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A woman breaks ablock of ice atNthame PrimarySchool nearBurgersfort to cooldrinking waterwhere theSekhukhuneDistrict Councilapproved the IDP /Budget for 2012-2013 this week.
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The Sekhukhune District Municipality successfully hosted a councilmeeting that adopted IDP/Budget for 2012-2013 incorporating theState of the District Address at Nthame Primary School, Ga-Madiseng near Burgersfort on Tuesday.
The event was attended by more than a thousand people,amongst them all Mayors from the five local municipalities inSekhukhune District Municipality, Speakers and Chief Whips, allcouncillors, traditional leaders, representatives of the mining sector,non-governmental organisations, business sector, faith-basedorganisations, representatives of the vulnerable groups, andmembers of the public from across the district.
The Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality, CllrMogobo David Magabe said “our gathering today was mainly topresent to our constituencies what we call citizen’s report. You willremember that following the 18th May local government elections,our newly elected council did not pause to celebrate but rather wentstraight to the execution of the business of service delivery for thepeople. Part of the programmes included engagements withcommunities through mass based meetings, councillors monthlymeetings, meetings with traditional leaders, Mayoral Outreaches,stake-holder consultations meetings, IDP/Budget consultations, andso forth. And in the final analysis the law stipulate that councilshould incorporate all the views and ideas from all this sectors andformulate an Intergrated Development Plan that incorporated budgetand adopt it”.
Mayor Magabe announced a record budget for SekhukhuneDistrict Municipality, which has increased from R881 million for2011-2012 to R1200 million for the financial year 2012-2013.
Of the total budget of more than R1200 million, R 841 Million isset aside for capital infrastructure projects and R545 Million is foroperational purposes.
“This means that for the department of Infrastructure and WaterService, which is a department that is the face of service deliverywithin the municipality, responsible for rolling out service deliveryprojects on water, sanitation, roads etc, there is more money. Thedepartment is allocated R 809 398 million, which is a 47% increasefrom the previous year’s allocation. This significant increase isattributed to our expansion in infrastructural projects especially bulkwater projects” explained the Executive Mayor.
Some of the key pronouncements included:
· The establishment of Audit Steering Committee to lead thedistrict municipality towards operation Clean Audit 2014,
· The acquisition of land from Bapedi ba Mamone tribalauthority for government complex that will house the SekhukhuneDistrict Municipality and all sector departments offices that arecurrently located at Lebowakgomo,
· The pronouncements of Burgersfort as a new city andprocess to rename it,
· The economic developments around Greater TubatseMunicipality, including the multi-million Mining Input Supplier Park,the Casino, Malls and other related developments,
· The developments regarding De Hoop Dam which iscurrently 90% complete and due for completion In December thisyear,
· The results of the meeting with the Minister of Water AffairsHonourable Edna Molewa regarding a commitment to assistcommunities of the district municipality to get water from De HoopDam and other related sources,
· Readiness of Sekhukhune to work with national andprovincial government regarding the envisaged bulk roads andinfrastructure projects in Steelpoort,
· The expansion of bulk water pipe lines across the district tocover all areas in need,
· The good progress being made on other bulk waterinfrastructure namely: Nkadimeng, Nebo Platue, Oliphantspoort,Mooihoek-Tubatse, Groblesdaal-Luckau, Carbonites-Zaaiplaas andMoutse scheme,
· The solid working relationship between the districtmunicipality and its traditional leaders,
· A call to members of the public to harmonize relationshipswith the mining sector and the adoption of dialogue as a peacefulmeans to resolve disputes where they exist,
· A call to all the mines to relook their social labour plans andmake sure that they do more regarding beneficiation to their effectedcommunities, and
· A call to all the people of Sekhukhune to leverageopportunities that exist as a result of the booming mining sector,agriculture and tourism,
“As Sekhukhune District Municipality we acknowledge andappreciate progress being made following our decision to movetowards bulk water infrastructure as opposed to water reticulationprojects based on bore-holes since we have realized that we have aproblem of capacity in terms of underground water sources. We arehowever aware that more still need to be done in order to improvethe quality of life of the 1,2 million people of Sekhukhune regardingwater and sanitation provisioning, and we want to stress that we areon the right track. We are increasing the number of our watertankers to make sure that we respond rapidly to areas of drasticalneed” concluded the Executive Mayor, Cllr Mogobo David Magabe.
The council meeting was adjourned at !7:00pm following thedelivery of the State of the District Address and the Adoption of IDP/Budget for 2012-2013.
R1200 millionSekhukhune District
budget approved
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90 % completebut, trouble again
The Department of Water Affairs has called on workersengaged in an un-protected strike at its De Hoop Damconstruction to return to work immediately.
Just before going to press on Thursday, thedepartment said it is keen to resolve the disputespeedily to ensure that work at the De Hoop Damconstruction site resumes and that further delays willnegatively impact on the completion of the dam andultimately the delivery of water to the communities andmines.
Some workers are taking part in an illegal strikeciting unhappiness over benefits related to their workcontracts. The department is seeking an interdict to stopthe aggrieved workers from intimidating other workersand departmental officials, blocking access to the damsite and causing malicious damage to property on site.
The senior management of the department is awareof the situation and has sent a high level team, lead bythe Acting Deputy Director-General for CorporateServices, to the construction site to negotiate an end tothe illegal protest action.
The strike action started on Monday 28 May. Thedepartment says it will invoke the principle of “no-workno pay” for those workers taking part in the unprotectedstrike. Employees have therefore been instructed toreturn to work and to use the established channels todiscuss their grievances in order to find an amicablesolution. The department says that workers are unhappyabout the benefits as agreed upon in terms of theCollective Agreement regulating the conditions ofservice for staff employed on contract in terms ofsection 76 of the National Water Act.
‘We are talking, theproblems will be sorted out’
Greater Tubatse Municipality Mayor,Nkosi Josias Mahlake (photograph),says ‘with big developments there willalways be court cases, and otherproblems, it is just how it is, but we aretalking with developers and will try andsort problems out amicably,development should not be stopped”.
Mayor Mahlake, pictured in front ofthe cupboard in his office where all thethe municipality’s accolades aredisplayed, confirmed to PlatinumGazette that the building plans of theBurgersfort regional Mall has not yetbeen approved by the Council. In thenational media articles were publishedabout possible court cases betweenthe developer and the GTM recentlyabout the same building plans, butaccording to the Mayor, nothing of thesort materialised yet.
As if it is not enough a land claim isstill pending on the land where the
Another strike at De Hoop Dam
development is taking place, but theLand Claims Court dismissed a claim bythe claimants to halt developmenttowards the end of last year. Thismeans that the claim still stands andthat claimants will benefit from thedevelopment should the claim succeed.The court’s view was also that“development should not be stopped”.
Another court case between thedeveloper and a rival developer is alsostill pending on which the SekhukhuneDistrict Executive Mayor, Mogobo DavidMagabe, commented “it seems that atthe bottom line they are fighting overtenants, on that one we as governmentmust be neutral.
It is also true that certain thingswent wrong during the previousadministration (before the localgovernment elections last year), but weare busy to put it right. Developmentshould not be stopped.”
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The Limpopo Province annual child protection weekcommemorations were officially opened by the honorableMEC Dr Norman Mabasa in Tubatse - SekhukhuneDistrict on Tuesday under the theme “working togetherto protect children” .As a public defender mandated to protect and defendthe rights of vulnerable groups; Legal Aid South Africahas pledged to continuously strengthen its effort toprotect children’s rights thus ensuring a safe and secureenvironment for our young generation.The introduction of the Child Justice Act, Legal Aid SAtook steps to ensure that children are legally representedat the Preliminary Court stage. Their main priority andfirst approach is to try and remove the child from thenormal criminal justice system, by recommending thatthey be put into a diversion programme or undergorestorative justice.Legal Aid South Africa has joined numerous governmentdepartments and state agencies (Office of the Premier,Dept. of Safety and Security Liaison, Office of the FamilyAdvocate, SAPS and the Department of Justice) in theactivities of the Child Protection Week campaign whichis led by the Department of Social Development with theaim to increase the awareness of children’s rightsamongst communities.With the establishment of children’s units in some of theJustice Centre, their primary focus is exclusively onp r o v i d i n grepresentation tochildren in bothcriminal and civilmatters. The units are
Ms Jacqueline Maimela –Justice Centre Executive in Modimolle
headed by specialist child law practitioners who have hadadvanced training in child law.Delivering a message of support Ms.Jacqueline Maimela– Justice Centre Executive in Modimolle, stressed thatLegal Aid South Africa plays a leading role in thepromotion of diversion and restorative justice, as analternative to the formal criminal justice process, forchildren in conflict with the law.“As we commemorate Child Protection Week, we wouldlike to remind all stakeholders in the justice system oftheir obligation to ensure effective legal advocacy inmatters involving children.This requires a collaborative approach to further exploreinterventions and methods to improve child justicesystems” she said.We say: “Thetha Nathi and everyone can now access legaladvice at their fingertips, by simply dialing our toll freenumber 0800 110 110.The Call Centre operating hours are from 07:00 to 19:00on weekdays, excluding public holidays”.“Women and children are usually the most affected groupsin civil conflicts such as divorce and land disputes - hencecivil legal matters have become a huge priority for LegalAid SA due to our human rights focus.With the increasing vulnerability of our children and the poor,it became inevitable that Legal Aid SA does somethingproactively to address these issues”.
A milestone was reached in Steelpoort whenowners of three local security companiesgathered and participated in a transfer ofskills.Steelpoort based Thorburn SecuritySolutions invited supervisory andmanagerial level employees from Makoleand Phethedi (M&P) Security and GrabSecurity, respectively from Driekop andBurgersfort to attend a LeadershipWorkshop on Saturday 28 May 2012 at theiroffices. Thorburn Security Solutions
Milestone in security industry reached
From left Jim Nkuna(owner Grab Security),Dolf Scheepers(Managing DirectorThorburn Security) andCharles Makole (ownerM&P Security)
designed three modules focused onmanagerial and supervisory levels, whichthey offered to also present to employeesfrom opposing but developing securitycompanies in the Eastern Limb in the nextfew weeks. A group of ten employeesattended the first module, Leadership Skillsand the Leaders’ Approach to Quality.Thorburn Managing Director Dolf Scheeperspresented it.Owners of Grab and M&P Securityexpressed their gratitude towards Thorburn
for stretching a helpinghand in the development oftheir staff in leadershippositions.The towns of Steelpoort,Driekop and Burgersfort isthe heart of platinum andchrome mining andsmelter/plant operations inthe Eastern Limb of theBushveld Complex.(Photograph & information:Dolf Scheepers).
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On Saturday 26/05/2012Leboeng SAPS Youth AgainstCrime forum organised theladies top four soccertournament at Phiring sector.The four ladies soccer clubsthat participated are Killers FC,Conty FC, Phiring Stars andMashilo FC. Conty FC ofKgautswane sector won thetournament by scoring 1-0against Killers FC fromLeboeng sector.The tournament was aimed atremoving the young people ofPhiring out of taverns and thestreets. For the love of thegame the young people did notdisappoint and came innumbers to support their peerswho were doing sports. “Thetournament was a success asthe message reached thetargets. The action spoke morethan people can say” the SAPSspokesman said.
The Youth Against Crimedelivered a message to theirpeers that alcohol abuse is oneof the causes of violence. Thetournament took place duringChild Protection Week. At thetournament UBS drama,comedy and Leboeng gospelartist Cain Makofaneentertained the crowd after thegame as the SAPS deliveredthe massage ‘‘STOP CHILDABUSE ’’.Cain Makofane gave thewinning team (Conty FC) afootball. His message to themwas that “God is a God of youngpeople too”. ConstableSibatana addressed the crowdafter the game on behalf of thestation. He stressed that theyouth must participate in sportand refrain from abusing drugsand alcohol.(Photographs and article:Const. M.A. Sibatana)
Leboeng SAPS takes action Leboeng SAPS takes a girl child to workOn 30 May the Leboeng SAPS participatedint he ‘take a girl child to work campaign’.The learners from local high schools thatparticipated included Maokeng High School,Ntabane High School, Baroka High Schooland Tshabelang Dinoko High School. Theystarted with the morning parade. Const. MASibatana led them into the offices andexplained to them how the SAPS operates. .They spend the whole day at the SAPS inLeboeng, learning more about the work of apoliceman or woman.
Photographs & information: Const. MA.Sibatana.
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Mnr. Pieter Knoetzeen Me. LiandraKnoetze sê: “Faniegaan vir sekeruithaal en wys. Ditis hierdie naweekalles bo. Die atletemoet mooi dink ensterkte vir hulle.Ons gaan vir sekerkyk. Ons is ookatlete, maar gaannie die Comradeshardloop nie. Onshaal ons hoedjiesvir hulle af”. Byhulle is JC enHenry.
Me. Rozanne Beeton en Me. Nellie Snooke sê: “Hou bene hou! Ja, Matjipa daar gaat hyvir ‘n wen. Ja, ons gaan die Comrades op TV kyk”.
Regs: Mnr. JohannVenter en Me. MarieVenter sê: “Ja, onskan dalk ‘n wennervan dié area hê.Wees positief.Sterkte, ons houduime vas. Nee,ons gaan glad niekyk nie”.
Mr Nhlanhla Maphanga and Mr Vukani Mangxaba said: “We’ll hope for the best, butthose Zimbabweans are good. We have to be realistic. Yes, we will watch on Sunday.Our message to them: It is good for them to just finish. Coming in at number 2 like lastyear is a big bonus. It puts Burgersfort on the map”.
Me. Nurse Komane en me. Veronica Nhlapo sê: “Ons dink hy sal wen, daai een vanSteelpoort - Fanie. Ons sal vir hom kyk op die TV”.
Mr Godfrey Mkhombo said: “Looking atthe conditions in Burgersfort and those inDurban - obviously Fanie will make it. Iappeal to the mines to sponsor the localathletes. Yes, I’ll be watching theComrades on Sunday”.
Mr Peter Masethe said: “I think we stillhave a very long way to go before we willhave a win. The Zimbabweans are takingthis very seriously. They make it aprofession. Our guys work at the minesand then just run after or before work.Maybe Fanie could win. I wish we hadmore Fanies. The mining industry is theonly place around here taking runningseriously. On Sunday I’ll be sitting athome, watching. Let the best athlete win”.
Ms Sbongile Mnisi said: “We have to holdthumbs for the locals. Local is lekker.Hopefully they can make the top 10. Faniecan make it. He has been there. Ja, we’llbe watching. They just have to be strongand positive and at the end of the daythey will make it”.
Race InformationDate: Sunday, 3 June 2012
Start: 05h30 inPietermaritzburg
Finish: 17h30 in DurbanDistance: 89km - 56 miles
On Sunday 3 June the annual ComradesMarathon will take place.This race is one of the greatest long distanceraces in the world. The first one took placeon 24 May 1921 with only 34 runners. Inmodern years thousands of runners enterthis gruelling event.Local athletes have shown that they arecontenders not to be taken lightly with FanieMatjipa coming in second last year.We asked readers if they think the localshave what it takes to do well in this year’srace. Some also gave messages ofencouragement.
Can the local athletes win the
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Me. Liezl Kirchner sê: “Ons staan ‘ngoeie kans vir ‘n wen hierdie jaar. Baiesterkte vir almal wat gaan deelneem”.
Mr Charles Ramaube and Mr Lennox Ngwatle said: “What they need to do is to practiceevery day in the morning and evening until the day of the race. The Zimbabweans arenot working, they only train. That is why they often win. Our guys should not give up.We’ll be watching on Sunday”.
Me. Martie Fourie sê: “Hulle moet netvasbyt en in die Here glo. Die Here sal virhulle krag gee. Ek weet hulle sal dit maak.Ons hou duimvas vir die plaaslike atlete”.
Mnr. Hendrik Ligojane sê: “Ja, ek gaan dieComrades kyk. My raad vir hulle: As hulleby die berg begin klim moet hulle netstadig aanhou dan sal hulle wen”.
Mr Elias Makoa said: “I’ll have to watch. Ithink the winner will be a local this year”.
Mr Nicholas Ngele (right) said: “I think Fanie will win. I’m also a runner. I’ve run theComrades 11 times and have 11 silver medals. On Sunday I am going to watch from05:30 to 17:30. Fanie will beat the Zimbabwean. Peter Molapo and Leboka Noto willalso be in the top 10. I encourage them to do the down run very fast”. Mr AndriesMakofane said: “We have to make it. A South African will take the win this year. I’ll beholding thumbs that Fanie makes it this year”.
Mr Papi Makgate and Tshepo Seerane said: “Definitely we are gonna take it. Good luckto Fanie. We hope he gets the number 1. We also support the Modikwa guys. We hopethey will surprise us. We are gonna support them. They must know we are there forthem. We’ll watch on TV”.
Mr Frank Maphake said: “Fanie can makeit to at least position 2 or 3. When itcomes to watching I don’t make amistake. The athletes owe us. We needposition 1 and they must know that theyare in debt with us on that”.
Mr Maurice Molapo said: “Our people aregoing to win it. We are going to give themour full support. This week they musttrain hard so that on Sunday they will win.I’ll be in Pietermaritzburg to supportthem”.
Photographs above and below: WillemMontgomery
Locals to watchFanie Matjipa (photo left) from Steelpoortlast year came second in the ComradesMarathon. He is determined to this yeartake the title.Below left: Peter Molapo was the secondlocal athlete across the finish in 2011. Hecame in at number 75. He may justsurprise everyone this year.Below: Leboka Noto is in peak condition.He recently won the Longtom Marathonand is definitely a local to keep an eye on.
Comrades?
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Tubatse Chrome Lab has been awardedISO17025 accreditation by SANAS.The Lab is proud to be the first smelter inSamancor to achieve this status.SANAS (South African NationalAccreditation System) accreditation givesformal and independent recognition that theLaboratory is competent to carry out specifictasks and conforms to relevant international/national standards.Laboratory accreditation provides formalrecognition to competent laboratories, thusproviding a ready means for customers toidentify and select reliable testing,measurement and calibration services.To maintain this recognition, laboratories arere-evaluated regularly by the accreditationbody to ensure their continued compliancewith requirements, and to check that their
Tubatse Chrome Lab receivesSANAS accreditation
standard of operation is being maintained.Laboratory accreditation is highly regardedboth nationally and internationally as areliable indicator of technical competence.Many customers prefer suppliers which canprovide analysis from an accreditedlaboratory.To celebrate this tremendous achievement,a handover celebration was done on Fridaythe 25th of May.Juanita Erasmus, Tubatse Chrome’s SHEQManager said that management is reallyproud of the team for such an outstandingachievement.(Photographs and article: Davida van derWalt).
On Wednesday a workshop to help empower emerging farmers tookplace at the old municipal building in Burgersfort.The Sekhukhune Development Agency partnered with Landbank,Crebus and GTM to create a structure that will be able to assistemerging farmers both with financial and technical resources.
Mr Sephaka Motswiana, Ms Tshidi Kubuzie (both in front). Back:Mr Siyabu Fadane, Mr Robert Mashitoa, Mr Cleopas Nchabelengand Mr Phil Moatshe. This team is assisting the emerging farmers.
Helping emerging farmers
On 24 May 2012Motodi VEP and theTubatse Police, CPFand Department ofSocial Developmentheld a crime aware-ness campaign atDikotope SecondarySchool in Ga Motodivillage.On the day learnerswere addressed ondifferent types ofabuse, alcohol anddrug abuse, preven-tion of rape andprevention on house-breaking and theft .(Photographs andArticle: Const. VusiMohlala)
SAPS active at Dikotope Secondary School
* On 27 May a 31-year old man was arrestefor violating a protection order.A 32-year old woman was allegedlyassaulted and sweared at by the man on 26May. The incident happened atMashamothane. The man appeared in thePraktiseer Magistrate’s Court on 28 May. Hewas not granted bail. The case will be incourt again on 4 June 2012.* During the weekend of 25 - 27 May theTubatse SAPS arrested four men for drivingunder the influence of alcohol. They werearrested in Riba Cross.The men Isaiah Mokheswane (29), RobertMichael Vister (46), Hudson Masinga (38)and Justin Sibanda (44) appeared in thePraktiseer Magistrate’s Court on 28 May andwere sentenced to three monthsimprisonment or a fine of R1500 each.(Submitted by: Const. Jerial Movudlela)
Crime in Tubatse
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Tubatse SAPStakes on Malipsdrift
The Tubatse SAPStook on a team fromMalipsdrift SAPS.They played the gameon Wednesday at CNPhatudi College inPraktiseer.Get the result of thegame on page 12 ofthis week’s news-paper. Tubatse SAPSplayed in yellow andblue.
Darting to the SAChampionships
The Darts teams are ready to attend theNationals. The Capricorn trails wererecently held at Winterveld RecreationClub. (Photographs submitted by GeorgeFraser).
Heintje Wessels, Hannes Smit (TeamManager), George Fraser (Captain) PieterPretorius, Roelof Burger.
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Die B.O.L.S. (Burgersfort, Ohrigstad, Lydenburg en Steelpoort)Hengelklub het verlede week Saterdag by die WatervalsrivierGeloftefeesterrein vergader.Gerhard Bessenger en Dawie Kotze van Bess Lures het ‘n praatjiegelewer en Peter en Ronel Zonneveld saam met Werner Wesselshet ‘n uitstalling van Angling en Outdoor gehou. Tussen al diepraatjies deur is heerlik gekuier en ‘n skaappotjie gemaak.
Lede van B.O.L.S. bydie uitstallings verledeSaterdag.Regs: Potjiekos inwording.
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Samancor MarathonClub runners ready for
Comrades
These are some of the Samancor Marathon Club runners on their way to the ComradesMarathon. They are: Eric Mabelane, Tshepo Maribane, Fanie Matshipa, VictorRaliphada. (Photograph: Davida van der Walt)
The annual Comrades Marathon will takeplace on Sunday 3 June.The race will stretch over 89km fromPietermaritzburg to Durban. Thousands ofrunners have entered and will try to completethe race within the cut-off time.The Samancor Marathon club have enteredthe following runners:1.Tshepo Maribane2. Eric Mabelane 3. Johannes Mogowane4. Lazarus Mogowane5. Jeffrey Mbuyane6. Simon Maroga 7. Rocky Matentji 8. FransMaesela 9. B Magabane 10.Jan Maphake11.Phillip Maloka 12.Victor Raliphada13.Hendrick Magale 14. Fanie MatshipaTubatse Chrome wishes them the best ofluck.
Comrades Marathon Statistics:In 2012 15 176 men have entered the race. 14106 of them are from South Africa. 187 maleathletes are from Africa and 883 of the menare from the rest of the world.4348 women have entered the race. 4007 ofthem are South Africans. 56 are fromsomewhere in Africa and 285 are from the restof the world.A total of 19524 athletes will compete onSunday.In 2009 the athletes consumed 200 000sachets of water, 660 000 sachets ofEnergade, 62 000 sachets of Mega Load,800kg of bananas, 7840kg of oranges, 110 000sachets of Mageu Number 1, 1200kg ofassorted biscuits and 2 tons of potatoes.
SAPSkeeping
fitThe TubatseSAPS played afriendly game ofsoccer againstMalipsdrift(between Atok andMafefe).The final scorewas in favour ofMalipsdrift whocame out tops with5-4 against thelocals. See morephotographs onpage 11.
