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31 May 2013
Fear lessl y the tr uth
Trouble BIG
More possible illegal and fraudulent activities are coming to light and it seems like the hammer is about to drop on the Maruleng Municipality.
Derby afskop 13:00 verskeie sportsoorte die stryd aansê. Die hoogtepunt breek steeds aan as die eerste rugbyspanne mekaar pak. Die afskop vir dié wedstryd is 13:00 (en nie 15:00 soos geadverteer is nie). Om voorspellings vir
enige derby te waag, is riskant. Ben Vorster het Helpmekaar in Johannesburg ‘n goeie pak slae gaan gee, en die naweek het Helpmekaar PHS bitter sleg afgestof (55-12). Die gunstelinge is dus die Vossies vir more se derby!
Get ready for winter!
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Die Laeveld geniet ‘n ongelooflike warm herfs. Maar die langtermynvoorspellers sê die koue kom en is net om die draai. Katie Morgets (links), ‘n leerling van die Hoërskool Ben Vorster en model van Limpopo Beauty Modeling Academy, en Emma Tibbs (regs) het vir ons kom wys hulle is gereed vir enige koue aanslag.
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A host of serious allegations — rangproblems facing the municipality, but ing from the witholding of informaindeed also into numerous governing Acts. tion, allowing illegal land occupaOne of the matters that will definitely tion, problems with the allocation of generate concern amongst the ratewater, discrimination against payers of Maruleng is the “outwhites who apply for jobs in the municipality, contravention rageous, immoral, unacceptable Marie Helm and grossly unfair allocation of of the requirements of Supply Chain Management, self enrichment by the financial resources to themselves by the mayor and councillors to strong sugges- councillors”. Maruleng’s mayor earns a whopping R714 tions of fraud and corruption — have now been linked to Hoedspruit’s Maruleng Mu- 162 per annum, the chief whip gets paid R512 819 and the speaker is on R545 125 p.a. nicipality. A total of R1 593 535 per annum is paid A number of documents (we have copies) addressing numerous matters have been to members of the council’s executive comhanded to the municipal manager, and has mittee. The result of these high salaries is also been sent to the Auditor General, the that Maruleng spends R7 586 583 per year National Treasury, the Provincial Treasury to keep their councillors happy. To add insult to injury, the municipal and COGHTA on both national and provincial levels. manager gets paid R1 212 060 per year, the Ms Marie Helm, the acting chairperson CFO is on R917 057, three other directors of the Hoedspruit branch of AfriForum, is earn about R850 000 each per year and the driving the latest attempts to sort out what director of technical services is paid R926 is seen and rated as a huge mess in the 881 per annum. Talk is that there has been gross misapproMaruleng Municipality. Helm has done a sterling job in preparing priation of funds and that there are traces documentation that speaks of a factual and of tender corruption. These matters are now almost academic approach. She has clearly being investigated and the writing is on the done in-depth research into not only the wall: Maruleng is in trouble.