Fear lessl y the tr uth 18 November 2011
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Huge investment to be a
MAJOR BOOST for Tzaneen &
The latest excellent news for Tzaneen comes at a time when the town almost desperately needs growth and investment — and job opportunities. A major boost for Tzaneen’s economy is on the cards, with But the Greater Tzaneen Municipality will have to act poultry giant Rainbow Chickens opting to take over Bush swiftly to ensure that the electricity problems wouldn’t Valley Chickens and erecting a facility, including an abattoir, jeapardise the development in any way. A lot of electricity is to slaughter one million chickens a week! needed by Rainbow — the equivalent of the consumption by Negotiations are already in an advanced stage and confir- all the residents and businesses in Modjadjiksloof ! mation of the transaction was given this week by the office of The GTM’s municipal manager, Ms Constance Mametja, Mr Warren Farrer, communications officer of holding com- was surprised by the fact that the Bulletin had knowledge of pany Rainbow Chicken Limited in Durban’s Westville. the development, but did not shy away from talking to us. She No further details were available on the extent of the planned confirmed that an extensive presentation has been prepared development, but more information will be supplied by Far- for the council; and has already been looked at by the exco. rer’s office within the coming weeks. She confirmed that about R24 million is R2 million income from needed in the short term to erect a new 66 The JSE listed group is the biggest supplier of poultry in the country with an line. She also confirmed that accordconsumption per month KV output of four million chickens per week. ing to their calculations the consumption It consists of three different companies, by the new facility would generate about to go to GTM namely Rainbow Farms, Rainbow ChickR2 million income per month. en Foods and Vector Logistics, making it a vertically inteThe GTM’s director of electrical engineering services, Mr grated chicken producer. Pierre van den Heever, confirmed that Bushvalley at presIt is part of the Remgro Group’s industrial investments ent need 1,5 MVA and that it would need to be upped to 4,5 (73%) with a market capitalisation of more than R5,4 billion. MVA in the short term and to 7,5 MVA by 2013. Rainbow was founded by the late Mr Stanley Methven in a Van der Heever says the Tarentaalrand area is a bit of a problem small shop at Hammarsdale outside Durban in 1960. It grew area as far as supply is concerned and this development could steadily and the first processing plant was established in 1963. guarantee a new lease of life for the bigger Tarentaalrand area. In 1989 the company was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Local chicken farmers, especially emergent farmers, could Exchange. This week the share price climbed with three per- also benefit from Rainbow’s development. cent from R1 500 to R1 545. • Bulletin was first to break the news that Sapekoe was to be This is the first big industrial investment for Tzaneen since closed down, the first to announce numerous new developments the electricity problems that necessitated the introduction of (like the new Lifestyle Centre), over almost three years exposed the a moratorium a few years ago. During this time Tzaneen lost Adams Farm catastrophe etc, etc. Now we exclusively bring the a number of opportunities to grow the economy to Polok- news of the first major industrial development in the area in a long wane. In fact, it is said that Tzaneen could have lost a couple time. We will continue to bring you the news that really matters. of billion rand’s worth of development. Watch us for further news about Rainbow’s development.
Francois Aucamp
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Louis Roux
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New Police chief for Lim
The Department of Safety, Security and Liaison in Limpopo has welcomed the new provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Thabethe Simon Mpembe. He succeeds Lt-Gen Amon Mashigo. During his short spell in Limpopo, Mashigo managed to maintain the status of Limpopo as the province of least crime. Mpembe was appointment in 1978 as a constable in his native Free State province. He rose through the ranks until he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 2000. In 2009 he was appointed Gauteng deputy provincial commissioner responsible for policing, a position he held until his appointed as commissioner for Limpopo. On Tuesday MEC Phadagi met with Mpembe, to discuss the general crime trends and challenges in the province and how these can be brought under control.