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Protesters’ strange culture of causing damage to property was again demonstrated in Tzaneen this week, when municipal workers (of the GTM) went on strike for better pay and fringe benefits. They blockaded Agatha Street for most of Monday and part of Tuesday, emptied garbage bins in the streets and burned tyres on the doorstep of the GTM’s offices — disrupting trafic and preventing residents from going about their business.
Tranquility returned to Tzaneen yesterday following a three-day strike by the SA Municipal Workers Union which vowed to not back down until salary disparity issues within the GTM were addressed. Yesterday the parties agreed to suspend the industrial action and to form a task team to address the relevant issues. • See page 3
Moratorium A de facto moratorium on water connections in Tzaneen is being applied and only a miracle of some sort could prevent it from becoming a de juris reality quite soon. Only some four years after Tzaneen had suffered a prolonged moratorium on new electricity connections — which caused huge damage to Tzaneen’s growth and economy — the town finds itself in yet another cul-de-sac. Insufficient and neglected infrastructure, especially “worn out” water pipes, has been identified by informed and knowledgeable people as the root of the problem. We have been told that the town’s water supply infrastructure is in fact in such a poor state that new water connections cannot be made in fear of creating a chain of pipe bursts. The latest problem, representing a repeated cul-de-sac for Tzaneen, will most certainly
hamper property development in the town. In fact, a number of building contractors and developers have confirmed with us that the situation has already caused projects to be put on ice. One such project is the second phase of the Tzaneen Lifestyle Centre. We were unable to contact the developers (Resilient Properties) before our deadline to ask them about the situation, but we have learned from a reliable source that the water crisis features prominently in the current delay in the expansion of the shopping centre. The GTM spokesman, Mr Neville Ndlala, confirmed yesterday that “the municipal report on the moratorium will be laid before council soon”. Developers in Tzaneen are up in arms and angered by the lack of foresight by the GTM,
Gravelotte word weer leeg gedra, soos altyd dié tyd van die jaar p3
— again! • And this time it’s water...
who hardly survived a moratorium on new growth four years earlier. The loss of income for the GTM and economical setback for that period is still not been established. The Bulletin has repeatedly warned over the past five years (in many investigating reports) that electricity, water and sewage would become critical issues if renewal and upgrading was not considered a matter of urgency and priority. Our information is that the town has enough water to service its consumers, but the pipe infrastructure has become inadequate for the demand. Increased pressure on the water delivery system will bring along numerous pipe bursts and delays which could cause water shortages in many areas. — Louis Roux
• Hopefully (but probably not likely) it will dawn upon the GTM’s well-paid councillors that you cannot allow growth without providing for the additional load on the infrastructure — and they should take cognisance of the fact that all infrastructure need to be maintained. The next problem to hit Tzaneen, will most probably be the sewerage system. — Editor
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Why women get angry p6 Smerige einde van ‘n blink era vir pryswenner-stasie p7
Mnr Pieter den Hartigh, mede-eienaar van Springbok Droogskoonmakers in Tzaneen, en sy stoker, mnr Kaifas Mawasha, staan by die nuwe stoomketel wat lugbesoedeling sal uitskakel. Lees volledige berig op bladsy 8.