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‘ I want my R36 mil’
22 November 2013
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Summons against the Greater Tzaneen Municipality for an amount of R36 746 937,04 has been issued and the case will be heard in the South Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) on a date to be confirmed. The plaintiff is Phadima Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd of Mr Rale (Ralebala Matome) Mampuele who would have developed the Aqua Park Security Estate (Avis Park Ext 53) next to Voortrekker Road on the way to the Tzaneen Dam. The claim is a result of the GTM having cancelled the deed of sale at a stage when Phadima had already done a lot of work to put in services (roads, electricity, storm
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water, sewerage etc). Mampuele is reluctant to say much about the case, but according to documents that Bulletin has seen, certain details of this transaction will almost certainly end up with the Hawks and/or the public protector, Adv Thuli Madonsela. The names of two previous municipal managers, Mr Mabakane Mangena and Ms Conny Mametja, feature prominently in the documents. Meanwhile, the GTM tried to stop Saturday’s auction of the land. They asked the High Court on Friday last week in an urgent application for an interdict to stop Saturday’s auction,
which Phadima had arranged. However, Judge Tuchsten ruled against the GTM. The auction went ahead, but only in the sense that an offer was made by a prospective buyer and this is now being considered by Phadima and other role players. In the documents that the Bulletin have seen, words like misrepresentation, fraud, deception and dishonesty are used and this case could become a nightmare for the GTM. The GTM’s legal costs are substantial and growing at an alarming rate. It is being said that the legal costs are already exorbitant and that a proper investigation of the
Plaasaanval: Gewond, maar lewendig Die vinnige optrede van ‘n sekuriteitskenner het waarskynlik ‘n boer van Constantia, mnr Gustav van Veijeren, se lewe gered nadat hy Dinsdagaand tydens ‘n plaasaanval deur drie rowers oorval en ernstig in die onderlyf gewond is. Mnr Corrie Large, AgriLetaba se lid vir veiligheid, woon daar naby en was vinnig op die toneel om met Van Veijeren en sy vrou, Sarie, na die Tzaneen Mediclinic te jaag. Die Van Veijerens het omstreeks 19:30 die aand van hul kerk se wyksbyeenkoms by die Eiland teruggekeer toe hulle in hul motorhuis oorval is. Sy vrou, Sarie, het uitgeklim om ‘n lig aan te skakel toe sy iemand agter die voertuig gewaar het. Sy het haar man gewaarsku en toe hy uitklim, het die die skote begin klap. Van Veijeren is deur die eerste skoot in die onderlyf getref, maar hy het teruggeskiet en een van die aanvallers gewond, waarna
hulle te voet op die vlug geslaan het. Nege patroondoppies is op die toneel gevind, waarvan vier uit van Veijeren se vuurwapen was. Sy vrou is nie in die voorval beseer nie en het na binne gehardloop om Large te bel. Large was vinnig op die toneel en het met die Van Veijerens na Tzaneen gejaag, waar noodbehandeling dadelik op hom toegepas kon word. Ander bure by Constantia en die polisie was ook vinnig op die toneel en ‘n bloedspoor van die gewonde rower is gevolg, maar die rowers het waarskynlik in ‘n stadium hul voete bedek om hul voetspore uit te wis. Later die nag, omstreeks 03:00, was daar nog ‘n skietvoorval in ‘n swart woongebied naby Van Veijeren se plaas. Dit word vermoed dat dieselfde bende by dié aanval betrokke kon wees. Enigiemand wat weet van ‘n persoon wat vir ‘n skietwond behandeling soek, word versoek om met die naaste polisiekantoor in verbinding te tree. Van Veijeren, wat nog in Mediclinic aansterk, het gesê die gewonde rower sal beslis in ‘n hospitaal behandel moet word.
Verlede week het die Bulletin motoriste gewaarsku om bedag te wees op die groot veranderings op die R71 by die Sasol-vulstasie se nuwe in-/uitgang. Sommige motoriste jaag soos besetenes as hulle die dorp inry/uitry, rylopers staan die wêreld vol en voertuie stop lukraak op die ryvlak om rylopers op te laai. Maandagaand het reeds die tweede ongeluk (foto links) daar gebeur.
municipality’s legal accounts has become a matter of urgency.
Public Protector must probe GTM The DA will request the Public Protector to probe the action of the Municipal Manager of Greater Tzaneen Municipality for allegedly paying a contractor approximately R5,9 million for a road that was never completed, despite recommendations of senior officials that payment not be authorized due to non- compliance. Information received by the DA also shows that a further R9,5 million was paid to SARS on behalf of the contactor, also authorized by the MM. “We believe that this deviation from the MFMA and procurement regulations is a case for serious financial mismanagement,” the DA states in a statement. Meantime the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Mopani announced that they are unhappy with the lack of administrative skills of the Mopani District Municipality’s manager, Mr Tim Maake. They stated that Maake failed to claim money from a grant and added that the MDM’s affairs have deteriorated. According to Samwu Provincial Spokesperson Simon Mathye, they had on numerous occasions tried to have Maake removed as manager, as his administration style is leading the MDM to a state of collapse. Mathye said the MDM should be placed under administration. “We discovered that Maake failed to claim certain grants, but processed only one claim of R11 million which he allegedly paid to one service provider, Selby Construction,” he said. MDM spokesperson Neil Shikwambana denied reports about Selby and acDit gaan al heelwat cused Bulletin of bebeter met dr Shani van ing against Maake den Heever, nadat sy for continuously reredelik ernstig beseer porting negatively is in ‘n fietsongeluk. against him. Lees verder op bl 3