18 Januarie 2013
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Samwu warns the MDM
Rural areas: FREE • Platteland: GRATIS
Fear lessl y the tr uth
Welcomes arrest of former Water Services Manager
The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) audit so that we conclude the suspicions around the in Limpopo welcomes the arrest of the former Water issue of under qualified managers and non-qualified Services Manager of the Mopani District Municipality middle managers. We remain committed to work with (MDM), who presented fraudulent qualificaGovernment in exposing corruption and hope that the Nandoni Dam project will also tions, so that she could secure a R2,5 million Fraudulent job with the MDM. investigated. qualifications be“We Samwu’s provincial secretary, Mr Simon hope that the Hawks will also move Mathe, says the union “would like to com- to secure R2,5m with speed in carrying out arrests in other mend the Hawks for a job well done in ensuMunicipalities which we have identified. We position nevertheless want to reiterate our satisfacring that corruption is rooted out of the local government sector”. tion with the Hawks and believe that the law will take its He added: “But we expect the Hawks to widen its net course”, Mathe said. because in the Mopani District Municipality there are In the mean time, thirty year old Itumeleng Letwaba, many questionable happenings. The former Water Ser- who was arrested by the Hawks in Pretoria, appeared in vices Manager is not the only one with dubious qualifi- the Tzaneen Magistrates Court and was released on bail cations. of R50 000. “We want the Municipality to institute a qualification • Read more about her court appearance on page 4.
Die groot reën kóm nog Terwyl die Mopani-distrik reeds op plekke 305 mm reën gehad het en die wêreld sopnat is, is die groot reën nog aan die kom. So waarsku mnr Sakkie Nigrini, bes moontlik SuidAfrika se bekendste onafhanklike weerkenner en -voorspeller. Hy het gister aan die Bulletin gesê ons kan maar voorberei op groot reën teen die laatste Sondag. “Tref voorbereiding terwyl die weer effens opgeklaar het,” sê hy. Boere moet hul pomptoerusting liefs skuif en gou vir swamme spuit, sê hy.
Me Marie Pheiffer van Aquapark, Tzaneen, meet al 21 jaar lank reënval getrou en hou fyn rekord. Sy het sedert Maandagaand 192 mm gemeet. Dit is byna die helfte van Januarie 2011 se 390 mm. Sedert die begin van die reënseisoen (September) tot einde Desember het sy al 559 mm gemeet, net minder as die helfte van die gemiddelde jaarlikse 1 300 mm. Ander statistiek is: Mnr James Turner van Hae-
nertsburg 180 mm; mnr Claudio Draghi, ‘n swartbessieboer naby Magoebaskloof Hotel, 305 mm tot Woensdagoggend; by Trichardtsdal het mnr André Lategan tussen Maandag- en Woensdagoggend 79 mm gemeet; mnr André Venter sê tussen 180 mm en 260 mm is op plase in Agatha aangeteken; mnr Hendrik Nel van Bosveld Sitrus het tussen ses meetpunte op hul plase tussen 110 mm en 136 mm gemeet. In Letsitele en by die kantore van Bosveldsitrus is tussen 85 mm en 90 mm gemeet.
• Hiernaas is ook ‘n waarskuwing van Mopani se Rampbestuur wat lesers se ernstige aandag verdien.
Riviere loop sterk, die invloei in die Tzaneendam is baie goed, die wêreld is papnat en nog is dit het einde niet. Trouens, daar is steeds gevaar van ‘n vloedtoestand van Sondag af. Lees (onder) wat sê Tzaneen se eie weerstatistikus, asook een van die land se grootste weerkenners. Die foto van die Madipa-rivier by Politsi is Woensdagmiddag geneem, waar die Merenskydam baie sterk oorgeloop het.
CAUTION
The Mopani District Municipality’s Disaster Management Center
The MDMDMC would like to caution communities about the looming possibilities of heavy rains in the district. The dangers of flash flooding should be kept in mind since the MDM has already received relatively high rainfall this week and rivers are already running high.
Be alert for the following: To be extremely careful and observant when • • • •
REMEMBER
• keep children away from flooded areas crossing low water bridges • stay indoors during thunderstorms or seek shelter travelling at night when in the open it is raining; adhere to traffic rules you want to cross a river ,ensure the level of water • farmers should monitor rising river levels and ensure that irrigation pumps are taken out of rivers, to is not rising prevent flood damages. DO NOT !
• cross any river which is in flood • eat food which has been in contact with floodwater as it may be contaminated
Report all incidents to the Mopani District Municipality’s Communication Centre on 015 306 7000 or 015 307 5555