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12 February 2015 Year 5 Issue 3 Next Edition: 26 February 2015
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Brits CBD “Shack Town”
If it was for the promises of the
municipality we all would have
golden taps and running water in
our homes.
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s far as I know, the Local Municipality of Madibeng last year (2014)
announced, if my memory serves me
correctly a R15 million budget for renovating all the taxi ranks in town. The
municipality is promising always and
they are failing to provide enough toilets
for the public at Beherens taxi rank.
They are eating
into our money
that should be
used for service
delivery, if we let
them continue
like this they will
bring our municipality into
a shack zone.
They do not
have any strategic way of doing
things. The only
new business in
Brits are prostitution, drug
selling, gambling and drinking Saloons.
In the distance we see the election coming and the DA have not brought any
heavy weights to the table. Leon Basson
is gone and they replaced him with
his daughter, a move we do not find
convincing. Our municipality is heading
flat out to economic disaster. The situation has worsened since last elections
with the municipality not being able
to provide water and sanitation to the
people. The municipality wants us to
turn a blind eye to all the things that are
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residents of Brits. Is the municipality
proper structures to house the hawkaware that there are shack businesses
ers and get them to pay rent and taxes
surrounding the Beherens taxi rank
and thus help to make Brits better for
which need a serious attention? Are
everyone? By so doing, the municipalthose people owning the shacks paying
ity will prevent criminals from taking
their municipal services? Why don’t the advantage of the situation.
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all the shacks surrounding the area?
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Strong action from the community
Referring to the article dated 29
February 2015. titled: (Another)
Prostitution and drug hot spot in
Brits.’ The courageous action of
the business owners at Cnr. De
Witts and Reits Streets who took
the matter into their own hands
to rid the area of the drug dealing
and prostitution problem.
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We are so thankful for all these people
with their collaboration with Madibeng
Times. As far as Madibeng Times is concerned, none of the businesses inside the
building shown on the photo are associated with any of the allegations placed
hey have cut the trees down,
cleaned the streets, erected the
barriers and have employed people
patrolling the area during the day and at
night and driving the drug dealers and
prostitutes away from their premises.
e are thankful to the prompt
action of Mr. Langsaad with his
visionary organizational skills. He has
the community of the local business
owners to stand together against drugs
and prostitution, its cooperation with
Mr. Vennon and Ice and the gathering
is intent on seeing the area restored to
normality.
on the Madibeng Times Year 5 Issue 2
29th January 2015, ‘((Another) Prostitution and drug hot spot in Brits.’
In a nutshell, the respectable business
owned by Mr. Rabelani ‘Vennon’ Ramakulukusha called Vennon’s Cafe
situated on the same building opposes
the drug dealing and the prostitution
that might be taking place on the streets
next to the building and this is a great
example of good business practices and
exemplary business administration.
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this boy
Police in Hartbeespoortdam are
appealing to the members of the
community to help them to find
the young boy shown on the picture.
the family can
bring this
young
boy to
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members of the public to inform them
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about the whereabouts of the young
an urgent matter. Anyone with informaboy. It is also acceptable if anyone from tion about this young boy may promptly
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Another success by the
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This came after the
Madibeng Times
report about the Brits
recreational parks
unattended and posing
as danger to the public. Few days after the
publication, a group
of people were tasked
by the municipality to
clean up those recreational parks.
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Please keep on sending those comments to malatsi@madibengtimes.co.za or sms to David Malatsi –
078 140 7478. Together we can build our own community.
Brits – My concern Malatsi is that why Brits police let prostitutes sell their bodies next to Sasol Garage
via Slagpan road taking no action. They disturb the public. # Worried (B).
Oukasie – Mr. Malasi I am one of the artists who got harsh words from one of the caretakers at the
community hall. She said to me, some people claim to be actresses but she never saw them on
Generations (television programme), those words really broke my heart and my oomph.
What really gets me is that the woman is a born again Christian a true churchgoer at one of the biggest
churches in Oukasie. But she was very rude and uncalled for. I wish God will heal her and soften her
heart because this hall is not her property. # Very important artist.
Oukasie – Dee, why holding up to something that does not belong to you, I mean your job is to clean
and make sure that the broken and dysfunctional things in the hall are fixed not to control things that
are beyond your capacity.
I would say maybe someone is looking for a promotion or a decent salary, if not, let the youth use the
hall and stop being a drama queen. Or maybe if we as the youth can regroup and charge to the hall and
demand some more answers she will answer? # Oukasie artist.
Oukasie – We might take the issue of the community hall very light, but this issue is the reason we
have so many unemployed youth in the area. Some youth are trying their luck through sports and is
working, we have talented players like Katlego Mphela who is born and bred here in Oukasie.
But we do not have any artist that we can be proud of. What we have is a big building that is
obstracting us from the sun that needs to be taken down so that those people can be sent to other posts
not near us as the youth in Oukasie.
Please Jack Sefudi I know you are not part of this, try and talk to the woman to stop harassing us and
allow us to help you create jobs in the community through art and craft. We don't have a problem to go
to the white building to book for utilizing of the community hall but we have a problem of being in the
same building with that woman, you know her. # MM.
Mmakau – Hi I am a resident of Mmakau in a section called Niniva, we have been without water for
almost five weeks now. No one is telling us what the problem is. Our councillor ( ) is always making
some jokes everyday. # Please Help.
Letlhabile – David I am responding to a comment about a tavern in Letlhabile block B. The fact is
that the oldman still owns the place, the tenant pays services, and they don't allow underage patrons. #
unknown.
Majakaneng – Monna Malatsi, I think ward councillors should start working towards making sure that
service delivery is done in their wards, recently we had two communities (Majakaneng & Bapong)
protesting for service delivery.
Who is the other community in Madibeng to follow on a strike? Others are talking about xenophobia, if
it happens, what will happen to those innocent people and why is the councillors not stopping it from
happening?
I think many of them will be relocated in the suburbs for their safety for time being as they used to do
while us animals fight each other in the community. # comment.
Majakaneng & Bapong – David, Madibeng ward councillors are useless, they are the reasons for this
strikes, they enjoy us fighting, they cannot do their job properly and that is why we cannot prosper and
protest.
I wish we were ruled by chiefs not politicians and there were no councillors, mayors, and all these
useless leaders. Now the police are shooting the communities at Bapong and Majakaneng, for what?
Service delivery of course!
Who is to be blamed, the councillors at Madibeng or the communities? I would blame the councillors
for not providing what is needed by the communities and when things turn ugly, they stop the police
12 February 2015
Majakaneng protest ‘famous last words’
Different faces of leaders and the
same words to the residents, this
is another robbery on the people
of Majakaneng. Promises, promises and promises.
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ajakaneng residents have once
again took to the streets on the
2nd of February 2015, barricaded
the N4 road between Rustenburg and
Pretoria, protesting about lack of water.
This comes in the wake of violent
demonstrations by the residents who
could not accept any more lies. This
also comes as a sequel to 2014 uprisings were residents from the same area
complained and protested against lack
of water. The Majakaneng violent protests which saw residents burning three
trucks and light motor vehicles had to
be addressed and dealt with amicably.
The Madibeng Local Municipality
through the Marketing and Communication Lebogang Tsogang said, “The
Majakaneng water challenge is no
exception as it has been receiving attention since last year when the municipality in conjunction with the IFM mine
put in place interim measures by drilling
and equipping 5 boreholes to supply
the Majakaneng reservoir.” She further
said, “The reservoir was not receiving
adequate supply from the Brits Purification Plant. The long term solution to
the problem will be addressed by the
current ongoing refurbishment of the
Brits Water Purification Plant from the
capacity of 60 to 80 megalitres.”
“The boreholes system is fully functional however, water cannot be released to
the communities due to damaged infrastructure and a program to repair leakages, replace damaged meters, install
new meters is to be implemented.”
“Regrettably a contractor was chased
away by community members on
Monday while on site to start with the
repairs. As and when access is gained
to enter Majakaneng the works are to
continue in repairing and refurbishing
the infrastructure and completion will
be determined after exposing the underground infrastructure given its conditions.” “Furthermore the North West
Provincial Government through the
Premier’s Office has made commitment
to assist the Municipality by appointing
Sedibeng Water to address all the water
challenges the municipality is facing.”
“At this stage, we are establishing contacts with Sedibeng Water to outline
the program of action for Majakaneng
and all other affected areas and hope to
commence as soon as when the situation
normalizes and access can be gained.”
“The National Department of Water
and Sanitation has also pledged to assist
the municipality in any kind to resolve
the water supply issue.” the statement
submitted by the Marketing and Communication Lebogang Tsogang.
Now I am not trying to be difficult
here, let us all be realistic. Those poor
residents have been hearing same old
words from different leaders. Former
Premier Modise visited the area last
year during the protest and promised
residents water. Former Madibeng
Mayor Mangoathe also did the same
and went there during the Imbizo and
told those residents that they will receive
water, but the area is still dry. Now the
new leadership, comprised of the NW
Premier Mahumapelo and Madibeng
Mayor Mothibe trying to be heroes by
their famous last words.
I could be one of the residents who
would like to understand just when has
the municipality noticed that those infrastructure need repairing, I mean, was
it before the protest or after the protest?
Besides, how can you repair things that
were not used in the first place. In this
regard, councillors such as Nkhoma and
others are to be blamed for this unpleasant behaviour by residents. Premier
Mahumapelo in his statement issued a
stern warning to Ward Councillors who
continue to avoid holding meetings with
communities, saying it is such intolerable acts that exacerbate the state of
affairs as communities remain uninformed of government’s programme of
action. What I like about the ANC is
that, they know “what is the problem”
and “where is the problem”, but the
people who are working for the ANC
do not know how to solve the problem
‘finish and klaar’. Do you think that
such councillors should still occupy
seats in government after when people
are angry and destroying properties for
what should have been done long time
ago? NO! Do you think Majakaneng
residents know about the government’s
programme of action Mahumapelo is
talking about? Residents have since the
The five boreholes were installed long
time ago to supply the Majakaneng reservoir. The Municipality indicates that
the reservoir was not receiving adequate
supply from the Brits purification plant,
that is true. Now the statement above
says the boreholes system is fully functional and water cannot be released to
the community as a result of damaged
infrastructure and that a program to
repair leakage, replace damaged meters,
install new meters is to be implemented.
Woman hit by a train in
Brits CBD
Police in Brits are currently
investigating case of Inquest
(181/01/2015) of a 35 year old
man who was found dead at the
farm (workplace) in his room.
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his incident took place at
Mamogalieskraal near Brits on
04/01/2015. The deceased’s co-worker
alleged that on the day of the incident
he went to the deceased’s room to check
on him as he used to do and on his arrival at the door of the deceased’s room
he alleged that he knocked and called
the deceased by his name several times
without any response, the co-worker
then further alleged that he attempted
to open the door and successfully managed to gain entry into the room but
unfortunately he found the co-worker
dead.
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“After the accident, the train did not
stop to do the inspections, it went on
with its trip. My message to those people and motorists who use the railway
for crossing on daily basis is that they
must be very cautious when crossing
the railway.” “Trains are very much
dangerous; what happened today is a
wake up call to us that everytime when
crossing make sure you look in all direc-
I would say perhaps, the municipality
through ward councillor (ward 7 Clr
Nkhoma) waited for the damages to
happen before they can act. Or maybe
someone from Madibeng municipality
is feeding Premier Mahumapelo with
wrong information about the situation
in Majakaneng. Let the chasing of a
contractor on Monday not be used as
an excuse. The municipality said on
Monday (the date for the marching) a
contractor appointed by council was
denied entry by residents when trying to
enter to fix the broken pipes. Obviously
that was the date set for the marching
by the community not for services. This
is another wake up call to the municipality by residents that the municipality
must act before they act. Let this not
be the talk of the moment and a water
under the bridge.
Let the involvement of Sedibeng Water
and the National Department of Water
and Sanitation be fruitful so that the
vulnerable people can have what belongs to them .
The body of 35 year old
dead man exhumed
It was on the 2nd of February
2015 at around 8 am when a
woman who was with her friend
tried to cross a railway line in
Brits opposite the Brits Bottle
store was hit by a train and died
on the scene.
ccording to eye witnesses, both
women were trying to cross the
railway line wearing the ear phones allegedly listening to music when a train
approaching from Thabazimbi direction
came and hit one of those women. The
train, in an effort to warn those attempting to cross the railway line, sounded a
siren but the victim failed to heed the
warning and was unfortunately killed.
The other woman managed to escape.
installation of the boreholes been without water, so how come can the unused
pipes leak and meters be broken?
The body loaded on the stretcher.
tions for oncoming trains to avoid such
accidents.” said the eye witness. The
police and the ambulance were called
to the scene but it was too late to rescue
the victim. The woman who survived
the accident told the Madibeng Times
that she does not know who the victim
was and that they only met on the road.
As traumatized as she was, she did not
speak much with the media and left immediately before the corpse was taken
to the morgue by the Brits forensic pathologist. The Brits Police W/O Mpeile
Talane never responded on the issue.
Thereafter, the co-worker alleged that
the matter was reported to the deceased ‘s employer who came to the
deceased’s room to check if what the
co-worker was alleging was truly valid.
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Shockingly three days after the death
of the deceased, it was alleged that the
deceased was buried near the farm (his
workplace). On Tuesday 13/01/2015
police (Victim Identification Centre)
was engaged to the scene to exhume
the body of the deceased from where
it was illegally buried. The body of the
deceased was then taken to Brits Government Mortuary for post-mortem (investigation on the cause of the death).
However, police will conduct a thorough investigation to detect anyone
involved in this matter, therefore harsh
legal steps shall be taken against that
person especially since the body of the
deceased is buried without the consent
of the family. Investigation continues.
Media Enquiries by Mpeile Talane
(Warrant Officer) Corporate Communication of South African Police Service
in Brits.
12 February 2015
Boetie Boetie disaster at Municipality
Today marks hundred and thirty
days (130) after the planting of
the poles at the Middle Island in
Brits, a project took 3 months
of completion. Somebody must
have been made rich, is it the
contractor or the Directors and
the officials at Madibeng?
A
tender worth R155 600-00 was
awarded to a contractor to do
fencing using wooden poles. Instead of
treating the wood with pesticides, paint,
varnish or some other type of sealant
such as grease to provide a protective
long lasting coating, the contractor used
a shoe polish to treat the poles and now
the polish is losing its strength and is
being removed by the weather leaving them exposed to insects including
termites and carpenter ants and mold
and other organisms, marine borers
including weathering that can damage
wood over time.
Normally the poles are treated before
being put into the soil to prevent them
from losing their form while underground. In this case, the contractor
treated the poles after they were put
underground. Poles are like plants,
they absorb water easily and fast if not
treated accordingly, in other words,
planting them by concrete cement is a
total waste of time. The most important
part is to treat them underground not
in the eyes of the public. Where is the
municipality when all this is happening?
Of course, money in the municipality
is spent uselessly especially on things
that are irrelevant and not prioritized.
Those that are prioritized are left unattended
because they do not benefit any individual from
the council. For what is
seen on this project is a
‘cheap job’ yet expensive. The municipality
of Madibeng knew about
these untreated poles
before they can be put
in place but decided to
remain deaf ears and
waited for the poles to
dug itself out from the
ground before they can
act.
HOW THE POLES WERE ARRANGED
Poles planted without treatment
Minibus taxi went up in flames
It was on the 3rd of February
2015 on the late hours of the
afternoon at around 5:55 pm
when a minibus taxi carrying passengers was caught up in a fire
leaving the driver with an injury
to his left hand.
North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo and the African National
Congress (ANC) must take harsh
actions against the lazy municipal
workers in Madibeng who do not
do their job properly and shield
themselves with the ANC.
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ccording to an eye witness, the taxi
delivering passengers from Letlhabile to Maboloka went up in flames
after it was suspected to have electrical
problems. It is alleged that on that day
the minibus taxi did not complete its
usual rounds. It is also indicated that for
the entire day the driver of the minibus
taxi had difficulties with his taxi and
every now and then had to fix the broken taxi so that it can get onto the road
and back to business. During the day
when the taxi was about to complete
its final load in Maboloka village, it got
broken again and this time the passengers were removed so that the driver
can fix the problem.Later on, a heavy
fire broke out from the engine where
the driver was busy fixing and burned
his left hand.
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The community further encouraged the
Premier to perform his own investigations and refrain from depending on the
reports given by the municipal workers
who from time to time fail to host meetings to enlighten the community about
the new developments by the government. Obviously, the report will be biased, presenting the officials favourably
while causing the ANC to be viewed
in bad light by the community. This is
no time for planning but the time for
Boetie’s half done job
It is another useless expenditure by the council
when creating another
unneccesary job. A job
created by the officers and directors at the
Contractor left mainhole unattended
After 130 days, beautiful decoration collapses.
Bricks left on the tar road
council in favour of their
Concrete cement and the polish applied coming out
favourite business associates. I will tell you what
a job is given to someone who will get
Above all, the poles must all be rehappens and how the tax payers money paid by the council and subsequently
moved and the company appointed to
is currently spent. High profile employ- have to pay one official or director
plant them must be called to come and
ees at the council such as Officials and
who approved the tender. With the
re-plant them properly without any adDirectors create jobs and those jobs are statement above, it is very clear how
ditional money. This time the company
approved by their seniors. Companies
concerned the public in Madibeng is
must apply the correct measures and
will then have to submit their biddings
about things that are happening within
the municipality must also do their
but one person will impose himself and the area especially where it involves
thorough inspections. This is unaccepqoute for the tender as three compamoney. It is with no doubt that the
table, the concrete cement is coming
nies.
directors and the officials in Madibeng
out from the ground, the polish wiped
are pocketing the tax payers money
out by the weather and some of the
The Directors and the Officials know
deliberately when other communities
poles collapsing yet no one has been
what I am talking about. After the
around are suffering and protesting for
taken in to account for that matter.
bidding, one company from those three service delivery.
will be awarded a job. In other words,
Majakaneng issue –
Premier Mahumapelo
still left in the dark?
he ANC cannot tolerate the incompetence of the people who work
against the ruling party by delivering incorrect report statements about service
delivery in the area. Majakaneng issue
is a very sensitive matter and the community is fed up with all the promises
made on every meeting they attend.
The community in Majakaneng feels
like it has been lied to by its leaders in
Madibeng municipality and assumes
that the lies have further spread to the
North West Premier Mahumapelo who
stays far from Madibeng and only relies
on a report given by Cllr. Nkhoma
(ward 7) and his colleagues.
Drawing up a line for untreated poles
implementation on both service delivery and reshuffling of councillors who
are not pulling their weight. Only those
municipal workers who are incompetent should be held responsible for their
incompetence and made to suffer the
consequences. Those municipal workers who through their incompetence
cause the community to turn violent
must not be given a single chance to
continue working in the municipality.
Every year Madibeng municipality is
experiencing a spate of violent protests,
this has to come to an end.
The incident happened in Bataung
section in Maboloka in front of the gate
of Bataung Lounge next to Mongaula
supermarket. The Toyota Hiace had no
fire extinguisher inside, nearby residents
tried by all means to extinguish the
fire by using the hosepipes and buckets
filled with water, while other motorists
as well stopped on the scene and attempted using their fire extinguishers to
stop the heavy fire.
Passengers were very saddened by the
incident and said drivers are at more
risks than passengers. “What could
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have happened if the fire broke out
while the taxi was on the road travelling and the driver couldn’t control the
steering wheel?” “Taxi owners must
stop being so greedy and start to pay
more attention towards their taxis. It
is not the drivers responsibility to fix
taxis that they drive, we often blame the
drivers for taxis that are in bad shape
forgetting to blame the responsible
people (the taxi owners).” “Where is the
safety of the drivers? I believe that the
drivers earn a little salary every week
and depending as well on the tip they
get from the passengers. If a taxi is
broken and a driver is not on duty the
driver does not get paid.”
“What the taxi owners only enjoy
is when their drivers bring money
every evening for checking but they
are greedy to do all the repairs on
their taxis with the money they get.”
said one passenger. Nevertheless, the
taxi burned to ashes and none of the
fire rescue came to the scene. It is not
known whether the fire fighter and the
ambulance were called to the scene.
The driver sustained minor injuries
from the fire.
12 February 2015
Municipal foyer a parking point?
Is our municipal foyer a parking
point for councillors and officials at the Local Municipality of
Madibeng? Definitely our municipal foyer cannot be a parking
point for general public neither
for the Mayor, the councillors and
the officials.
T
here is a basement at the municipality with a full capacity to cater
for the entire troops of councillors with
a heavily armed security for formal
parking. At Ludorf Street there is also
a massive space to afford such needy
councillors a safe and sound space.
With regard to the palisade gates at the
municipality, let us analyze the response
of Lebogang Tsogang, Municipal Marketing and Communications attentively
when addressing the issue of the gates
in her media release. Lebogang said,
the installation came as a result of the
general public using the municipal
foyer as parking. And that there is no
private parking on the entrance of the
municipality, the foyer is used either
for deliveries and as a drop off area. It
was never meant for parking and that is
why the municipality has closed it off to
ensure that it is not used as parking.
But the area is used as a parking point
by councillors, officials and the Executive Mayor. Is the area designated as
parking for specific people such as
councillors and officials at the municipality and barred from being used by
the public? She responded and said
the Mayor and other councillors have
their own parking and it is not the
foyer of the municipality. Perhaps you
may enlighten the municipality what
is really bothering you as a journalist or the community about the gates
installed? Then we will be able to deal
with the concern. The public must be
made aware that the foyer is not a parking point but a drop off point, no one
is allowed to use it as a parking point
including the councillors, officials and
the Executive Mayor. Councillors and
officials must stop being lazy to walk
and refrain from using the area as a
parking lot. She further said that the
gates are installed to control the flow
of traffic and parking on Van Velden
Street. As an individual, I believe it
is the responsibilities of both the local
police and traffic to see to it that no motorist is allowed to park on a no parking
zone? Why the municipality intervenes
in matters not assigned for them?
Car parked for the whole day at the municipality, the foyer is used as a
parking by councillors, officials and the mayor at the municipality.
Lebogang added that as the municipality, they believe that all marches to the
municipality will be approved beforehand and therefore when the municipality is expecting a number of people
to come to the municipality, the gates
will be opened for ease of access. I want
to understand the fact that what will
happen to those people if the situation
gets out of hand and the police are
forced to use rubber bullets and tear gas
to disperse the crowd? I am referring
back to the recent incident whereby
community members from Oukasie had
to be dispersed and all hell broke loose.
Has the municipality thought of a
stampede that may occur at the council when an agreement is not reached
during the memorandum submission?
The gates pose a danger to the public,
wasteful expenditure and a waste of
public resources. Lebogang concluded
that the municipal assets have to be
secured at all times. I agree 100% with
the statement. Since the entire premises are barricaded with palisade gates,
I wonder whether the area (parking)
will only be reserved for specific people
such as councillors and officials. On
many occasions, the Mayor’s car is seen
parked at the foyer for a longer period,
sometimes for the whole day. It is very
clear that there is lack of accountability
and responsibility within our munici-
pality. And the question remains as
to where is our money going, to the
peoples pockets or misused?
Marketing and Communication Lebogang
Tsogang responded that, There is no private
parking on the entrance of the municipality.
That foyer is used either for deliveries and as a
drop off area. It was never meant for parking
and that is why the municipality has closed it
off to ensure that it is not used as parking.
Kindly make informed allegations, The Mayor
and other councillor have their own parking
and it is not the foyer of the municipality.
In tears - Project Manager Nthabiseng Matakanye
The Employment Forum accompanied by the angry residents
charged to Matakanye Construction site and showed the Project
Manager Nthabiseng Matakanye
the door after allegations of misconduct and mismanagement.
T
he community and the Employment Forum literally accuses the
Project Manager of failing on numerous occasions to provide proper services and meet the deadline required.
The Employment Forum accuses
the construction company of lack of
machinery and implements needed in
the R3 million project. Apparently, the
construction site is full of machinery
and implements that are not functioning and some are not roadworthy. It is
alleged that since the beginning of the
project, the contractor only dug trenches with only a number of loads of soil
compactors brought to the site.
Matakanye Construction’s information
board at the entrance
of the construction
site.
During the interaction
between the Project
Manager and the Employment Forum, the Forum
committee reminded the
Project Manager that
during their meeting, they
agreed with her to hire
sub-contractors that will
do the job and complete
the project and not the
one who delays progress.
Project CLO Tshepo Mokate told
Madibeng Times that the issue of the
march is simply because of the progress
in the School project. “This is an 18
Months project of which so much time
has gone to waste and that is why the
community was so impatient.”
The Project Manager Nthabiseng
Matakanye (wearing brown top)
listening very attentively when
questioned about poor management services at the construction
site.
kanye who could not give them what
they were looking for. As a result they
were incensed and ordered her to leave
the premises. The Project Manager did
not have time to speak with Madibeng
Times due to the pressure she was
receiving from the crowd and the CLO.
But it was further said that the meeting
was held on the 21 January with both
the councillors and the Project Man-
“The reason the Manager delays the
process is because she wanted to select
and hire sub-contractors from whom
she would in return draw a benefit. We
actually do not want to stop the operation but to restructure the management.” So far, this management has
only brought soil compactors and their
implements are not roadworthy and are
always broken. I want to emphasize to
the residents that we will resolve this
matter and very soon we will start with
the building phase.” said Mr. Mokate.
During the demonstrations, residents
chanted revolutionary songs and demanded some more answers from the
Project Manager Nthabiseng Mata-
A resident showing the media
what’s inside the broken truck.
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In tears, the Project Manager
Nthabiseng Matakanye escorted
by angry residents to her car.
The project manager’s car pushed
outside the construction site by
angry residents.
Mechanics fixing the broken implement.
ager Nthabiseng Matakanye where she
was reinstated back to her position as
the Project Manager.
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Poloko Ramoroki’s faith of
being with his son still strong
Poloko Joseph Ramoroki (30) from
Maboloka village in Brits never
lost hope in becoming part of his
son’s life . An artist by profession
who writes songs, sings and composes music accuses his girlfriend
of denying him access to see his
only son.
A
terrified Poloko further said that all
he wants is to have a good relationship with his son Kgosi Thompson (2)
and to further register him for his benefits as a beneficiary. He told Madibeng
Times that the whole fiasco started on
valentines day on the 14th of February 2014. He explains. “On valentines
day Maria Keitumetse Thompson left
Maboloka and went to her place in
Krugersdorp to stay with her family.
Before leaving she told me that it is over
between us and I will never hear from
her again and that her family will take
care of her.”
“I respected her wishes, but surprisingly,
around July 2014 she contacted me telling me that my son is sick and that they
went to many traditional healers who
said the child needs his father. She then
said to me that we will meet in Brits
at the bus rank for her to give me the
baby.” “I waited there at the bus rank
for the whole day but she never showed
up. The date past and I contacted her
but then she told me that the sickness to
my child has worsened and her mother
says she cannot travel with the baby
while his condition deteriorated.” “We
argued over the phone and I decided to
go to Krugersdorp to see what was happening. Upon arrival I realized that my
son was very sick. I spoke to her father
who told me that I cannot go alone with
my son and that I have to travel with
Maria to Maboloka to find proper medication for my son.” said Poloko.
They both travelled to Maboloka and
stayed there for a week at Poloko’s
apartment. At that time, things were
much better and the fighting and
shouting were seized until when Poloko
explained to Maria that he is not doing
well in his business and that perhaps he
will look for a better job. Poloko further
explains, “she then went home and
when I contacted her she accused me
of refusing to buy nappies for my son of
which it was an incorrect statement. I
provided financial support knowing the
fact that in her home they are not well
sustained.” “I went to the Social Workers in Brits for assistance and they said
I must go to court, I then went to Brits
Magistrate Court where I spoke to an
assistant called Doreen who said to me
they cannot help me and I must go to
Krugersdorp Magistrate Court for assistance.”
“All I wanted was for them to help me
refuses to give me a birth certififind my son and be able to provide what cate of my son. I want my son
is needed to him. Doreen from Brits
to be part of my life so that we
Magistrate Court further said that when can share everything and I can
I go to Krugersdorp I must also book for register him in everything I own
accommodation even though I am not
even my house.” said devastated
employed.” further said Poloko. He said Poloko.“Poloko and Madibeng
that their three years relationship started Times tried to contact Maria
in Damdoryn at Hartbeespoort after she but she could not be reached for
proposed to her and thought they will
comment”
make a better couple. He further said
during their relationship, Maria lied to
him about having no kids while having
two kids who are staying at Krugersdorp with her family. “I have applied for Right: A very disappointed Poloko Joseph
funding from many big companies and
Ramoroki
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Employment Forum dispute CLO appointment failed
Members of the community
together with the Employment
Forum submit a memorandum of
grievances to the Local Municipality of Madibeng. The memorandum serves to show their discomfort in the appointment of the
CLO for the stormwater project
in Masenkeng section Oukasie.
O
n the 26th of January 2015
residents accompanied by the
Employment Forum went to the municipality to submit their memorandum
of grievances. Upon arrival, they were
confronted by the security guards and
the high palisade fence forbidding them
to enter into the municipal premises.
As charged as they were, residents
were strong enough to proceed to the
municipal foyer whereby the Employment Forum representatives entered
the municipal offices to speak with the
authorities and councillors for almost
three hours.
When hearing the chanting and the
excitement by Moses Molekoa, many
suspicions arose and the fact that he was
allegedly also seen by other members
of the community attending private
meetings with the sub-contractors planning to offer them business in return for
money heightened the dissatisfaction.
In the memorandum, the Employment
Forum accuses the Local Municipality
of Madibeng of not applying proper
ways in the appointment of the Storm
water project CLO. It also stated that
the CLO appointed did not meet the
required qualifications and was appointed through favouritism. According
to residents, many candidates submitted
their documentations for the position
but their applications were never taken
seriously until they heard Moses Molekoa announcing himself to the public
as the new Storm water project CLO.
The MMCs, Municipal Manager, the
Ward Councillors, the Speaker, Chief
Whip and other delegates within the
council gathered in the council chamber to try and sort the issues out. The
delegates and the Employment Forum
representatives concluded that Moses
Molekoa be the CLO. The hiring and
firing process will be done by the ward
councillors until the LPO issue is resolved in the council of Madibeng.
Churches today and
churches tomorrow
South Africa has too many
churches of which more of
them are still being established
by individuals claiming to be
God’s messengers, prophets
and priests. In that regard,
many church followers and
believers are left with many
questions in their minds.
T
he book of Matthew 24:4-6
says ‘And Jesus answered and
said take heed that no one deceives
you, for many will come in my name
saying I am the Christ and will
deceive many. And you will hear of
wars and rumours, see that you are
not troubled.’ And in Mark 13:21
and 22 it says, ‘then if anyone says
to you look here is the Christ or look
He is there do not believe him. For
false christs and false prophets will
rise and show signs and wonders to
deceive if possible even the elect.’
The question remains as to which
of the churches we see today are
Nevertheless, the effort by both the residents and the Employment Forum did
not produce an immediate change to
the situation as Moses Molekoa remains
the CLO for the Storm water project
and on Monday the 2nd of February
2015 those who were appointed for the
job reported for duty.
Be mine, Valentine...
Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many
people throughout the world. In
the English-speaking countries,
it is the traditional day on which
lovers express their love for each
other by sending Valentine’s
cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery.
authentic and which of those
prophets are the chosen ones? If
the prophets are not the legitimate ones, now where do they get
those miraculous powers to heal
and remove evil spirits? I am very
much concerned about the way in
which many churches are formed
and many propagate the concept
of redemption and repentance but
to others power and money is the
motive. Let us talk a little about the
churches and see if we can find the
hows and whys do we have churches
in our area?
T
he holiday is named after two
among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day
became associated with romantic love
in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the
High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In the
second half of the twentieth century,
the practice of exchanging cards was
extended to all manner of gifts in the
United States, usually from a man to
a woman. Such gifts typically include
roses and chocolates packed in a red
satin, heart-shaped box. In the 1980s,
the diamond industry began to promote
Valentine’s Day as an occasion for giv-
We tend to have lost the entire
principles of having a church and
why churches are so important.
What are the purposes of a church
or perhaps of forming a church? I
believe that churches are there for
specific reasons. Let us share those
specific reasons, comment and write
to malatsi@madibengtimes.co.za
or sms to David Malatsi – 078 140
7478.
ing jewelry. The day has come to be associated with a generic platonic greeting
of Happy Valentine’s Day. As a joke,
Valentine’s Day is also referred to as
Singles Awareness Day. In some North
American elementary schools, children
decorate classrooms, exchange cards,
and eat sweets. The greeting cards of
these students often mention what they
appreciate about each other. The rise
of Internet popularity at the turn of
the millennium is creating new traditions. Millions of people use, every year,
digital means of creating and sending
Valentine’s Day greeting messages such
as e-cards, love coupons or printable
greeting cards. The U.S. Greeting Card
Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent
each year worldwide, making the day
the second largest card-sending holiday
of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men
spend on average twice as much money
as women.
No longer serving costumers
Less than ten days, ABSA Platinum Mall will be no more. The
closing down of the branch puts
the lives of the customers at a
serious discomfort, and many
customers feel that the bank they
trusted has now proven to be far.
I
magine you go to the bank carrying
a one 10 000 rand cash and you find
that the bank is closed and all you have
to do is to go back home or look for
another bank to deposit the money, how
would you feel? In this regard, where is
the safety of the customers? ABSA bank
has no reason to discontinue the Platinum Mall Branch because the community in Madibeng are mostly depending
on the bank. They use the bank on a
daily basis because the bank is safe and
accessible.
It is very difficult to do banking at any
other branch in town because there
is not enough parking, the area is too
crowded and make bank customers to
feel inconvenienced when doing their
banking. It is inconvenient for the bank
to close down on such a short space
of time.The bank was doing very well
with many customers flocking in to do
their banking. During the telephonic
interview with the ABSA Area Manager
Mr. Solly Makua, he confirmed that the
ABSA Platinum Mall will be closed on
the 20th of February 2015 but promised
to the Madibeng Times that he will submit
all the details pertaining to the closure
of the branch. We wonder whether the
bank had any compelling reasons to
discontinue the branch. We do hope
however that the branch will stay open
for the benefits of its clients.
VALENTINE'S DAY MESSAGES
Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers with their special “valentine.” The day of romance we call
Valentine’s Day is named after a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.
Valentine's messages from people around Madibeng and workers from different shops in the Platinum Mall in Brits.
To Sylvester from his wife.
To my love Lesego Manne,
Love is not about
how much you say
I love you
but how much
you can prove.
Love is friendship
that has caught fire.
It is quiet understanding,
mutual confidence,
sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty
through good and bad times.
It settles for less than perfection and
makes allowances for
human weaknesses. Much love
for my girlfriend Gloria.
Marry me Baby
To my Dearest Late Husband,
this Valentine's
Day brings back good memories.
Death did not have power over our love.
Let that love shine forever.
Love you and always
your loving wife
ADELAIDE.
To my lovely kids, Thabo,
Tebogo, Lesego and Karabo, guys
ur everything to me,
I want you to know that I love you
unconditionally,
enjoy this valentine's day to the fullest.
Love you, mom.
Brian
"I don't know how to
write great messages in cards,
but I want to let you know
how special you are to me.
Our love is like a romance movie,
but the best part is that it never ends.
"Happy Valentine's Day
to the sweetest valentine
I could want. You are my sweetheart,
and I am glad you're mine.
Papa Denzel
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I am wishing Gift Chauke
a happy valentine's day
Happy valentine's Day
My love, you are the only
man in my life.
from
My liefste Leon; Dankie vir
al jou liefde my MAN!
Hoop jy het n wonderlike
valenteinsdag.
Al my liefde, Niela.
T.K Tsakani.
To my only son Oratile Ditshego,
on this valentine's day,
I want to tell you how much you mean to me.
You have been a pillar of my
strength throughout.
You are the best thing that ever
happened in my life.
I love you with all my heart.
From your mom Tebogo.
12 February 2015
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Is Brothels and Drug Dealing Legal in Brits?
Brits turned into a war zone!
Is prostitution and drug dealing
legal in Madibeng municipality?
Brothel and drug dealing is out of
hand in the Brits Central Business District. This came after
a war between the drug lords
erupted on the 7th of February
2015 at Jan Big Bottle Store.
T
he battle between the Nigerian
drug dealers and the Mozambican
dealers created a public nuisance when
they both fought using pangas, machetes, guns and other dangerous weapons.
The “business” is rife in the area with
one selling drugs like selling sweets on
the streets. What happened is that the
supplier from Mozambique holding a
South African Identity document came
fuming at the tavern with his group
of more than twenty people in search
of a Nigerian drug dealer believed to
have been working in the area (Jan Big
tavern).
During their arrival at around 9 am the
Mozambican group started assaulting
everybody in the area until the police
were called to calm the situation down.
According to witnesses, one Mozambican fought with the police until they
loaded him in their van and took him to
the station and he was later released.
Later that day at around 4 pm, he went
back at Jan Big, this time reinforced
with a group of more than hundred
people believed to be staying in town
and smoking Nyaope drugs and carrying pangas, machetes, big knives and
other dangerous weapons. They went
again in search of that Nigerian drug
dealer who was accused of stealing
their customers. The Mozambican
leader was shouting ‘come out from
this shop, we want to chop your head
with these pangas, we are the masters
of selling nyaopes in Brits.’ Suddenly a
gun shot was heard from the crowd and
another bullet was fired. I immediately
the Mozambican leader together with
his group surrendered while others ran
for their lives. Everybody started beating up the Mozambican leader with his
crew members that stayed behind.
The police were called again reinforced
with four police vehicles carrying heavy
rifles and explained to the public that
the Mozambican leader was arrested
before and released later. Two men
were hospitalized and a rumour spread
that from the two hospitalized men, one
has just lost his life in hospital. Businesses working close to the taverns are
no longer interested in working next to
those taverns. They say the environment is disturbing their business, because the acts are now done in full view.
They said the tavern owners and their
customers feel that they own the entire
place. The law breakers do not respect
the other tenants and the neighbouring
businesses. My view is that the liquor
stores in Brits CBD, Manolito at Crocodile street, De Pentagon at De Witts
street and Jan Big at Tom street dealing
with drugs and prostitution must be
restricted. We have indicated in our
previous publications and pointed out
the fact that the sex workers and the
drug dealing is taking place right inside
their shops and that the perpetrators
are not even working secretly; they work
openly right in the eyes of the public.
According to eye witnesses, all the
above mentioned taverns are conducting their illicit businesses inside their
shops and these happen during the day
and at night. Why are there no arrests or is it legal to do prostitution and
drug dealing? At some of the streets
in Brits CBD, such as De Witts, prostitutes are noticed by motorists during
the night stopping the cars to offer the
drivers their services. Why is the Brits
SAPS not intervening in the situation
by patrolling those areas to stop these
from happening. The tavern owners
are to be blamed as well on this matter, they want to make more money
by these prostitutes when they attract
the customers. The Chinese people
in Jan Big are selling beer and allow
these young girls to do their prostitution business inside their shop so that
they attract more customers.They are
taking advantage of the situation that
the police do not care about anything
anymore. They come and arrest people
and later that day those people arrested will be seen walking freely on the
streets again. Only if the police can go
to those taverns and do their investigations then they will be able to see what
is happening in their area. The loud
music played in those areas during the
day disturbs other businesses as well. It
seems as if the Brits Police Communication enjoys the media being on their
case at all times, they neglect to respond to all the questions asked by the
media. And this is not how so many
challenges in Madibeng can be solved.
Again there was no response about the
drug dealing & prostitution by the Brits
Corporate Communication Warrant
Officer Mpeile Talane.
Kgabalatsane community Stolen items recovered
protests
The Kgabalatsane Demarcation
Board is outraged by all the plans
to divide the traditional village of
Kgabalatsane as the demarcation
process of Madibeng Municipality’s proposed demarcation plans
is underway.
A
ccording to the coordinator of the
Forum, Mr Fenky Phaloane, “It is
alleged that the municipality will conduct public participation on their proposal regarding demarcation on Thursday the 29th January 2015 at Itsoseng
in Erasmus without making the public
aware.” Phaloane went further and
said, “What concerns us as community
members and leaders of Kgabalatsane
is that this process will be done not in
the affected wards but they are turning
it into a cluster consultation.” “How
come it is not done per ward because
Kgabalatsane was divided in 2010 when
Morolong was taken to form part of
Oskraal and Centreville and other parts
of Kgabalatsane were taken to form
part of new settlements in Hebron this
is a serious ambush!” said Phaloane.
Simon More, a leader of Diphiri (Community Herdman) in Morolong echoed the same resentment, “Our local
government is increasingly undermining
Kgabalatsane, how can you split a traditional village?” “How can you divide
bana ba motho (siblings)? This split has
completely maintained a status quite
of zero service delivery in this village.”
Mr More said in 2010 they expressed
to the municipality that they don’t want
Morolong to be joined with other areas
and be dis-joined with their fellow
people in Kgabalatsane. According to
the coordinator, one of the principles
of demarcating areas is that traditional
villages cannot be divided. He said that
since 2011, Kgabalatsane has never
tasted any service delivery.
“We have EPWP or CWP workers from
Kgabalatsane who travel on foot about
15 KM to Oskraal to clean Oskraal
or some travel from Kgabalatsane to
Midas in Hebron to clean the area.”
“This is not what the Freedom Charter
preaches. The freedom charter is clear,
No government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the
people. You can do any survey, door to
door, people are ‘gatvol’ with this move
to divide Kgabalatsane again.” “People
want their village back. People want
Kgabalatsane to be the ward,” Phaloane
expressed. Mr. Lawrence Mfolo who is
the deputy chair of Community Property Association comprised of Hebron,
Kgabalatsane and Rabokala as the villages of Bakwena Ba Mogopa said.
“Whatever plan that splits Kgabalatsane
will be dealt with pound for pound”
One of the young people in Kgabalatsane, disgruntled Kele Mohulatsi
expressed his anger in this manner.
“These people ‘ba re tlwaela’ (they
disrespect us), and its clear that our engagement with them won’t bring about
change at all, we are sick and tired of
this dis-respectfulness, it is time we act.”
said Mohulatsi.
The Kgabalatsane Demarcation Forum
is calling all the community members
and leaders to join them in numbers
as they walk from Kgabalatsane to
Itsoseng and Letlhabile to attend both
the clusters meeting involving Kgabalatsane. Phaloane says “We are mobilizing our people to say no to this rubbish.
We will engage the MEC, the Premier,
the Minister of COPTA, Municipal
Demarcation Board, Human Rights
Commission, The Public Protector and
The Constitutional Court. We cannot
let this ambush happen” said Phaloane.
The Local Municipality Madibeng did not
respond on the matter.
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Brits Cluster Police Tactical
Response Team together with
Crime Intelligence has managed to recover properties which
were alleged to have been stolen
at a house robbery incident that
took place early this month on
11/01/2015 in Bokfontein near
Mooinooi area.
T
he recovered items include four
laptops, cell phones and one power
battery intelligent saver. All items are
estimated at the street value of R30
000.00. Moreover, on recovering of the
properties, six (6) suspects aged between
16 and 34 were arrested and detained
in Brits Police Station Holding Cells
and they have appeared in Brits Magistrates Court on the 15th of January
2015 for possession of suspected stolen
properties.
In addition, there is a pending case of
house robbery against four of the six
suspects arrested. Investigation continues. Media Enquiries by Mpeile Talane
(Warrant Officer) Corporate Communication of South African Police Service
in Brits.
In the photo there are two victims of
the house robbery where the recovered
items were taken during the incident of
house robbery and they have expressed
how impressed they feel about the
amazing work the police have executed.
At the moment the victim has received
back his properties.
Illegal foreigners in
South Africa
Foreign citizens in South Africa
are being targeted by people who
pretend to be concerned about
service delivery in the country.
They become vulnerable during
the times of protests and marches in the country and are caught
in the middle with violent residents and become victims.
T
he question remains as to, is the
South African government aware
of the illegal residents who are easily gaining entry into the country and
occupying residential areas not belonging to them? Why is South Africa not
strengthening the border security so
that the people can come legally in
the country. Others claim to be South
Africans simply because their parents
entered South Africa illegally and
subsequently gave birth to them within
the borders of South Africa. Foreigners
should enter the country legally, strive
to obtain citizenship by satisfying all the
requirements.
The bottom line is; they must enter
South Africa legally before their children born in the country can qualify for
citizenship. In particular, the border security is failing the country dismally by
not making sure that all the illegal entry
points are secured and illegal citizens
are not gaining entry in the country.
Should the country accept them to stay
even if they do not have legal documents, just because the revolutionaries
made their countries a hide out during
the South African struggle?
12 February 2015
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