15 November 2013
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Pigs, lights & taxes Questions arose over the waste of electricty at a piggery with no pigs where lights are left on the whole night without apparent purpose. You and I are paying for this waste. We investigate to bring you the facts. A government project of more than R7 million was erected outside Tzaneen several months ago to accommodate a piggery, but there is still not a pig in sight. However, the lights of the extensive buildings are switched on every night for no apparent reason. The Sisimuka Piggery is on Portion 22 Broederstroomdrift, approximately fifteen kilometers from Tzaneen. It belongs to Ms Angela Ndala, who also farms with organic fresh produce. The project was developed and supported by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture earlier this year. Ndala
said she is still preparing for the piggery. The reason why the lights are burning each night is to prevent burglaries, as valuable property is being kept in the buildings. According to Ndlala thieves struck more than once before and she had huge losses. “When the lights are on, my caretakers can see if there is any suspect movement inside the buildings.” She stays in Tzaneen, but plans to sell her house and move to the farm permanently, once the pig farming gets started. She couldn’t say when, though.
Crimen injuria teen senior polisieman
‘n Sakevrou van Letaba Junction het ‘n klag van crimen injuria teen die bevelvoerder van die polisie in Letsitele gelê, nadat hy haar na bewering voor ander lede van die polisie op die dorp beledig het. Me Michele du Toit van Party Matters sê sy het Woensdag op die terrein van die Laerskool Dr Annecke groot geskrik toe ‘n polisiebeampte haar byna omgery het. Sy het hom agterna gesit tot by die polisiekantoor en hom oor die voorval gekonfronteer. “Hy het egter beledigende taal gebruik en wou nie sy naam ver-
Inwoners van Tzaneen is erg bekommerd oor die toenemende gevaar op en langs die R71 deur Tzaneen (en besoekers sal dit ook as gevaarlik en selfs verwarrend ervaar). Die nuwe veranderde in-/uitgang vir die Sasol soebat vir ekstra versigtigheid, want daar is nou meer verkeer- en glybane én verkeersmerke op die pad.
strek nie. Hy het ook nie ‘n naamplaatjie gedra nie. Toe ek ‘n klag teen hom wou lê, het hy my voor ander polisiebeamptes weer beledigend toegesnou.” Dis toe dat sy vasgestel het wie hy is. By navraag het die kommunikasiebeampte van die polisie in Letsitele ontken dat daar ‘n klagte teen sy hoof ingedien is, en ook geweier om sy hoof se naam te verstrek — maar sy senior, lt-kol Moatshe Ngoepe het dit bevestig. Die voorval sal glo eers na die direkteur van openbare vervolging verwys word, vir oorweging.
Rural areas: FREE • Platteland: GRATIS
Fear lessl y the tr uth
Water crisis imminent Greater Tzaneen Municipality’s dream of turning Tzaneen into a second city in Limpopo by the year 2030 seems to be little more than a dream — which is fast becoming a nightmare. Tzaneen is facing yet another moratorium on growth, since the water purification plants and sewerage systems in Tzaneen’s CBD, NkowaNkowa ánd Lenyenye are running at full capacity and no further growth can be allowed. The Bulletin has been warning about the looming crisis for at least five years. In the past twenty years nothing has been done to upgrade the systems and logic told us that the town couldn’t keep on growing while nothing is being done about the plants’ and systems’ expansion and maintenance. According to a source within the GTM, the sewerage systems in town, Lenyenye and NkowaNkowa are also getting old and unable to cope with the high demand, and therefore needs to be upgraded. The source also said during a special council meeting held recently it was decided that the three water purification plants and sewerage systems need to be expanded. How it will be financed remains to be seen, since it will cost many millions to rectify the problem. There is no money in the GTM’s budget for this to be done, especially after this year’s exorbitant salary increases. GTM mayor Dikeledi Mmetle and Mopani District mayor Joshua Matlou previously indicated that they would like to see Tzaneen becoming the second city in Limpopo in the year 2030. Meanwhile businesses operating in Tzaneen are concerned that another moratorium would result in the town experiencing yet another growth setback. They also warned that new investors will be reluctant to come to Tzaneen. GTM spokesperson Neville Ndlala said the possibility of imposing a moratorium has not been finalized and has been referred back to the council for a final decision. — Francois Aucamp &Michael Sakuneka