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Fear lessl y the tr uth 6 February 2015
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Two MM’s caught in the line of fire Georges Valley is Maandag vir ‘n hele paar uur vir verkeer gesluit, nadat verskeie voertuie in ‘n “groep”-botsing betrokke was. Twee voertuie het van die pad geloop. Die een was ‘n vragmotor met drie mense, wat al drie verkool het, nadat die vragmotor aan die brand geraak het. Selfs ‘n ambulans het in die slag gebly en die omgewing het soos ‘n slagveld gelyk — of soos ‘n toneel uit ‘n rolprent. Op bladsy 11 is nog foto’s wat op die ongelukstoneel geneem is en die ontwrigting uitbeeld.
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Two Municipal Managers in Mopani — the district municipality’s Tim Maake and Tzaneen’s Elias Mankabidi — have been caught in the line of fire in what seems to be a serious effort by the ANC to wipe out corruption, nepotism, the misappropriation of ratepayers’ money, wasteful expenditure and mismanagement. Mankabidi’s contract with the Greater Tzaneen Municipality was cancelled on Monday (it is the new terminology for being fired) and his departure took effect at that very moment. An improper payment of a contractor was the main reason for the action taken against him. It is not clear yet if the GTM will institute further legal action, including criminal charges, against Mankabidi. His appointment as MM was rather controversial, since he left the Greater Letaba Municipality (Modjadjiskloof) under a cloud after a big amount of cash disappeared from the GLM’s safe. He was then redeployed as Chief Financial Officer of the Mopani District Municipality and when Ms Conny Mametja left the GTM, he was promoted to take her place as Municipal Manager. It is common knowledge that Mankabidi had a close relationship with the MDM’s previous Mayor, Mr Joshua Matlou. It was
widely said that Matlou deployed the MM’s of the municipalities in the jurisdiction of the MDM. Maake’s future also looks pretty bleak, although he has been suspended (on Friday last week) and not yet “fired”. It is alleged that at least R210 million of an allocation from central government to the MDM, cannot be accounted for. The MDM finally went broke in January and couldn’t pay wages and salaries. The Limpopo government has since paid money into the MDM’s bank account, in order for the municipality to pay January’s wages and salaries. In the meantime an amount of R400 million, also allocated by the central government, for the MDM’s water portfolio (supply, maintenance etc) seems to be “a problem”. Maake was, like Mankabidi, very close to Matlou and Limpopo’s previous premier, Mr Cassel Mathale. Mathale was not re-appointed as Premier by the President. • The Bulletin is currently still investigating certain “interesting” aspects about Maake and we hope to report on this next week. We do, however, experience serious resistance from officials on all levels to talk about allegations regarding Maake’s situation. Francois Aucamp francois@bulletin.us.com
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