17 May 2013
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“The whole episode didn’t last for longer than 30 seconds” — Mr Ghanshyam Vkani
Ultimatum Dr Theo de Jager, bekende landbouleier, visepresident van AgriSA en boer van Georges Valley, is Dinsdag tot president van SACAU (Southern Africa Commercial Agricultural Union) verkies, tydens SACAU se jaarvergadering in Tanzanië. SACAU verteenwoordig lande suid van die Sahara.
Thousands of pupils in Limpopo are still without textbooks, according to school principals, pupils, parents, media reports, Section 27 politicians and other non-governmental organizations. This has caused Ms Desiree van der Walt, a DA member of the Limpopo Legislature, to demand the resignation of Limpopo’s Education MEC, Mr Dickson Masemola, unless he can “sort out the mess in his department”. The ultimatum states that Masemola must “present a plan to get textbooks to learn-
Education MEC must resign or sort out the mess
ers by today” (Friday 17 May) — or resign. Van der Walt told Bulletin that the comments by Mr Panyaza Lesufi, Limpopo Education Department spokesperson, that “there was nothing he could do about textbook shortages in Limpopo” is not acceptable. “Government officials are paid by the public to know what to do, particularly when we have had a recurring problem
over years, such as the textbook saga in this province. “In fact in a reply to the DA’s parliamentary question in the National Assembly, Minister Angie Motshekga said the procurement of textbooks has always been the competence of the provincial department, notwithstanding Section 100 administration. “It is increasingly clear that the genesis of this problem has been the ineptitude at the provincial department of education,” she said. As the MEC Masemola cannot hide behind national administration, Van der Walt added.
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Maake still on the job There is no truth in rumors that the Mopani District Municipality’s manager, Mr Tim Maake, has been suspended. This assurance came from the MDM’s spokesperson, Mr Neville Shikwambana, yesterday. Maake was arrested and appeared in court more than a month ago. Officers of the SAPS’s commercial branch arrested Maake, allegedly in connection with fraud linked to the Dandoni Dam pipeline. Maake has not been charged yet and charges will probably be put to him when he next appears in court.
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