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9 April 2010
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Operational Budget
What the municipality needs from day
to day to effect service delivery, such
as to put petrol in municipal vehicles,
pay salaries and to buy what is needed
to do repairs on things such as water
pipes, roads etc. This budget also pays
for general maintenance. The money
cannot be used to for large projects
such as building bridges or water
reticulation projects. The councillors’
salaries also come from this money.
Capital budget
Projects such as roads, bridges,
electrification, and water reticulation
and building of community halls. The
big money. Greater Tubatse is not
responsible for everything, with the
district municipality and other
Operational authorities, such as Eskom and the
Department of Water Affairs who is
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Some key challenges according to the IDP: environmental management, land claims and ownership, high level of informal
settlements, low skills level, high level of HIV/AIDS, high poverty level, aging infrastructure, infrastructure over capacity, no
refuse removal services in rural areas, inadequate access to bulk services, 61 percent of roads unsurfaced, high level of
traditional houses and shacks, lack of by-laws and policies, inadequate relationship between Magoshi and municipality, poor
participation by community.
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Xstrata holds
back on major
ferrochrome
spending
Xstrata this week announced that it has put a R5 thousand million South African
investment on hold because of Eskom’s power crisis.
Xstrata, a diversified mining company planned this multi-million expansion for it’s
South African ferrochrome business.
Xstrata is globally the biggest producer of ferrochrome and has a market value of 50
thousand million dollars and employs 60 000 people worldwide.
The hold on this project gives the recession-crippled economy a blow in terms of
possible job creation and economic development in mining areas. The project was
expected to create 2 000 jobs of which 500 would have become permanent positions. It
was expected to generate an additional R5.4 thousand million a year.
“I don’t know what our decisions will be in relation to the construction of Eskom-
generated power stations, because the key issue for me is sustainable power and a
realistic price that I can actually predict. Until I have predictability on price and
sustainability of power, I am not in a position to invest,” Xstrata CEO, Mick Davis told
Mining Weekly, after speaking to Wits Business School this week. He also expressed his
doubts in the ability of Eskom to provide sustainable, predictably priced energy.
One of the reasons for his doubts he explained, are the fact that Eskom is now
investing in the development of bespoke power stations. “The era of bespoke, large-scale
power stations has stopped and is no longer a valid model” Mining Weekly reported.
He expressed his support for self-generation of energy saying: “I am not suggesting
that Eskom should disappear at all. Eskom will continue and should continue to be the
major provider of electricity in South Africa, but a significant advantage will be
achieved for the country in terms of bringing on capacity quicker and cheaper and
therefore avoiding some of the rise in the electricity price if own generation was
allowed”.
He emphasised the need for “regulatory changes to facilitate credible and
sustainable electricity generation in the medium term”.
“Viable solutions include the participation of energy-intensive companies, such as
Xstrata, in the construction of own generation”. Davis believes that by allowing
companies to generate their own electricity will relieve the pressure on Eskom while
companies such as Xstrata will be able to plan according to their own energy resources.
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9 APRIL 2010 NUUS 5
SPAR
is still
giving
‘They work together with the
Burgersfort SAPS’ social
policing unit’
Burgersfort SUPERSPAR is still very involved with the
community through donations.
With the help of the Burgersfort SAPS’ social policing unit
they identify families in need, organisations such as Homebased
Care and Groups for the elderly and disabled who are in dire need
of food.
Food stuffs and other products that have damaged packaging
or were dented during transport and cannot be sold in the shop is
donated to these families.
Special care is taken that the right parcel goes to the right
family or organisation. Baby formula for example often goes to the
various Homebased Care units who take care of orphans in the
area. Terminally ill people often receive packets of soup to help
rebuild their strength. This is where the close co-operation
between the shop management and the SAPS is very important.
To the management of Burgersfort SUPERSPAR this is a
project very near to their hearts. It is one of the ways in which
they can give a little back to the community in which they
operate.
Last year they not only donated food stuffs but also blankets to
keep the recipients warm during the long winter months.
Members of the Burgersfort SAPS with some of the responsible individuals who help
them with the distribution of the donations.
(Photographs supplied by Burgersfort SUPERSPAR).
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‘We were
promised
houses’
Mr Rogers Mathoto lives in a mud house and is one of the residents who would like to
know what is going on with the allocation of RDP Houses in the village.
In Makgalane Village near Leboeng various villagers are unhappy about the allocation of
RDP Houses. “We were promised houses,” they told the newspaper.
According to the Traditional Authority Chairperson in the village, Mr PS Kgwedi,
they have no insight into the lists which are being compiled for the allocation of RDP
houses. “People are going around at night with this list,” the newspaper was told when
visiting the village this week.
The villagers also claim that many of the RDP projects in their area were abandoned
- and remain unfinished. They want to know when these unfinished houses will be
completed.
It seems however that someone, somewhere is trying to help. One of the pensioners
living in a mud shack received a water tank last week Monday. The week before that he
also received two bags of cement, a small heap of sand and a small heap of aggregate. He
was told to start building himself a house. He also received a toilet taken from the
unfinished RDP projects. There is however no pit dug for the toilet and it was not fitted.
The villagers believe the donations came from the municipality. The water tank was
left empty and nobody has returned to fill it with water.
Mr PS Kgwedi of the Traditional Authority in the village with Mr John Makofane who
received a watertank, cement, sand and aggregate to start building his own house.
On 2 Apri1 the Police in Tubatse arrested a 29-year old man for assault with the purpose to inflict grievous
Armed robbery
bodily harm.
The accused struck his neighbour, a 21-year old woman with a bottle after they had an arguments. The
crime occurred on 1 Apri1 2010 in Ga-Motodi village.
The accused, Percy Mzimba appeared in the Praktiseer Magistrate’s Court and he was sentenced to two
in Steelpoort
months imprisonnment or a fine of R800-00. A shop in the Steelpoort Industrial area was robbed on Monday,
29 April.
On 2 April 2010 the Tubatse SAPS arrested a 25-year old man for assault with purpose to inflict grievous The robbery took place at about 06:55 when three armed men
bodily harm. entered the shop and held the employees at gunpoint. The men
The arrest follows the crime that occurred in Ga-Motodi on 1 April 2010. The accused allegedly assaulted his approached the security officer, pretending to be clients. Of the
ex-girlfriend, aged 21-years. three suspects only two entered the shop. The third stayed behind
The man appeared in the Praktiseer Magistrate’s Court on 6 April. He was granted bail of R1000-00. The as the driver of the get-away vehicle.
case was postponed to 19 Apri1 2010. The men pointed guns at the security officer as well as an
employee and then tied them up.
On 3 April 2010 the Tubatse SAPS arrested a 26-year old man for assault with the purpose to inflict grievous The fled the shop with approximately R10 000 in cash. They
bodily harm fled in a white Toyota Corolla with a GP registration number.
The accused assaulted a 24-year old man with an unknown object in Mabocha village on 2 April 2010. The suspects are still at large.
The accused appeared in the Praktiseer Magistrates’s Court on 6 April. He was not granted bail. The case Anyone with information can contact 082 402 8960 or 013 231
was postponed to 13 April 2010. 7231.
On 3 April the Tubatse SAPS arrested a 33-year old man for assault with the purpose to inflict grievous
bodily harm.
The accused stabbed a 41-year old woman with a knife in Praktiseer on 3 April 2010.
The accused appeared in the Praktiseer Magistrate’s Court on 6 April and he was granted bail of R1000-00.
Sheep stolen,
The case was postponed to 27 May 2010.
On 4 April the Tubatse SAPS arrested a 19-year old woman for assault with the purpose to inflict grievous
bodily harm.
one arrested
The accused struck her boyfriend with a bottle after they had an argument. The crime occurred in Praktiseer
on 3 April 2010. Three sheep were stolen from a farm in the Motsepula area.
The accused, Pinky Mphogo appeared, in the Praktiseer Magistrate’s Court on 6 April and was sentenced to The suspects allegedly approached one of the farm workers and
two months imprisonment or a fine of R800-00, wholly suspended for two years. enquired about the farmer and the sale of sheep.
It was already 02:00 on Wednesday 1 April when the men
On 6 April the Police in Tubatse arrested a 25-year old man for assault with the purpose to inflict grievous approached the worker. He refused to go with them to the kraal.
bodily harm. The men then allegedly went and took three sheep from the kraal.
The accused struck a 22-year old man with the bottle on 2 April in Praktiseer. The accused appeared in the The animals are valued at approximately R4 500.
Praktiseer Magistrate’s Court on 7 April 2010. He was granted bail of R1000-00. The case was postponed to A case of stock theft was opened at the Burgersfort SAPS.
21 May 2010. They managed to follow leads and arrested a 27-year old man of
Ga-Mashamothane Zone 5. The other suspect is still at large.
On 3 April the Police in Tubatse arrested a 19-year old man in connection with common robbery. Anyone with information that could assist in this case should
It is alleged that the accused attacked a 36-year old man and robbed him his of his cellphone. please contact 013 231 7231 or 082 402 8960.
The crime occurred in Bothashoek Village on 2 April 2010.
The accused appeared in the Praktiseer Magistrate’s Court on 6 Apri1 2010 and he was granted bail of
R1000-00. The case was postponed to 17 May 2010.
On 6 Apri1 2010 Emmanuel Magabane (31) was sentenced to six months imprisonment or a fine of R2400-
00 for assault with the purpose to inflict grievous bodily harm.
The sentence follows the crime that occurred in Mahlashi village on 31 August 2009. Magabane stabbed his
27-year old wife with a knife after they had an argument. On 2 September 2009 the case was reported to the
Tubatse Police, and they conducted the investigation. Magabane was arrested in October last year.
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Reaching for
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Working as an instrument technician at Tubatse Chrome she
always dreamt of becoming a nail technician.
“I just wanted to be a lady,” says Ms Ntokozo Mgandela, owner
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“The work I used to do was dirty and I always had to wear
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Mr J. Sithole said: “We can stand Ms Lucy Magane said: “No change, we Ms Cindy Topham said: “If everybody had
together. The racial issues is not okay. are still the rainbow nation and we can respect for each other regardless of race,
Ms Penny Mokwena said: “Rome was not We must stand together and discuss our sort our problems out”. then we had a good chance of pulling
build in one day. It will take a long time for differences and we must have respect”. together. Mutual respect = peace and less
change, but one day it will be fine”. crime”.
Mr Oupa Marakalala said: “We are just Mr Khutso Seopela said: “The lack of Mnr. Henny Wessels sê: “Ek glo nie daar Mnr. André Lombaard sê: “Hulle sal nooit
falling apart. Sometimes we can be services from the state will separate the sal nou moeilikheid wees nie. Nie nou al in hulle lewe kan saamstaan nie. Ons is
together, but we need to be standing people. It is disappointing. Where are the nie. Hulle moet Malema ‘n bietjie in die oppad in die afgrond in”.
together forever in peace and prosperity”. funds? Where are the services?” bek ruk”.
Ms Leratho Sekgobela and Ms Kgomtso Mogotlane said: “We don’t think we Me. Colette Hanekom sê: “Ek hoop ons land sal reg kom. Op dié stadium is daar
are falling apart. The World Cup will not bring any change”. rassespanning, maar hopelik kan dit beter raak”. By haar is Ilze, Nico en
Carla Hanekom.
Mr Juan Siems en me. Arlene Grobler sê: “Die rainbow nation is Me. Katryn en me. Hester de Jonge sê: “’n Mens wens hulle wil
in sy m*** in. Die komp sal nooit saamstaan nie. Die Eugene Terre’Blanche nou laat rus. Hy het vrede, ons moet ook
Wêreldbeker gaan nie ‘n verskil maak nie. Dit sal dinge dalk net kry. Volgens almal gaan ons op 1 Mei oorlog hé. Ek is nou al
vererger”. moedeloos. ‘n Mens sou sê dit is die oordeelsdag soos die Ms Thandiwe Khoza said: “I think we are
mense te kere gaan”. in trouble. Now is a bad time for black and
white people to fight, because now it is
the FIFA World Cup and lots of other
SMS your opinion to 073 416 5119 countries will visit us. For us as South
Africans it is not good to fight”.
12 NEWS 9 APRIL 2010
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Dagboek / Diary
Burgersfort United Soccer
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072 471 7545.
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06 April 2010
ERRATUM
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SERVICES
(b). BID NUMBER GTM/12/09/10
(c). OLD CLOSING DATE : 06/04/2010 at 12H00
(d). NEW CLOSING DATE : 07/05/2010 at 12H00
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Municipal Manager
Address:
Corner Kort and Eddie Sedibe Streets, Burgersfort.
PO Box 206, Burgersfort, 1150; Tel: (013) 231 7815
Fax: (013) 231 7467; Website: www.tubatse.co.za
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