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3 May 2013
Toetsvaart eis byna twee lewens ‘n Toetsvaart in ‘n splinternuwe snelboot het Sondagmiddag so byna noodlottig vir twee inwoners van Levubu geëindig. Boothengelaars van naby en ver het die naweek na die Nandonidam opgeruk, vir die Tribal Boats Bass Classic-toernooi ten bate van die NG Kerk Levubu. Onder
hulle was die 38-jarige Karel Pretorius en 28-jarige Willie Knoetze. Na afloop van die kompetisie het Tribal Boats, wat ‘n groot Bass Extreme-bootromp op ‘n enkelas-sleepwa as hoofprys geborg het, boothengelaars genooi om een van hul promosie-bote te toets. Willie en Karel het ook die geleentheid benut. • Lees op bladsy 3 verder oor die drama.
The end is nigh Day of reckoning can’t be delayed any longer
Not one of the 303 disciplinary cases of corruption against Limpopo government officials that had been referred to the Department of Public Administration by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in the past year has been finalised The DA has now formally requested Limpopo’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) to probe the delay in disciplinary cases of provincial government officials involved in 303 cases of corruption. It emerged during the sitting of the National Council of Provinces last week that disciplinary actions against certain high level officials in the provincial administration have stalled for over tweleve months.
Die DA’s member of the Legislative, Ms Desiree van der Walt, has earlier this week written to the chairperson of Scopa, Mr Derick Ngobeni, to ask him to urgently summons Limpopo’s DirectorGeneral, Ms Rachel MolepoModipa, to explain before this committee why disciplinary steps against certain officials have taken so long to finalise. “The root cause of this delay is the acrimonious relationship between the Office of the Premier on the one hand, and the Public Service and Administration and the National Intervention Team on the other hand. “Initially, when this matter emerged in the media, there was a complete
denial from the Office of the Premier about these investigations. If there is a basis for any investigation into corruption, that process must be allowed to take its full course. “Anyone who is hindering that process is complicit in the alleged corruption itself and must also be probed,” said Van der Walt.
Some of these cases include:
• the eleven months suspension of the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Health • the Gateway Airports Authority Limited’s Chief Executive Officer who has been on suspension for thirteen months and with no signs at all of finalising the matter.
Die studentedekaan van die Noordwes Universiteit, prof Rikus Fick, het die trofeë vir die Vossies se prestasies in die PUK-reeks persoonlik aan die Hoërskool Ben Vorster kom oorhandig. Die Algehele Wennerstrofee is in ontvangs geneem deur die hoofleiers, Marelize Taute en Rikus Visser. Vossie-rugby én Vossie-netbal was die reekswenners. Hier is Prof Fick, hoofseun Rikus, hoofmeisie Marelize en mnr Chris Denysschen, die Vossies se skoolhoof.
Ramodike wins national teacher’s award
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