaking and theft.
It is reported that on 6 September2012, the 21-year-old woman waswalking home with her boyfriendwhen Mshotwana attacked them,chasing her boyfriend away.
He then went back and raped thevictim.
In the second case Mshotwanabroke into the house of the 54-year-
old victim at about midnight on 15April 2013, when he raped her andstole her belongings.
Matatiele Police spokespersonLieutenant Raphael Motloung saidDetective Constable Babalo Nqathaand Detective Constable Mbulelo
Hlathi from Matatiele FCS must becommended for the conviction ofMshotwana as they did a great job.
“The action by the court hassent a stern message that those whorape will get a similar sentence,” hesaid.
PHOTO: SOURCEDMbulelo Mshotwana was given 10 years, plus life for double rape and fiveyears for housebreaking and theft.
Have youseen thisman?
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDBrucely Zindela (18) waslast seen at a children’sshelter in Harding in April2013. It is alleged he maybe mentally challenged.Anyone who has seen himmust contact ConstableBongani Madelisaon 039 433 9600 at theHarding SAPS.
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SOld-fashionedpolice workneededIN an article in Fever 16 May SAPS spokesper-son Lieutenant Dumisani Ncongo is quoted assaying: “We will be sending out flyers that willhelp sensitise the community about these bur-glaries.Wehope thatpeoplewill take theneces-sary precautions.”
Hey lieutenant,here’sa thought—whydon’ttrysomegoodold-fashionedpolicework?Catchthe burglars and increase visible policing inthese areas, like they do everywhere else in theworld, instead of sitting back and warningeveryone about how dangerous it is to park intown.
B. Strachan, Kokstad
Skwatta campsmeant to bedemolishedI HAVE read in the Fever, 16May, about the carburglaries in Kokstad, Bhongweni and Tafeniareas.I thinktheperpetratorsmay becriminalswho have been released from prison, but I alsosuspect the new “Marikana” skwatta campdwellersas I seea lot of suspicious-lookingmenand youth around.
Now my question is, what happened whenthese shacks were supposed to be demolishedand stopped from being put up any further?
Concerned ResidentKokstad
Editorial comment
‘Jobs not for sale’— be warned
IT is a shame and very sad that people areconnedby fly- by-night companies because ofmoney and the rising unemployment rate.
Unemployed people, desperate to findwork, are getting conned out of the littlemoneytheyhaveby“too-good-to-be-true” joboffers from these companies as happened inKokstad recently. Some recruitment agenciesmay now have a bad name because of a few“rotten apples” which take advantage ofdesperate job seekers.
Peoplemustnotbefooledbythosewhopro-fess to be recruiters. People must also under-stand that jobs are not ”for sale”. To find areputable agency one should do some re-search on the agency or useGoogle to find outwhat people have said about it.
If you’re not happy with what you find,there are usually reputable agencies whichone can safely go to — all it takes is some re-search.
WARM greetings to all readers of thisviewpoint.Tourism awareness campaign
The Matatiele Local Municipality viewstourism as an investment of choice and oneofthekeyjob-driversandtool tofightpoverty.
With this view themunicipality yesterday,22 May, hosted a tourism awareness cham-paign focusing on the role of traditional lead-ers (royal homes) in tourism as well as tour-ismopportunities inMatatiele. Therationalebehind the campaign can be summed up as:
>>To create awareness on the role of traditionalleaders’ history, lifestyle, as well as their royalhomes in tourism.>>To create awareness of all cultural opportuni-ties that can become tourism products and can bepursued by communities when working with thetraditional houses.>> Promote and strengthen the relationshipamong tourism product owners (importance of theestablishment of the tourism authority).>>To encourage tourism businesses and tourismprojects and co-operatives.
>>To develop a long-term working relationshipwith the traditional council.Hospitality sector workshop
The Department of Economic Develop-ment, Environmental Affairs andTourism inpartnershipwithMatatieleLocalMunicipali-ty and enterprise development unit will, on27 May at 9am, conduct a hospitality sectorinformation-sharing session.
This session will be a build-up to the pro-vincial SMMEconference inEast London lat-er this year. The objectives of the session aretopromotetourismsectorgrowthandexpan-sion, support provincial initiatives to in-crease local and international tourists, topromote the development of tourism facili-ties and other associated facilities so as to in-crease interest among potential tourists, topromote SMMEs’ development inAlfredNzoand its surrounding localities and to ensurethat tourism income penetrates both urbanand rural areas so that the distribution ofwealth occurs across the nation.
Other institutions at the session includetheEasternCapeTourismBoard, thegradingcouncil, tourism enterprise partnership andthe Eastern CapeDevelopment Corporation.
That is all from us for now, till next time,stay safe and be blessed. Thank you sweetpeople fromsweetMatatiele, adestinationofchoice and excellence.
WARM greetings to Kwa Sanicitizens. This is another weekgranted to us by the Almighty.
Service delivery is the buzzword and the community of KwaSani are the recipients. Thepeople of KwaSani are a priorityto the municipality and that willremain as long as there is a com-munity that needs to be served.
The spirit of intergovernmen-tal relations exists in Kwa Saniand is evident in governmentalprogrammes.
Themunicipality, the Depart-ment of Health and stakeholderssuch as social development,
Sassa, Home Affairs and societywill be involved programmessuch as Sukuma Sakhe wheresocial ills such as child-headedhouseholds, poverty anddiseasewill be addressed.
An awareness campaign on25May aims to address malnu-trition in Underberg. The targetgroup is parents and children.South Africa is to embark on avisionary National Food Fortifi-cation programme to addressnutrient deficiencies and this ispart of the resolutions in theNational Development Plan(NDP) document.
The objectives of the NDPwillonly be achieved if we work to-gether — hence at Kwa Sani wehave started to implement thatand it is proving to be fruitful.
Depending on the nutrientand theseverityofdeficiency, theconsequences of malnutritioncan include growth stunting,anorexia, susceptibility to infec-tions, behavioural changes andlearning disabilities.
This may however, have life-long effects. The causes of theseproblems are multifaceted andinclude poverty, ignorance,faulty feeding practices, infec-
tions, food scarcity and the con-sumption of foods with low-nu-trient density.
As Kwa Sani Municipality weencourage everyone to be part ofthis programme, hence the say-ing “it takes a village to raise achild”, so let us bring back thespirit of ubuntu, asisukume sa-khe.
The construction of pave-mentsintheoldmainroadispro-gressingwell and the upgrade ofstreet lights in Underberg willsoon be undertaken.
Until we meet again, let us bepatriotic Kwa Sani citizens.
KWA SANIVIEWPOINT
N.C. JAMES.Municipal Manager
MATAT VIEWPOINT
DR DCT NAKIN MUNICIPALMANAGER
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THESESHACKS WERE SUPPOSED TO BEDEMOLISHED AND STOPPED FROMBEING PUT UP ANY FURTHER?
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ZWELIPHANSISKHOSANA
Municipal Manager
WARMgreetings to thepeopleof Umzimkhulu.
It is an pportune time tobrief you on the progress report onstorm-water management in town.
We appreciate Cogta’s leverage inthemanagement of stormwater. Theproject is funded through the SmallTown Rehabilitation programmewhich aims at reducing the challeng-es of floods. We appointed a serviceprovider to ensure that we achievethe objective of the project to attenu-ate floods in the CBD. This project is
moving simultaneouslywith theR56/P416 project.
Although funding is not adequate,it has made a tremendous change intown. At White City, we experiencedwater overflow to houses along theR56. Residents were complainingwhich ultimately compelled themunicipality to source funding tomitigate the challenge.
The drainage system from WhiteCity is connected to themain system.The only thingweare going to do is tocomplete a small portion of the road
whichlinkswithMallRoadbehindthemall.
Once this is done, it will clear sandwhich is deposited to our roads.
The maintenance team is bladingthe access roads throughout Umzim-khulu.Althoughithasbeendifficult toreach all affected villages, wewill en-sure that roads that need mainte-nance receive our full attention. Weappeal toourpeople toexercisemaxi-mum patience to allow us to movesmoothly with the programme.
The Mayoral Cup has started at
ward levels.Winners fromeachwardwill proceed to the zonal competitonin the coming weekend. However,winners have already scooped lucra-tive prizes in order tomotivate them,but prizes at zonal level will be betterthan those at ward level.
Weencourageteamstoparticipatefully in these competitions since allthe restrictive lawspertaining toageshavebeenremoved. It isnowopenforeverybody to partake in the tourna-ment.
Thank you.
Response to MrKotting’s openletterDear Mr Kotting,
I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of your letter re-garding the alleged deteriorating infrastructureinKokstad.As themayorofKokstad I respect thecitizen’s constitutional right tomarchandalso toair their opinion on certain issues. First of all, Iwish to say that the office of themayorhas a verytight and busy schedule. On the same day whenthe memorandum containing “demands on be-half of the businesses and community of Koks-tad” Ihadtoattendtoanurgentcouncilbusiness.Mynon-availabilitywasnot tounderminepeoplewho were marching.
Mr Kotting, I shall start by emphasising thatwheneverwegotothefarmsduringtheIDProad-shows, we always receive complaints from farmworkers about the brutal treatment they are get-ting from farmowners. CouncillorMtolowasnotissuing any threat on that day but was articulat-ing our concern as this council because we be-lieve that such inhumane treatment should nothappen, after 20 years into democracy. Insteadof denying the existence of abuse, I appeal to thefarmers’associationtodo introspectionandtakeaserious lookat thematter.As leadersofKokstadweare eager to arrive at a solution in thismatter.We are pleased to hear that some farmers haveseen the light and are treating their employeesbetter now. However, we cannot fold our armswhen our people are crying for help.
Yes, you are correct in saying that my visionisdevelopingGKMintoacaringmunicipalityandKokstad intoacity. Iamfullyawareof therole thebusiness sector would be playing in developingthis vision. I wish to assure the business sectorthatwhenever theywant tomeet themunicipali-ty, our doors are open. However, I was worriedwhenbusinesssectoractedasapoliticalpartyonthe day of the march.
Such behaviour distorts the purpose of themarch and deprives the community of its consti-tutional right to objectively raise their concerns.The business sectormust assist themunicipalitytoachieveitsgoal tocreateaviableeconomy,cre-ate jobs andmakeKokstad an attractive tourismdestination. It is the government’s mandate tocreate a conducive environment these things tohappen, as the government cannot go it alonewithouttheassistanceofallroleplayers.Iamcer-tain thatworking togetherwith all stakeholders,this goal is achievable. The general public mustnot be used to gain a political mileage.
Regarding the infrastructure in Kokstad, Ihave alwaysplayedmycards open in this regardby informing the public at various fora that themunicipality was unable to fast track and com-plete some of our infrastructure projects, due tofinancial challenges.Asa former councillor,Kot-tingshouldknowthisverywell. I alsowish todis-pel the notion that the municipal leadership, in-cludingmyself,areportrayedasnegligentpeoplewhodonotcareabout thetownanditscommuni-ty. This is entirely not true. The GKM leadershipensures delivery of services for everyone. If wehadenoughbudget,allprojects inKokstadwouldbe up and running.
Lastly, I wish to urge all stakeholders to comeand engage the nunicipality on all issues of serv-icedelivery.Thenayor’soffice isalwaysavailableto listen to all views and suggestions.
Yours sincerelyCllr T.N. Jojozi
Mayor: Greater Kokstad Municipality• Published verbatim.
MANGOLONG RESIDENTS:
‘We are ignored’>> ‘The municipality is aware of the problems we face, but it is not doing anything’
NTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]
THE village of Mangolong inMatatiele erupted intochaos on Sunday at mid-
night as residents embarked on aservice-delivery strike whichlasted until Monday morning.Angry locals burnt tyres andblocked roadswithrocks.Amongtheir demands are the provisionof electricity, water, roads, clinicand a police station.
One residents, who refused to
be named, said they have askedthe Matatiele Local Municipalityto provide service, but their pleashave fallen on deaf ears.
“The municipality is aware ofthe problems we face in this areabut it is not doing anything, evenour councillor is ignoring ourcries,” she said.
Another resident of Mango-long, Maetumeleng Mokejane,said local councillor swear atthem in meetings. She saidMatatiele local MunicipalityMayor Momelezi Mbedla prom-
ised that he would get back tothemwithanswers,buthehasn’t.
“No one is listening to us —even our councillor is fightingwith us. He even told us that wewill never get electricity,”Mokejane said.
She said the councillor hadshowed themmoney that was al-located to the area from theMatatiele Local Municipalitybudget since 2010, but they havenot seen any progress.
Municipality communicationsmanager Nthabeleng Matshoba
denied that the residents ofMangolong are ignored. “Themayor has met with residentsthere three times and they raisedtheir issues to him,” she said.
Matshoba said Mbedla organ-ised the office of the chief whip atthe municipality to deal with thedispute with the councillor in thearea.
She also pointed out thataR19 million has been set asidefor the electrification of that areain the 2014/2015 financial year,which will start in July.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDAngry locals burn tyres and and blocked roads with rocks.
Cop and accomplice out on bailNTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]
RESIDENTS of Maluti are furiousafter Constable Dion Alexandra(36) from theMaluti Police Intelli-genceUnit, andMfaneloPhindela(39), who were recently arrestedin Matatiele for the allegedmurder of Simphiwe Situ (36)from Maluti, were granted baillast Friday.
Alexander and Phindela ap-peared in the Maluti Magistrate’sCourt for bail application in thepast weeks.
It is reported that Situ received
a call on his cellphone from oneof the suspects at about 22pm inNovember 2013.
He went outside to answer thecall and that was the last time hisfamily saw him.
According to Matatiele PoliceSpokesperson Lieutenant Rap-hael Motloung Situ’s body wasfoundthe followingday in theveldnear Maluti.
A case of murder was opened.After intensive investigations
the two suspects, Alexandra andPhindela, were arrested and firstappeared at Maluti magistratecourt on 29 April.
It is alleged that the two menconspired to kill Situ as he turnedstatewitness in a stock-theft caseinvolving all three men.
“It was reported that Alexan-der hired Phindela to kill Situ athishomeafterheturnedstatewit-ness,” Motloung said.
The pair were granted R3 000bail each last Friday.
Motloung said the pair wouldappear at the Maluti Magistratecourt on 13 June for the last timeafter further investigations.
The case will then be trans-ferred to the Kokstad RegionalCourt thereafter.
PHOTO: SOURCEDVictim went outside to answerthe call and that was the lasttime his family saw him.
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Light at end oftunnel forratepayers?AFTER months of struggling with themunicipality, the Matatiele Ratepayers’Association reports there may be light atthe end of the tunnel.
At a three-day meeting with a delega-tion from the EC provincial Department ofLocal Governance and Traditional Affairs
and the Matatiele Local Municipality therewas general consensus that properties un-der the Matatiele Municipality had beengrossly overvalued. In his presentation tothe delegates, chairman of the ratepayersassociation Mr. Shaikh gave examples ofproperties that have increased from 50%to an astronomical 1 9962%.
ThemajorityofpropertiesinthegreaterMatatiele area has increased by more than200% Shaikh said.
Matatiele residents have been engag-ing the municipality since March 2013 try-ing to resolve the rates crisis. After a protestmarch in February a memorandum outlin-ing residents’ grievances was submitted tothe MEC for Local Governance and Tradi-tional Affairs, Mlibo Qoboshiyane whothen delegated the province to attend to
this issue as a matter of importance.The DLGTA, as a support team to the
municipality, is working to assist ratepay-ers in getting the municipality to reduce
rates. “We are hopeful of some relief,” saidShaikh. Examples of so called “mistakes”were pointed out on the valuation roll. In-consistencies, high valuations and discrep-
ancies in property values were found whenratepayers undertook a comparativeanalysis of the 2008 roll and the currentroll. Ratepayers found vacant sites in HarryGwala valued from R30 000 to aboutR60 000, while other properties with RDPhouses on were valued the same.
Ratepayers have since 2013 been ask-ing that this valuation roll be scrapped andthat a full investigation be conducted intothis matter.
We trust that the discussions betweenthe DLGTA and the ratepayers’ associationwill yield the desired results.
The ratepayers association will bemeeting with the public as soon as we havetangible responses from the DLGTA andthe municipality.
— Matatiele Ratepayers’ Association.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMatatiele Ratepayers’ Association executive committee members (from left)Thukelo Erasmus (general secretary), Lulama Mdlankomo (deputy chairper-son), Nazir Shaikh (chairperson), David Jackson (treasurer) and FundiswaNyamakazi (minutes secretary).
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7KEHS sport news>> King Edward High hockey and rugby teams triumphs and losses
ON 15 May King EdwardHigh U14 girls’ hockey teamplayed against Zhanokhanyo
Baptist School. It was an enjoyableafternoon with a final result of 1-0in KEHS’s favour.
We thank Zhanokhanyo fortravelling to Matatiele to playagainst us, as well as Miss Cronjéfor refereeing the game. We lookforward to more games againstyou.
KEHS JP girls’ play St Patrick’sCollege
The U7, U8 and U9 KingEdward hockey girls playedagainst St Patrick’s College on 13May. The little ones enjoyed itthoroughly, even though they hadsome tight matches.
The U7s won 1-0, U8s lost 0-3,and the U9s lost a close match of4-3.
Well done to all the girls whoplayed.
KEHS vs UnderbergWe travelled to Underberg on
Monday 19 May to play hockeyagainst Underberg Primary. TheU11s were first to show what theyare made of.
Both the U11 and the U10teams were very evenly matched.
There were some hard games,but we managed to beat Under-berg’s U11s with a close 3-2.KEHS’s U10s overpowered Under-berg with a convincing 7-0.
Thank you to Underberg forhosting us.
KEHS U10 and U11 rugby boysLast Saturday 17 May, the U10
and U11 boys went to Ugie to playagainst Dortrecht. Unfortunately,we lost 10-5. Thank you to UncleShawn and Uncle Sakkie for their
coaching and the bus driver forgetting us there and back safely.
On Monday, 19 May, the boysplayed against Underberg Primary.We won 74-0 and everyone enjoyedthe game. Thanks again to UncleSakkie and Uncle Shawn for theircoaching and the parents for theirsupport.
KEHS vs St Monica’s U13 hockeyOur U13 side won this fixture
comfortably 10-1.— Supplied.
PHOTOS: SUPPLIEDABOVE: KEHS U13 hockey vs St Patrick’s College — Lukhona Ndumndumtakes control of the ball.
RIGHT: KEHS U13 Rugby vs StPatrick’s College — Bulumko
Mazwana has the try line on hismind.
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Glitz and glamourat St Monica’s
SAINT Monica’s finally had theopportunity of hosting ourmatric farewell ball for the first
time. The theme was “MasqueradeBall”. As matriculants started arriv-ing amid crowds of spectators, theywere ushered into the lecture roomwhere theywereeachgivenamaskoftheir choice.
Shortly afterwards, they gracedthe rest of the guests, including par-ents, staff and board members withtheir presence in their beautiful out-fits. Every young gentleman and ladyfromthe2014matric class lookedab-solutely stunning.
After speeches from theheadmas-ter and head prefects, dinner wasservedwhichwas followed by photo-graphs and dancing.
The following people are thankedfortheirtime,effortandcontributionsmade toward the success of the func-tion:
• Theme, décor and menus — Ms
S. Joubert,MsN.Niehaus,MsC.Bolt-man, Ms C. van Zyl.
• Invitations — Ms S. Bloem• Belle’s Décor — tent, draping,
centrepieces, crockery, cutlery, glass-es and photo corner which lookedbeautiful and thanks to Bella and herstaff for their professionalismthroughout the preparation for theevent.
• MatatieleSpar–MrTandhisstafffor thegenerousdonationof thevege-tables for the supper.
• Prestige Security – Bunty Viviersand his staff for the patience and ex-pertisedisplayedthroughoutthepho-to sessions. The photographs aremost professional. Thanks are alsoextended to his staff for the securityprovided during and after the func-tion.
• Music — Qhayiya Nkomo.• Fundraising — Mrs P. Myburg,
Mrs S. Letuka and the Grade 11 com-mittee
• Catering — Yvonne Tatchell,Jackie Kok, Jamie Kok, René Kok,Yolanda Morrison, Gertrude Jac-quire, Ronald Jacquire, Natasha vanWyhe, Belinda Rooi and Sasha Jou-bert.
• Technical–MrR.DeBurgh.—MsI. Conradie
Rugby: first team vs FocusedOnWednesday14MayStMonica’s
first team rugby boys played againstFocused’s first team. The game wasplayed in high spirits. In the end, StMonica’swonthematch.Welldone toboth teams. — Mr A. Suddes.
First and U15 rugby vs KokstadDevelopment Rugby
OnSaturday17Mayour first teamteam and U15 rugby boys played amatch against Kokstad’s Rugby De-velopment teams.
It was a physical game but StMonica’s held on for the win. Bothteams played their hearts out.
— Mr A. Suddes.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDAt the Masquerade Ball are head girl Buyiswa Bam (right) and head boyLutho Mbabala.
Decent conversationAS the day descends, a winter night fallsThe cold at night it creeps, the freezing callsTo face storms and survive, I am not afraid to walk tallThe rise of great strength, to exercise our freedom we took to the pollsIt is a cold day to decideIn our hearts the truth was kept insideMe and my conscience together side by sideWith the dawn of the sun, the only thing turning was the tideEmbroided in a war of wordsI became patient as a fisherman carrying rodsThe age of enlightenment, to see you need to connect some dotsThe world of promiscuous behaviour, not a Bible prediction, these are mythoughtsThe seeds of capitalism, for power there is a rise in contestationMy values and norms will never change even in this situationWe need soldiers to march on and not to embrace this evil conditionBetween me and my Bible is a decent conversation
— Sikhumbuzo Sethuntsa
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDDeputy head girl Kellen Ngubo.
PHOTO: SUPPLIEDDeputy head boy Lwandile Mafunda and partner Yamkela Sekonyela.
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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDAt the Masquerade Ball are headgirl Buyiswa Bam (right) and headboy Lutho Mbabala.