ISSUE 119 - FREE
03
MARCH
the good news paper
2017
017 631 1903 / 017 631 1845 • admin@thebulletin.co.za • 1 Kiewiet Street, Secunda (Lake Umuzi)
Tie-less EFF gets the boot Members of the EFF was once again kicked out of the Govan Mbeki Municipality’s council chambers on Tuesday morning. This was the second time the EFF members were forcefully removed from council for not adhering to the dress code. Men are supposed to wear ties when the council is in session as it is befitting an “honourable” councillor. As security personnel scuffed in to land a few kicks and punches, the resisting EFF members retaliated by throwing water at the municipality’s hired muscle. Tables and chairs were wet and laptops and cell phones were also showered. Before the commotion, an hour was used discussing the matter of EFF members not wearing ties. Encee van Huyssteen, DA councillor, said: “The ANC have once again chosen to enforce the standing orders at Govan Mbeki municipal council meetings. “While the standing orders is quite clear regarding the notice times for convening of council meetings and submitting documentation to councillors in preparation for council, the Speaker of the ANC have chosen to ignore this and continue in transgressing of these standing orders. “The EFF were forcefully and violently removed from council due to the
interpretation of standing orders regarding the dress code. “This is while the speaker specifically chose to allow his ANC cadres to transgress the dress code, simultaneously choosing to evict the EFF. “We witnessed on Tuesday, the full extend that the ANC is willing to go to protect their own transgressions. “Security were called to remove EFF members and the security consisted of two people who could not be identified as security, dressed in overalls. “We call on the Speaker to account for this gross misuse of power and to adhere to his own standing orders.” Jana Oosthuizen
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Eskom debt
There is no Plan B says Mayor
Screengrab from video which shows the EFF being removed from the council meeting on Tuesday, 28 February. For the full video go to www.thebulletin.co.za
The executive mayor, Flora MaboaBoltman, admitted on Tuesday (28 February) during a council meeting that Eskom will cut Secunda’s power if the municipality cannot pay them. The municipality owes Eskom R400 million. She said at a previous council meeting that a company called Mzilampi 2 (Pty) Ltd will pay
off Eskom’s debt, but the municipality failed to provide any further information about Mzilampi and the mayor admitted on Tuesday that there is no plan B for the Eskom debt. The mayor said the municipality is still running Project Kodiko where they try to collect money from defaulting consumers in order to pay Eskom.