YOUR AFFORDABLE LOCAL NEWSPAPER
U BEKOSTIGBARE PLAASLIKE KOERANT
* Weddings * Birthday Parties Year end functions * Conferences
FFORDABLE DVERTISING Cnr Kingsway & Van Riebeeck Street, NIGEL - rekord@rekordpaper.co.za
TEL: (011) 814 8614 VOLUME 8 No. 19
Cell: 079 493 0075
FAX: 086 751 7998
Contact Dirkie 082 641 9184 info@goldfieldslodge.co.za or bookings@goldfieldslodge.co.za - www.goldfieldslodge.co.za
Hoffie Hoffeldt will be missed read page 9
16 October 2012
P3 Mrs Mayor prefers Pieter Wessels life in Sandton won’t be re-built Lesedi’s Executive Mayor Cllr. Lerato Moleka, is now boasting with a new address, not in Ratanda or Heidelberg but allegedly in Sandton, one of the most sought after and expensive areas in the country with its splendid mansions and glittering personalities. As rumour has it, the Mayor took refuge from the situation in Ratanda where her home and those of other council members were burnt down or damaged in a fury of riots some months ago, to settle in the relatively safe area of Sandton. Rekord received a letter from a resident of Heidelberg in which he alleged that the Mayor has moved to Sandton. The letter was presented to the Mayor for comments. Her responding letter partly addresses the matter, although she would not divulge where she is now residing. “The Executive Mayor and other Councillors’ houses were burnt down during the riots which ensued in the municipality in March 2012. It is in the best interests of the Executive Mayor, the other Councillors and their families not to divulge where they are staying for now. That will definitely constitute a security breach. Further, Council has not yet made a determination on how all affected Councillors’ properties and security will be enhanced.”
An allegation that the mayor is using her official vehicle for non official matters, like travelling to places such as Qua Qua, extracted the following response: “In terms of the Mayoral Handbook, the Mayor has the discretion to use the municipal vehicle as she deems fit at the expense of the municipality provided it is for a reasonable purpose.” No reference was made to an allegation that her husband uses her car. An accusation in the letter that the Mayor’s car was damaged in an accident and that the matter was not reported to Lesedi, met with a simple reaction which leaves the matter wide open for speculation: “Accidents that result in damage to Council vehicles are reported as per the administrative requirement and the Mayor’s car is no exception in this regard.”
Since fire ravaged the Pieter Wessels Home in Dunnottar a few years ago, there has been much speculation about future plans for rebuilding. Now its official – the former home for the frail and elderly will not be re-built. People lost their lives in the fire and the survivors were sent to various other care centres. People who donated money have been trying to find out what is going to happen regarding the home. Donations were given and some made trust funds. The Rekord has now been successful in obtaining a statement from the Trustees of
the Home. Andre Scholtz, chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the home states, “I have been advised that the activity observed at the Pieter Wessels site is aimed at cleaning up the property and to salvage whatever can be used elsewhere in our structures for the elderly. “Unfortunately it has become evident that the Pieter Wessels Frail Care Centre and Community Centre operated as an uneconomically viable institution and will therefore not be rebuilt. “We are in the process of contacting the donors with the intention of returning donations so generously received.”
www.rekord.org.za
H1901
Read Rekord online @
(Sit in only) Shop No 24 B, The Angelo Mall, Cnr Heidelberg & Station Road, Noycedale, Nigel. email:savvas@nigel.co.za
Tel: 011 814 3311 * 011 739 5553
H1925