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Cosatu fires Vavi>> Vavi announced that he did not care if he was dismissed or not

COSATU’S central executivecommittee (CEC) has firedZwelinzima Vavi as the trade

union federation’s general sec-retary.

Three sources who at-tended the meeting said 31members of Cosatu’s CECvoted in favourofVavi’sdis-missal andonlyonepersonvoted against it.

Onesourceat themeet-ing indicated that themainreason forVavi’sex-pulsion was his “failure tofulfil his duties as secre-tary”. The meeting wasnot attended by repre-sentatives from sevenCosatu affiliates that arealigned to Vavi.

On Sunday Vavi an-nounced that he would notbeattending themeetinganddid not care if he was dis-

missed or not. “If my refusal toattendisusedasapretext to fireme,

then so be it,” he said.Vavi and Cosatu president Sdumo

Dlaminiwerenotavailable forcomment.Earlier ANC secretary general Gwede

Mantashe said expelling the trade unionfederation’sgeneralsecretarywouldbeaneasyway out but would not be a solution.

Mantashehasdescribedapress conferenceheld on Sunday by embattled Cosatu generalsecretary Zwelinzima Vavi as “bordering ondelinquency”.

Mantashe said he would have a long talkwith his “old friend” Vavi about his exposingof Cosatu’s finances.

“In their rush tohurt eachother, these lead-ers inCosatumay find thatwhen theywakeup

there will be nothing left of it,” he said.On Sunday Vavi said he would no longer

participate in formal Cosatu meetings andwould “take to the streets” instead.

Mantashe saidVavi’s decision to go to themedia to deal with organisational matterswas a “most dangerous thing to do”.

“Cosatu’s problems are notinsurmountable. It requires leadership thatthinksbeyond the current irritationbecauseirritations don’t build unity,” he said.

Cosatu’scentralexecutivecommitteemeton Monday to discuss Vavi’s fate. MantashesaidexpellingVaviwouldbe theeasiestdeci-sion to make.

But “the most complex one is after thatwhat happens”. The problems plaguingCosatu were not new but its leadership didnot have the necessary experience to dealwith it effectively, Mantashe said.

Announcing the outcomes of the nationalexecutive committee (NEC)meeting,Manta-she noted that Sports and RecreationMinis-ter Fikile Mbalula had returned to the NEC.He was co-opted along with former chiefwhip Mathole Motshekga, Transport Minis-terDipuoPetersandMpumalangaeducationMEC Reginah Mhaule.

They replaced threeNECmembers elect-edatMangaungin2012whohavesincedied,namely NosiphoNtwanambi, Sisi Mabe andCollins Chabane.

A fourth vacancy emerged after PalloJordan resigned following the controversyabout a fakedoctorate hehadboasted aboutfor years.

Seen as a rising star in the ANC, StateSecurity Minister David Mahlobo joined theANC national working committee, whichdealswithoperations in theparty.FreeStateSocial DevelopmentMECSisiNtombela alsojoined the working committee.

Mantashe announced that the NEC had

decided to postpone the ANC’s national generalcouncil to October this year in an effort to reducethe financial burden on the party.

Interestingly,thetensionsbetweensomequar-ters of theANCand theSouthAfricanCommunistParty (SACP) featured during discussions at thetwo-day meeting. Mantashe said the situationwas worrying.

“TheNECemphasisedtheurgencyofengagingthe SACP bilaterally on the relationship of ourstructure in Mpumalanga and sub-national ingeneral,” he said.

PHOTO: SOURCED‘If my refusal to attend [meeting] is used asa pretext to fire me, then so be it.’

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PUBLIC NOTICEBID NO.: GKM 24-14/15

JETTING OF STORMWATER PIPELINES

Greater Kokstad Municipality acquire services of reputable service providers with relevant expertiseto unblock storm water pipelines 300mm to 1200mm diameter in Shayamoya, Bhongweni, KokstadCBD and Horseshoe.

The scope of work and bid requirements is stipulated in the bid document.

Greater Kokstad Municipality Supply Chain Policy and preferential procurement point scoring sys-tem of 80/20 shall apply 80- Price, 20 BBBEE Contribution Level Status. Bidders are encouraged tosubmit a certified BBBEE certificate. Failure to do so will result in forfeiting of points.

A NON-REFUNDABLE Bid documents fee of R300.00 per document per project and is payable incash at the Municipality’s Customer Care Centre. The bid document must be physically collectedfrom the Customer Care Centre, 75 Hope Street, Kokstad, during normal working hours from 08H00– 15H00.

A compulsory briefing meeting will be held on the 10 April 2015 at 14h30 at 75 Hope Street, Kok-stad.

Sealed Bids, marked “Bid No.: GKM 21-14/15 JETTING OF STORMWATER PIPELINES”, mustbe deposited in the Bid Box located at the Reception Area, 75 Hope Street, Kokstad, No later than,21 April 2015 at 12H00, where after, bids will be opened in public.

Late, telegraphic emailed or faxed bids will not be considered.

Bidders are encouraged to register on the municipality’s database. Forms are available from theWebsite www.kokstad.org.za and Supply Chain Office.

Technical Enquiries: Mr.W.V. Dladla, Tel: 039 797 6600, Cell: 082 676 7140Email:[email protected]; Supply Chain Management Enquiries: Ms. A. Mahlaka,Tel: 039 797 6600, Email: [email protected]

Supply Chain Management Enquiries: Mrs. A. Mahlaka, Tel: 039 797 6600.

Greater Kokstad Municipality does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bid and reserves theright to accept the Bid in whole or part, at the rates quoted.

MR Z J MKHIZEMUNICIPAL MANAGERNOTICE NO.: 56-2014/2015


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PUBLIC NOTICESUPPLY & DELIVERY OF KITCHEN SUPPLIES

BID NO.: GKM 19-14/15

The Greater Kokstad Municipality invites experienced service providers for the supply and deliveryof kitchen supplies and cleaning materials.


A non-refundable Bid Document fee of R300 is payable in cash at the Municipality’s CustomerCare Centre.The Bid Document must be physically collected at the Customer Care Centre 75 HopeStreet, Kokstad during working hours from 08h00 to 16h00. The Greater Kokstad Municipality Sup-ply Chain Policy on Preferential Point Scoring System of 80/20 shall apply. 80 for Price and 20 forBBBEE Contribution level status.

A compulsory briefing meeting will be held on the 14 April 2015 at 10h00 at 75 Hope Street,Kokstad. Please note that those who attended the briefing on the 26 March 2015 need not toattend again.

Sealed Bids, marked “Bid No.: GKM: 19-14/15 SUPPLY & DELIVERY OF KITCHEN SUPPLIES”,must be deposited in the Bid Box located at the Reception Area, 75 Hope Street, Kokstad, No laterthan, 24 April 2015 at 12H00, where after, bids will be opened in public.

Late, telegraphic, emailed or faxed bids will not be considered.

Service Providers are encouraged to register on the Greater Kokstad Municipality’s data base be-fore submitting the documents, forms are available from the website www.kokstad.org.za and fromSCM Unit.

Technical Enquiries: Mrs Mikie Coetzee at 039 797 6600 or [email protected] Chain Enquiries: Miss Andiswa Mahlaka at 039 7976600 or [email protected]



Khoi-San mattersdiscussed inParliament>> ‘The session was interesting’NTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]

AKOKSTAD-BASEDmember ofthe National Khoi-SanCouncil, Gabriel Marais, is

confident that matters of the

Khoisanwill begivenmoreattention.This is followinghis recentattend-

ance of the second sitting of the thirdand fifthnationalhouseof traditionalleaders in CapeTown.

Marais, chair-person of the EastGriqua TraditionalCouncil, said mem-bersofthenationalKhoi-San councilwere invited tothe session to participate in discus-sions that affect the Khoi-Sanpeople.

“The sessionwas interesting be-cause we could introduce the

Khoi and the San to the na-tional house of tradi-tional leaders. It wasalso an opportunityfor President JacobZumatohearfromthe Khoi-Sanpeople,”Marais said.

Hesaidintheir pre-

sentation they outlined that formanyyearstheKhoi-Sanhavenotbeenrec-ognised as people of this country.

“Due to the confusion with theKhoi-San peo-ple at thisstage, we alsocalled fora tra-ditional bill tobe passed as amatter of ur-gency,” hesaid.

“There are many self-appointedchiefsandkings inKhoi-Sancommu-nities. Everyone wants to be a leaderandthat iscausingconfusion.Thebilltherefore, will correct the process ofleadership within the Khoi-San peo-ple.”

Marais said they also requested ameeting with the president, the Min-ister of Rural Development and LandReform Gugile Nkwinti and MinisterPravinGordhanofCo-operativeGov-ernance and Traditional Affairs.

“InthemeetingwewanttoironoutkeyissuesfortheKhoi-San,liketheis-sue of land and the traditional bill.

“Wewereencouragedbythepresi-dent’s responseashe saidhe took ev-erything we said to heart and prom-ised that a traditional bill would bepassed this year.”

Chairperson ofthe East GriquaTraditionalCouncil GabrielMarais gives re-ports on his re-cent visit toParliament.

PHOTO: NTUNTUDWEBA

Specialisedcrime-fightingunit might beintroducedWITHcrimeinSouthAfricagrowingin sophistication and reach, it is im-portant to consider reintroducingspecialised crime-fighting units tomeet the challenge head-on.

This is theviewof thePoliceMin-ister Nathi Nhleko which he con-veyedwhenheandDeputyMinisterof Police Maggie Sotyu met withtheir provincial counterparts lastFriday to do an assessment onmat-ters of safety and security as part ofthe quarterly Ministers and Mem-bers of theExecutiveCouncils (Min-Mec) meeting.

In attendance was the nationalcommissioner of police, the actingsecretary for police, the acting di-rector of IPID, theCEOof PSIRAandall relevant provincial heads of de-partments.

“The fact that we have movedfrom being a transit country fordrugs to the manufacturer calls forus to take action to stem the tide. Inthisregard,it istimeforustoconsid-er bringing back specialised unitslike the drug unit and others to re-spond to the sophisticatednature ofcrime we now have to deal with.

“Wehaveheardthecallforthere-introduction of these units and be-causewearenot deaf or blind to thedestruction that crime isbringing to

our communities,we think the timeis right for such policy decisions tobe taken. The nature of crime hasbecome more specialised and ad-vanced and our response thereofshould be on above the criminals.”

He made an example of cybercrime,whichwasanevolvingcrimewith technology and the need forspecialists who understand the in-tricacies of such technology to be attheforefrontoffightingthisscourge.

Also, the new drugs which defyclassification like nyaope(whoonga) need new strategies totackle them as they aremade out ofwhat sometimes are ordinaryhousehold goods and chemicals.

The meeting noted the alarmingriseintheuseofdrugsbySouthAfri-ca’s youth and the destruction oftheirmindsandtheyagreedthatun-less there was concerted action,drugs would kill our future.

The meeting was also informedthataspecialministerial committeeonsubstanceabusehadbeenestab-lished,chairedbytheDepartmentofSocial Development.

Another critical matter that wasraised at MinMec was that of re-sourcemanagement. Itwas felt thatthe resource allocation guides donot speak to the new census data,nor the new migration and settle-ment patterns. The meeting high-lighted that many poor communi-ties still experience problems withaccess to policing services such asthelocationofpolicestationsingen-eral and still reflect historical geo-graphical patterns of inequality.

Theministeremphasisedthat21years into democracy, South Afri-ca’sruralandurbanpoorshouldnotstill be facingchallengesofaccess topolice services where they live. Hecommitted to convening a two-dayspecialMinMec inMay focusedonaradical transformation in respect ofaccess to services.

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Residents stormGKM offices, again>> They entered the offices forcefully because they were lied to

NTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]

POLICEwere called to theGreat-er Kokstad Municipality whenKokstad Concerned Residents

members stormed the offices de-manding to see municipal managerZamo Mkhize.

Thegroupof eightmen, ledbyDu-misaniDlamini andLuvuyoNongim-ba, chairpersonand spokespersonoftheKokstadresidents, said theyweretheretodemandaresponsetoamem-orandum they submitted during aprotest march last month.

Dlamini said they entered the offi-ces forcefully because they were liedtowhen they asked for themunicipalmanager.

“Weasked for theMMat receptionbut thepeople there lied tousandtoldus he is not here. We knew they werehiding him so we went into his officeand he was there, but he refused tocome out,” he said.

“When we marched at the begin-ning of this month we had given themunicipalityuntil30Marchtorespondto the demands in the memorandum,now they are playing hide and seekwith us,” he said.

Dlamini said thepolicewere imme-diately called.

“We saw police arriving while wewere standing near the municipalmanager’s office waiting for him tocome out, but that proved he is a cow-ard, because he didn’t come out. Hespoke tous through thepolice,”Dlami-ni said.

He said they agreed to meet with

Mkhize on 13 April to discuss the con-tents of the memorandum.

This is the third time the GKM offi-ces were stormed. In the first incidentlast year, Mkhize was held hostage byEFF members for more than fourhours demanding that he release thereportoncorruptionwithinthemunic-ipality.

TheEFFagain, inanother incident,led by Dlamini stormed the municipalboardroom while Mkhize was in ameeting, demandinga response toan-othermemorandum they had submit-ted to the municipality last year.

Someof the demands in thememo-randum submitted during the marchon 9 March included:

• GKM must ensure that hawkersareprovidedwith shelter anddedicat-edstalls in return for their licence fees.

• Transparency is required in allmatters within GKM.

• Vehicles allocated to the mayor,the deputy mayor and the SpeakermustonlybeusedforGKMcouncilpur-poses.

• Staff employed by GKM are em-ployed on merit and not due to familyconnections.

PHOTO: NTUNTU DWEBAKokstad SAPS Station Commander Ntombivelile Xhelithole and Vispol Com-mander Major Zandile Mtolo-Nguse negotiating with members of the KokstadConcerned residents try to diffuse tension at the GKM offices.

Vodacom in campaign to curb texting and drivingA CELLPHONE service provider haslaunched an initiative to curb textingand driving.

Vodacom’s W8_2send —pronounced “wait to send” —encourages South Africans to pledgeto never text while driving.

The campaign is aimed at creat-ing as much awareness of the dan-gers of texting while driving as pos-sible and uses social media tospread the message.

“We wanted to find a way to en-gage as well as educate South Afri-cans around the dangers of textingand driving,” said Vodacom’s chief

officer of corporate affairs MayaMakanjee.

Making a pledge involves visitingwww.w82send.co.za and pledgingvia Facebook post or a tweet onTwitter.

By yesterday afternoon, the cam-paign had just under 800 pledges.

The website also includes agame, safety tips and advice on howto operate devices hands-free on dif-ferent platforms.

“Most South Africans are awarethat texting while driving is unsafe,but what they often don’t realise isjust how dangerous it is. According

to Arrive Alive, studies have suggest-ed that texting while driving is evenriskier than driving under the influ-ence of alcohol or drugs.

“The W8_2send game is an en-gaging way to demonstrate this

“Its purpose is to create a memo-rable experience that will makepeople think twice before they tweet,post or text on the road,” saidMakanjee.

The network is now engagingother industry stakeholders and thegovernment to become partners inthe initiative.

— Reporter.

WEEKLY REPORTER

AS the holiday break inAprilapproaches, one knowsthat traditionally this is a

time when there are several roadaccidents, which adds to the dailydemand for blood. It is also a timewhen blood collection is alreadydifficult.

This comes about with regularschool, tertiary institutions andbusiness blood drives being virtu-ally impossibletoassist insustain-inga safeblood stock level tomeetthe demand.

In times like thiswehave toap-peal to donors to make their waytooneoftheclosestblooddrivesordonor centres.

Unfortunately, when the holi-days arrive, the demand does notdecrease, and approximately 3000unitsofbloodisstillneededbypatients daily and for eachdaywe

are unable to make this tar-get, the total units of blood that

is available depletes."We understand that many

peoplewillbebusyorgoingonhol-iday over this period, but it onlytakes about 30 minutes of yourtime to make a huge difference toothers in need of blood. Easter isoften a time for family and donat-ingbloodisagreatwayofknowingyou may be able to give someoneelse more time with their family"saysVanessaRaju,National Com-munications manager, SANBS.

Ifyouareingoodhealthandbe-tweentheagesof16and65,weighmore than 50kg, and you lead asexually safe lifestyle, make yourway to your nearest donor centre.

To find out where your nearestdonor centre is visitwww.sanbs.org.za, call toll free0800 11 9031 or SMS your nameand post code of the area you livein to 31454 and we will SMS youdetailsofyournearestblooddonorcentre.

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UMUZIWABANTU MUNICIPALITY10 MURCHISON STREET, HARDING 4680

TEL. 039 433 1205 FAX. 039 433 1208 WEBSITE:WWW.UMUZIWABANTU.GOV.ZA

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 129(1) and (3) of the Municipal Finance ManagementAct, 52 0f 2003, which states that;(1) the Council of a municipality must consider the AnnualReport of the municipality and of any municipal entity under the municipality’s sole or sharedcontrol, and by no later than two months from the date on which the annual report was tabled inthe council in terms of section 127, adopt an oversight report containing the council’s commentson the annual report’. (3) The accounting officer must in accordance with section 21A of theMunicipal Systems Act make public an oversight report referred to in subsection (1) within sevendays of its adoption.

The Oversight report is available from the Municipality at the following points;Main Municipal officesMunicipal website

Enquiries on the oversight report and the 2013/2014 Annual report can be directed to the ActingManager Strategic Planning, Mrs Thandeka Tsita on 039 433 3524/ [email protected]

MR SD MBHELEMUNICIPAL MANAGER

>> ‘It was aplatform to

communicatea positivemessage’

UBUHLEBEZWE LOCAL MUNICIPALITYGENERAL RATES

PROPOSED GENERALRATE TARIFFS

2015/2016Introduction

This notice serves the confirmation of General Rates Assessment for the Financial Year 2015/2016

The General Rates assessments are based on the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (MPRA)(Act No. 6 of 2004) taking into consideration the application of the Municipal Property Rates Regulations as amended.

Regulations categorize rates ratio based applications which are below listed:

Category Rates Ratio in Relation with PropertyResidential Property 1 : 1Agriculture Property 1 : 0.25Public Serv. Infrastructure Prop 1 : 0.30Public Benefit Organization Prop 1 : 0.25

This rates ratio applied on all general rated property as per MPRA and MPRR determined by the Minister for Coopera-tive Governance and Traditional Affairs, in concurrency with the Minister of Finance.

In determination of the General Rates Tariffs applicable for the 2015/2016 financial year, the following factors havebeen accounted:• Inflation Parameters,• Expected shortfall on Operational Budget,• Non Payments of said General Rates and• Credit Control policy applicable on defaulters.

RecommendationsThe following table reflects the 5.0% increase in the General Rates assessments from 2014/2015 to 2015/2016 finan-cial years respectively.

DESCRIPTION TARIFF2015/2015

PROPOSED TARIFF2015/2016

GENERALREBATE

PHASING-INREBATE

Residential 0.0144 0,01512 Nil Nil

State owned 0.0148 0,01554 20% Nil

Vacan Land 0.0148 0,01554 Nil Nil

Agricultural 0.0036 0,00378 50% Nil

Public Service Infrastructure 0.0036 0,004536 20% Nil

Communal Land 0.0036 0,00378 50% Nil

Commercial 0.0148 0,01554 Nill Nil

Industrial 0.0155 0,016275 Nill Nil

Special purpose/Place of Wor-ship

Exempt on Rates Exempt on Rates Exempt onRates

Exempt onRates

THE IMPERMISSIBLE RATES1. Municipality does not levy rates on the first R55,000 of the market value of property assigned to the catagories

below:• Residential Properties only.

2. The Municipality does not levy rates on the first R15 000 of the market value of property assigned to:• Commercial, Vacant land, Agricultural, Communal Land, and Industrial properties.NB:The impermissiblerate of R55 000 does not apply to these categires.

3. Public service infrastructure and State Owned property, the first 30% of the market value.

SECONDARY REBATEPensioners who wish to be granted with pensioners’ rebate must make an application in a prescribed form, which isavailable at the front office by the cashier. This applications must be returned on the last day of April each year.

Secondary Rebates apply as follows:Pensioners whose income R0 – R 2500 Rebate 100%

R2500 – R3500 Rebate 30%R3501 – R4500 Rebate 20%

Farmers Rebate : All farmers who are contributing to the farm workers will receive an additional rebate of up to 20%depending on the Council approval. The following must provided to the farm community as the basic need in order forthe farmer to be assessed and qualify:• Electricity, Water, Firewood, House, Schools and Sports facilities.

GENERAL1. Rates will be payable in ten (10) monthly equal instalments with the first instalment being due at the end of August

and the last instalment payable by end of May.2. Ratepayers who want to pay annually, must apply in writting to the CFO and the notice must be receive on or before

May 31, 2015. For annual rates, the final payment will be due at the end of February each year.3. Unpaid monthly rates by last working day of each month will yeild an interest of 1.5% per month or part thereof

during which such default continues.4. Annual rates outstanding at end of February will be penalised at 1.5% interest on outstanding total.

5. All rates that remain unpaid at the end of June each year will be charged a collection charge of 10% on overdueamount.

6. Legal actions for all account holder with overdue account that are three (3) months and older will be taken and evenbe blacklisted until the account is settled.

7. Copy of the resolution and proposed amendments are available from the Municipal Offices during office hours.

Indigent Support GrantAny person who is 18 years of age and older may apply for indigent support grant, who currently owes monies to themunicipality, is the full time occupant or owner of the registered property in the municipality valuation roll and has aGross Income of R2,500.

Child headed households may also apply for indigent support grant. See the Indigent Policy for further enquieries.

Refuse Tarriffs

Category Year2014-2015

Year2015-2016

Households R 109.84 R 115.33

Business - Large R2 202.90 R2 313.05

Business - Small R 755.96 R 793.76

All other tariffs will be increased by 5%.

Further contact the Finance Department Accounts Section. Kindly note note that copies of these documents are avail-able for viewing during office hours at tshe reception uBuhlebezwe Municipal offices, Municipal Library and MunicipalWebsite.

All queries ragarding the budget and IDP must be directed to CFO: UP Mahlasela and IDP Manager : NF Ndlovu,at (039) 834 7700.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Draft Budget 2015/2016Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 21A of the Municipal Systems Act, Section 16 and Section 28 of the MFMAand Part 4 of Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations that Ubuhlebezwe Municipality has approved its DraftBudget for the financial year ending 30 June 2016. The Draft Budget is available for viewing in the Municipal Offices,Municipal Library and Website.

DRAFT BUDGET SUMMARY

Operating Budget Draft Budget

RevenueProperty Rates and penalties R 12 979 905.00

Service Charges R 1 878 026.38

Rental R 474 280.00

Fines R 100 000.00

Interest on investments R 2 840 000.00

Agency Services R 700 000.00

Licence & Permits R 3 020 000.00

Transfers recognised (grants) R 130 013 000.00

Other Revenue R 185 000.00

Total Revenue R 152 190 211.38

ExpenditureEmployee related costs R 46 099 924.13

Remuneration of Councillors R 7 556 462.55

Depreciation R18 000 000.00

Other Expenses R 100 362 074.00

Total Expenditure R 154 018 460.68

Capital BudgetInfrastructure R 15 086 169.64

Community Assets R 13 662 922.04

Other Assets R 12 723 735.00

Total Capital Budget R41 472 826.68

Capital Budget FundingGovernment grants R 24 335 000.00

Internally generated funds R 17 137 826.68

Total Capital Funding R 41 472 826.68

TOTAL APPROVED BUDGET FUNDING R 176 525 211.38

The quotation must be submitted on the letterhead of your business and can either be faxed or delivered by hand notlater than 30 March 2015 to: Nolufefe before 10H00

Any queries may be directed to: The Municipal Manager at 039 834 7700

G M SINEKEMUNICIPAL MANAGER

Partnership for thebetter of community

FEVER REPORTER

THE Kwa Sani Mu-nicipality hasformed a crucial

relationship withstakeholdersaround the mu-nicipality, withan aim of usingassets at theirdisposal to de-velop thecommunity.

The mu-nicipalityhasjoinedhandswith the

UnderbergFarmers’Associationandother sector departments. The part-nershipwithUnderbergFarmersAs-sociationandtheDepartmentofAgri-culturewasdisplayedwhen the threesectors jointly held a farmer’s day ex-po recently.

Through the combined efforts ofthis partnership, a community thatwas previously divided over land useissues has made tremendous stridestowards a unified approach to com-munity upliftment through a maizeplantingproject.Variouscommercialenterprises were invited to demon-strate their support for the project bydisplaying their products and servi-ces at the farmers’ day expo.

KwaSaniMunicipalityMayorMdu

Bandasaidotherfarmersfromneigh-bouring communities also attendedthe expo.

“There were other farmers whocame to experience the benefits ofworking together, demonstrated bytheir counterparts, whowill be givendue recognition for their success inthe project thus far,” he said.

The tireless efforts by Mayor CllrBandaisvisible inallaspectsofdevel-opment within Kwa Sani.

A portion of land has beenidentified for a project will soon beidentified which all stakeholders willembark on and making it a success,this project will be used as a pilotproject.

“Itwasaplatformtocommunicate

a positive message and showcasewhat Kwa Sani Municipality does, toshow that together we can moveSouthAfrica forward,”Bandaadded.

Healsosaid that thedisasterman-agement team has a plan in place toensure that tourists visiting the areafor the upcoming Splashy Fen aresafe.

More than 30 000 people are ex-pectedtoattendtheannualmusic fes-tival.which runsoveraperiodof fourdays.

“SplashyFengeneratesmorethanR3 millioninrevenueandsomeof themoney is donated to the local NGOs,”he said.

Banda wished visitors to the Bergfor Easter a safe and enjoyable stay.

PHOTO: FEVERREPORTERKwa Sani Munici-pality Mayor MduBanda.

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UMUZIWABANTU MUNICIPALITY DRAFT ANNUALBUDGET 2015/2016

Umuziwabantu Municipality hereby invites public comments in terms of Section 22 ofthe Local Government Municipal Finance Management Act 2003, (Act 56 of 2003) onthe Umuziwabantu Municipality’s Draft Annual Budget and tariffs 2015/2016.

Comments are further invited on the Municipal Property Rates Policy in terms of Section5 of the Municipal Property Rates Act 2004, (Act 6 of 2004) whereby Council mustannually review and if necessary amend its Municipal Property Rates Policy. In termsof Section 22 and 23 of the Local Government Municipal Finance Management (Act2003, Act 56 of 2003), all amendments must accompany the annual budget through themunicipality’s annual budget community participation process.

The Local community can submit their representations/comments on the Draft Budget2015/2016 and the Rates Policy for Council’s consideration and will be opened for 21days from the date of this notice. Copies of these are available on the UmuziwabantuMunicipality’s website: www.umuziwabantu.gov.za, municipal office Reception, PublicLibrary and Traffic Office during office hours: 08:00 to 16:00.

Comments can be submitted to Umuziwabantu Municipality, 10 Murchison Street,Harding (during office hours).

Enquiries can be directed to Ms Thanda Mhlongo on 039 4333551/3500.

ISAZISOUKUTHUNYELWA KWEMIBONO EQONDENE

NESABIWO-ZIMALI SIKA 2015/2016

Umphakathi uyaziswa kulandelwa isigaba 22 somthetho oqondene nokuphathwakweZimali komasipala, ongunombolo 56 ka 2003, ukuthi uhlaka lwesabiwo-zimalikumasipala Umuziwabantu kunyaka-zimali nohla lwezimali ezikhokhela izinsizazikaMasipala (tariffs) ka 2015/2016 luyatholakala kusukela namhlanje, ukunikeza laboabafisa ukuphawula ithuba lokwenze njalo.

Umthetho ongamele ukuklanywa kwezintela ezikhokhelwa izakhiwo (rates)ongunombolo 6 ka 2004 uyalela ukuba umkhandlu ubuyekeze umgomo wawo wezintelanjalo ngonyaka, uchitshiyelwe lapho kunesindingo. Ngokwezigaba 22 no 23 kunthethowokuphathwa kwezimali, kumele zonke izichibiyelo zibe ingxenye yohlelo lokuphasiswakwesabiwo-zimali, ikakhulukazi kubhekelwe izimvo zomphakathi kulolu hlelo.

Ngaleso sizathu umphakathi uyaziswa ukuthi ithuba lokuthumela izimvo zawongesabiwo-zimali sonyaka ka 2015/2016, kanye nangenqubo-mgomo eqondenenezintela ezikhokhelwa izakhiwo, liyovulwa isikhathi eziyintsuku ezingamashumiamabili nanye. Amakhopi emiqulu ayotholakala emitapweni yolwazi nase mahhovisikamasipala.

Kucelwa ukuthi lezo zimvo zithunyelwe ngenye yezindlela ezilandelayo: Zithunyelwemathupa emahhovisi kamasipala 10 Murchison Street, Harding (u 8h00 ekuseni kuyaku 16h00 ntambama).

Eminye imibuzo ingaqondiswa ku Ms Thanda Mhlongo kulenombolo yocingo 0394333551/3500.

REVENUE BY SOURCE 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018

Property Rates 11 618 12 315 13 054

Service Charges 33 113 35 100 37 206

Investment Revenue 4 000 4 240 4 494

Recognised Operational Transfers 74 307 82 470 81 388

Own Revenue 7 763 5 018 5 319

Total Operational Revenue 130 801 139 143 141 461

Employee Costs 45 715 48 458 51 365

Remuneration of Councillors 6 612 7 009 7 430

Finance Charges 305 181 191

Materials & Bulk purchases 29 213 30 965 32 823

Transfers & Grants 3 529 3 741 3 965

Other Expenditure 45 426 50 374 53 928

Total Expenditure 130 801 140 727 149 702

Capital Expenditure 29 561 29 593 23 349

Transfers recognised-Capital 29 561 29 593 23 349

Total Sources of Capital funds 29 561 29 593 23 349

S.D. MbheleMunicipal ManagerPrivate Bag X1023, Harding, 4680

Housing providedfor Matatielecommunities

>> ‘We are putting the needs of the people first’


INabidtofast-tracktheprovisionof“quality,integrated and sustainable human settle-ments that offer our communities a better

living environment” the Eastern Cape Depart-ment ofHumanSettlements is in theprocess ofbuilding 3 000 RDP houses in Matatiele.

Theconstructionofthehousesisinresponseto calls from communities under theMatatieleLocal Municipality for quality housing fromgovernment. This was revealed at a MayoralImbizo inMvenyanevillage (Ward21)onTues-day.

Matatiele Mayor Momelezi Mbedla andSpeaker Jacqueline Bosman-Magangana,councillors,managementandofficialsfromtheeducation and human settlements depart-ments visited Mvenyane Senior Secondary toassess challenges facedby the school, and alsoto get answers regarding the slow pace of con-structions of the school’s hostel.

According to Mbedla, the imbizo was heldalso as part of responding to the call of the gov-ernment’s back-to-basics programme ofstrengtheningmunicipalitiesbygetting theba-sics of local government right.

“In response to our national government’scall to go back to basics, we are putting theneeds of the people first.

The delegation, led byMbedla, also handedover a newly built RDP house to 73-year-oldNomondeMasholokuwholivesinahouserent-ed out to her by her son’s friend.

Masholoku,who lives alone, said shehad tomove out of her old house because she was at-tacked by thieves who broke in while she wasasleep.

She said she was happy to get the house.Ward21CllrLulamileNxesiandvillagechief

Njeje expressed gratitude to the municipalleadership for visiting Ward 21 and furtherurgedhispeople tobepatientwithgovernmentservicesandnotpracticeanyactofviolenceandvandalising government properties.

Cllr Lulamile Nxesi outlinesthe achievements madeby government since 1996.PHOTO: NTUNTU DWEBA

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KWASANI LOCAL MUNICIPALITYPO Box 43, Himeville 3256: 32 Arbuckle Street, Himeville 3256

Tel: 033 7021 060 Fax: 033 7021 148

BID NOTICE & INVITATION TO BID

Bids are hereby invited from suitable qualified and experienced Contractors for the following projects:

Name Ward Contract No.

Briefing

date and

time

Tender

Closing

date and

time

Min.

CIDB

Grading

Bid

Document

Price

Renovationof HimevilleCommunity

Hall

02KSM/10

/B/2014/2015

08 April

2015 11h00

21 April

2015

12h00

2GB or

2 CER200.00

Upgradingof Old

Main RoadUnderberg

03KSM/08

/B/2014/201509 April

2015 11h00

21 April

2015

12h00

4 CE or

3CE PER350.00

Only contractors with an active CIDB Grading as indicated above will be allowed to participate in the

bid. The evaluated and adjudicated based on functionality and:

KSM/07/B/2014/2015 : 80/20

KSM/08/B/2014/2015 : 90/10

Detailed Functionality evaluation criterion will be included in the document, Certified and valid

copies of B-BBEE status level of contribution certificates must be submitted in order to claim for

preference points.

Compulsory Briefing meeting will take place at KwaSani Municipal Boardroom, 32 Arbuckle Street,

Himeville, 3256 followed by compulsory Site Inspections.

Bid Documents will be available from 8h00am to 11h00am on the day of briefing at the Municipal

Cashiers Office. Cash or bank guaranteed cheque made in favour of KwaSani Municipality is

payable upon collection of bid document.

Technical enquiries can be directed to the consultant: Mr P. Mjekula on 039 312 0856 or KwaSanimunicipality: Mr. S. Mvelase on 033 702 1060 and SCM enquiries can be directed to Miss N. Holiweon 033 702 1060 during office hours.

Sealed Bid documents marked with “Bid Name and Bid Number” must be deposited in the TenderBox located in the reception area at KwaSani Municipality, 32 Arbuckle Street, Himeville no laterthan 12h00 pm on the closing date where they will be opened in public. Telegraphic, telefaxed orposted tenders will not be accepted.

KwaSani Municipality does not bind itself to accepting the lowest, or any bid, either wholly or in partor give any reason for such action.

N. JamesMunicipal Manager Date

Shoprite opens in Ixopo>> ‘Shoprite opened at the right time as we have waited for so long to open in their area‘

KHAYA MAGENU>>[email protected]

SHOPRITE opened its doors for thefirst time in Ixopo on Thursday andprovided a number of job opportuni-

ties for the community.Andrew Soqinase, Shoprite regional

manager said they were excited about theopening.

“This is a shop that Ixopo has never hadbefore.Theshopcreatedmorethan160jobopportunities. The opening encouragesand motivates us” said Soqinase.

He said they promise the lowest prices.“We also promise to offer the best cus-

tomer service and first-class facilities.”Ubuhlebezwe Municipality Deputy

Mayor Thulani Dlamini agreed with Soqin-ase saying that they are happy about theopening of the store.

“Shoprite opened at the right time be-cause we have waited for so long to openin their area and we welcome them in Ixo-po,” said Dlamini.

However, Harry Gwala District Munici-pality Cllr Jabulile Msiya, representingdistrict mayor Mluleki Ndobe, said theopening of Shoprite is an indication thattheir district is growing in terms of theeconomy.

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Fruit and vegeta-ble staff SheziSbonelo andNzimandeBonginkosiwith freshwatermelons.

ABOVE: Ixopo Shoprite staff sing at the opening.

PHOTOS: KHAYA MAGENUUbuhlebezwe Municipal-ity Deputy Mayor Thu-lani Dlamini and Shop-rite regional managerAndrew Soqinase ad-dress customers after

cutting the ribbon.

Egg hunt starts at 11:30am,and for entrée kid must wearsomething / or have a face paintrelating to a bunny.

Lunch is R190.00.Kids pay R100.00.

Easter lunch and

Tel. +27 (0)39 553 0600 | Fax. +27 (0)39 553 0609Email. [email protected] | Web. www.ingeliforestlodge.com | www.ingeliadventures.com

Egg huntDate: 05.04.15

UMUZIWABANTU MUNICIPALITY10 MURCHISON STREET, HARDING 4680


PUBLIC NOTICEAVAILABILITY OF THE ADOPTED 2015/16 DRAFT IDP REVIEWED

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section34 of the Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000, thatthe Umuziwabantu 2015/16Draft Integrated Development Plan has been adopted by Council andis available for public comments. Comments and representations can be submitted to the officeof the Mayor.

Any persons who cannot write may visit the office of the aforesaid municipal official for assistancein transcribing their comments or representation.

For enquiries regarding the Draft IDP, you may contact the Acting Manager: Strategic PlanningMrs. Thandeka Tsita on 039 433 3500/24 or alternatively [email protected].

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PUBLIC NOTICEISAZISO ngohlahlo lwabiwo mali olucetywayo lonyaka ka 2015/2016 obelushukuxwa lwazalwaphumeleliswa ngomhla wama 31 March 2015 liBhunga ledolopu ngokwecandelo 16 (2) lweMunicipal Finance Management Act 56 ka 2003 ngoluhlobo:

I - OPERATING BUDGET

Amacandelo Ingeniso Inkcitho Ingeniso/ (Ilahleko)

Ooceba nolawulo 20 971 957 (20 971 957)

Ulawulo nezabasebenzi 282 744 28 179 813 (27 897 069)

Ezezimali 150 403 831 74 166 628 76 237 203

Ezoluntu nontlalontle 4 302 697 16 124 250 (11 821 553)

Ezokhuseleko 6 218 697 18 361 954 (12 143 274)

Ugutyulo 14 738 118 17 618 173 (2 880 055)

Ucwangciso nophuhliso 11 272 730 12 782 983 (1 510 233)

Ezendlela nothutho 503 681 12 412 474 (11 908 793)

Ezombane 108 761 169 112 114 496 (3 353 327)

Total 296 483 650 312 732 709 (16 249 058)

I - DRAFT CAPITAL BUDGET

Izibonelelo zikarhulumente R19 867 000

Imali yebhunga R18 100 000

Isimbuku R37 967 000

II – TARRIFS/ AMAXABISO AQULUNQWAYOIntlawulo yeenkonzo nerhafu ziqikelelwa ukuba zizakunyuka ngoluhlobo:

1. Irhafu yomhlaba nezindlu (Property Rates)

Intlawulo yeenkonzo zerhafu yomhlaba nezindlu ihlelwa icetywe ngoluhlobo:-

Uluhlu Rate Randage ExemptionEzamakhaya 0,0014784 R40 000Amashishini 0, 029317 0Ezophuhliso zoluntu 0, 003548 30%Ezikarhulumente 0,037585 0AmaFama naBalimi 0,003696 0Ezenkonzo Kwenziwa iziceloEzomphakathi woluntu Kwenziwa izicelo

2.Umbane (Electricity) luzakunyuka nge 12.20%

Ukwenyuka kombane kusaxhomekeke kwisigunyaziso secandelo elilawula ezombane kuzwelonke (National Energy Regulator of South Africa – NERSA).

3. Uthutho lwenkunkuma (Refuse removal) luzakunyuka nge 5.6%

4. Ezinye iintlawulo (Other charges) zinyuka ngo 5.6% (Kushiyana ngentlawulo yosuku/ iawa)

Oku kuquka iintlawulo ezifana nokuqasha amaholo; amangcwaba; imizobo yokwakha njalo njalo .Inkcukacha ziyafumaneke kumqulu weentlawulo neerhafu kwiiofisi zikamasipala.Ikopi zohlahlo lwabiwo mali lonyaka ka 2015/2016 zifumaneka kwi ofisi zika masipala (MainOffice; Bhongweni Library; Kokstad Library. xa abahlali befuna ulwazi oluphangaleleyo,bangaqhakamshelana no Ms Mkhulisi kwinombolo yomxeba 039 797 6636.

Z MKHIZEUMANEJALA KAMASIPALANotice No.:58-2014/2015

NOTICE is hereby given that the Draft Operating and Capital Budgets for 2014/2015 have beentabled and adopted by Council in terms of section 16 (2) of the Municipal Finance Management Act56 of 2003 on 31 March 2015 as set out below:

DRAFT OPERATING BUDGET

Description Income Expenditure Surplus/ (Deficit)

Executive and Council 20 971 957 (20 971 957)

Administration & HR 282 744 28 179 813 (27 897 069)

Budget & Treasury 150 403 831 74 166 628 76 237 203Community & SocialServices

4 302 697 16 124 250 (11 821 553)

Public Safety 6 218 697 18 361 954 (12 143 274)

Waste Management 14 738 118 17 618 173 (2 880 055)

Planning & Development 11 272 730 12 782 983 (1 510 233)

Road Transport 503 681 12 412 474 (11 908 793)

Electricity Services 108 761 169 112 114 496 (3 353 327)

Total 296 483 650 312 732 709 (16 249 058)

DRAFT CAPITAL BUDGET

Capital grant funding R19 867 000

Own revenue R18 100 000

Total draft R37 967 000

PROPOSED TARRIF INCREASESThe tariff increases from the current year’s figures are proposed as follows:

1. Property Rates

Property rates and taxes for 2014/2015 are proposed as follows:

Category Rate Randage ExemptionsResidential 0,0014784 40 000Commercial and Industrial 0, 029317 0Public Service infrastructure 0, 003548 30%Government 0,037585 0Farms and Agricultural 0,003696 0Churches ApplicationPublic Benefits Organization Application

2. Electricity is proposed to increase by 12.20%

Electricity tariff increase is still subject to approval by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa(NERSA).

3. Refuse removal is proposed to increase by 5.6%

4. Other charges 5.6% increase (Depending on hourly/daily rate)

Other charges include hall hire; cemetery fees; building plan fees; etc.

Copies of the draft budget and proposed tariffs for 2015/2016 are available at a prescribed formin the municipal offices (Main Offices; Bhongweni Library; Kokstad Library. For further informationplease contact The Community Participation Coordinator Ms Mkhulisi on 039 797 6636.

Z MKHIZEMUNICIPAL MANAGERNotice No.: 58-2014/2015

Desperate pensionershitting the casinos>> Gamblingenvironment creates asafe cocoon

CHELSEA PIETERSE

WITH some pensioners having littleor nothing to do during the day,“gambling grannies” are becom-

ing a common sight at casinos all overSouth Africa, and KwaZulu-Natal is no ex-

ception.Clinical psychologist Clive Willows said

many people do not prepare psychologi-cally for retirement.

“Often their identity and purpose is sointegrated with work that they struggle todefine themselves, or find a purpose whenwork ends.

“The psychological lure of gambling isoften driven by an inherent sense of fair-ness.

“Therefore those who believe theyhave worked hard and not been adequate-

ly rewarded, or perhaps dealt with unjusthardship, believe that they deserve to win,and that, somehow, the scales will be bal-anced in their favour,” he said.

He said those who have struggled in lifeare the most vulnerable to be driven bysuch an unconscious, but ultimately illogi-cal, drive.

“The gambling environment usuallycreates a safe cocoon, and enables a with-drawal and retreat from the demands ofone’s environment and the internal ten-sions of discontent and regret — which are

often characteristics of depression in olderfolk,” he said.

Pietermaritzburg and District Councilfor the Care of the Aged social work man-ager Jo-Anne Stevens-O’Connor said al-though they did not deal with many peoplewho admitted to gambling problems, afew clients had admitted to gambling ad-dictions.

“One gentleman admitted he workedfor himself and would sacrifice work timeto hit the casino.

“Money that would have comfortablyhave bought him a house and replaced hisageing car was spent at the casino leavinghim almost destitute.

“So obsessed would he become that hewould seek to borrow money in the middleof the night to play one more hand.”

She said sometimes placing a person inan old age home or retirement village couldhelp as they provide a structured environ-ment for people whose lives have becomeunmanageable.

“The cost of care is such that peoplewith limited income have little money leftover to spend on gambling or other addic-tions,” she said.

Casino Association of South Africaspokesperson Charl Faurie said experienceindicates that the elderly are more likely tovisit casinos in off-peak times.

“Unfortunately the term pensionertends to create the impression that all eld-erly people live a hand-to-mouth exis-tence, existing from one monthly pension-er’s cheque to the next,” he said.

“The latter category of pensionerswould automatically fall outside the de-sired LSM and casinos’ primary segmenta-tion and therefore would not be specifical-ly targeted.”

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PUBLIC NOTICESUPPLY & INSTALL OF BATTERIES, SUPPLY OFWHEEL REPAIRS, SHOCK ABSORBERS

AND EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR MUNICIPAL VEHICLES

BID NO.: GKM 18-14/15

The Greater Kokstad Municipality invites experienced service providers for supply & install of batter-ies, supply of wheel repairs, shock absorbers & exhaust system for municipal vehicles.


A non-refundable Bid Document fee of R500 is payable in cash at the Municipality’s CustomerCare Centre.The Bid Document must be physically collected at the Customer Care Centre 75 HopeStreet, Kokstad during working hours from 08h00 to 16h00. The Greater Kokstad Municipality Sup-ply Chain Policy on Preferential Point Scoring System of 90/10 shall apply. 90 for Price and 10 forBBBEE Contribution level status.

A compulsory briefing meeting will be held on the 14 April 2015 at 11h00 at 75 Hope Street, Kok-stad.

Sealed Bids, marked “Bid No.: GKM: 18-14/15 SUPPLY & INSTALL OF BATTERIES, SUPPLYOFWHEEL REPAIRS, SHOCK ABSORBERS AND EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR MUNICIPAL VEHI-CLES”, must be deposited in the Bid Box located at the Reception Area, 75 Hope Street, Kokstad,No later than, 24 April 2015 at 12H00, where after, bids will be opened in public.



Technical Enquiries: Mrs Mikie Coetzee at 039 797 6600 or [email protected] Chain Enquiries: Miss Andiswa Mahlaka at 039 7976600 or [email protected]




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PUBLIC NOTICEDESIGN, EDITING, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF GKM MONTHLY

NEWSPAPER

BID NO.: GKM 17-14/15

The Greater Kokstad Municipality invites proposals from the reputable and experienced serviceproviders to design, edit, printing and distribution of GKM monthly newspaper.


A non-refundable Bid Document fee of R300 is payable in cash at the Municipality’s CustomerCare Centre.The Bid Document must be physically collected at the Customer Care Centre 75 HopeStreet, Kokstad during working hours from 08h00 to 16h00. The Greater Kokstad Municipality Sup-ply Chain Policy on Preferential Point Scoring System of 80/20 shall apply. 80 for Price and 20 forBBBEE Contribution level status. Failure to do so will result in forfeiting of points.

A compulsory site briefing meeting will be held on the 08 April 2015 at 10h00, 75 Hope Street,Kokstad.

Sealed Bids, marked “Bid No.: GKM.: 17-14/15 DESIGN, EDITING,PRINTING OF GKM MONTH-LY NEWSPAPER”, must be deposited in the Bid Box located at the Reception Area, 75 HopeStreet, Kokstad, No later than, 16 April 2015 at 12H00, where after, bids will be opened in public.



Technical Enquiries: Mr Sabelo Ncwane at 039 797 6600 or [email protected] Chain Enquiries: Miss Andiswa Mahlaka at 039 7976600 or [email protected]



Correctional Servicescelebrate HumanRights Month>> ‘It is important that women be respected and recognised’NTUNTU DWEBA>>[email protected]

THE Regional CommissionerMnikelwa Nxele joined the#RhodesMustFall campaign

that is calling for the removal of CecilRhodes’s statue at the University ofCape Town.

This was when officials from theKZNDepartmentofCorrectionalSer-vices gathered at the Oval Sportsgrounds in Kokstad at an event orga-nised to celebrate Human RightsMonth last Wednesday.

In attendance were KZN Correc-tional Services Regional Commis-

sioner Mnikelwa Nxele, Deputy Re-gional Commissioner Buti Mchunu,ActingCommissioner for theKokstadManagement Area Vivian Sibutha,GreaterKokstadMunicipalityDeputyMayor and Speaker Bheki Mtolo andZolani Mhlongo respectively.

Addressing the crowd Nxele saidtheeventwasnotonlytocelebratetheadvancesmadebySouthAfrica in thepast 20 years, but it was also in com-memoration of the Sharpeville mas-sacre that shook the country andworld. “More than 20 years ago thelevel of dehumanisationof blackpeo-ple was immeasurable, but a lot haschanged since then and we are here

to celebrate that,” he said.On the #RhodesMustFall cam-

paign Nxele said the people of SouthAfrica must support all campaignsthat deal with elements of the pastwhich do not represent the future.

“Ifwearegoingtodragtheprocessof transformation for 50 years thenwewillnevermove forward,”hesaid.

Mchunu echoed Nxele’s view thata lot has been done in terms of trans-formation in the country.

“I was hired in 1982 when thingswere really bad at a time when werehired by the department and weremade to stripnakedandbe inspectedbyafemalenurse,whichwasveryhu-

miliating.Today thingsaremuchbet-ter, even offenders are being treatedlike human beings,” he said.

Delivering a message of supportKokstad SAPS Vispol Commander

Major Zandile Mtolo-Nguse said it isimportant that women be respectedand recognised in the positions ofleadership they now hold under thedemocratic South Africa.

Traditional dance group go through their routine at the event.

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TB-treatmentdefaulters worrying>> TB screening will help to reduce the number of new infections

A TUBERCULOSIS (TB) aware-ness and screening campaignwasheld in response to the re-

ported escalating rate of defaults onTB treatment inMfulamhle village inUmzimkhulu on Tuesday.

A report by the Department ofHealthrevealedatalocalAidscouncil(LAC) said there has been aworryingincrease in people defaulting on TBtreatment thus increasing suscepti-bility to themultidrug-resistance TB.

Mvoti Clinic of Zone 2, made up ofWards5,6,7,9and19underUmzim-khuluLocalMunicipalityappeared tohave the highest statistics.

UmzimkhuluLocalMunicipality isalso embarking ona three-yearmassTBscreening campaign thatwill helpto reduce the number of new infec-tions and related deaths.

Municipality spokesperson WillieMgcina said the programme is in linewith the national government ap-proach towards health issues.

“Deputy President Cyril Rama-phosa and Health Minister Dr AaronMotsoaledi started the screeningcampaign in theNorthWestaspartofWorld TB Day, early this week so weare on the right track,” he said.

He said Operation Sukuma Sa-khe is also a strategic avenuethroughwhichstructures like theLACarerun. “WeareOperationSukumaSakhe for the benefitof thepeopleas itenablesustoget informationfromdif-

ferent departments,” he said.LACischairedbythemayorsofthe

localmunicipalities while the districtAids council is chaired by the districtmayorwhositquarterlyasstakehold-erssuchas theprivatesector,government and NGOsshare their respectiveideas on how to bet-ter the provision ofhealth services.

“An integratedapproach is thenadopted by thesestructures that isfor the benefitand bettermentofthecommu-

nities,” he said.Mgcina also urged community

members to taketheirhealthserious-ly by taking their treatment as re-quired. - Supplied.

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDMrs Jaku ofDepartment ofSocial Develop-ment explains theimplications of

not taking care ofyour health.

JODY NEL

TREVOR Noah is believed to be onthe shortlist to present top Ameri-can news satire programme TheDaily Show.

Longtime presenter Jon Stewarthas announced that he will stepdown this year.

South African comedian NoahjoinedtheprogrammeinDecemberas a “senior international corre-spondent”.

According to entertainment in-dustrymagazineVariety, Noah(31)isbeingincreasinglyseenasthesuc-cessor to Stewart.

Several senior and longstandingcontributors to the show have al-ready indicated they do not want tostep into Stewart’s job.

AmongthemareJohnOliverandStephen Colbert, who started onTheDailyShowandnowhave theirown successful shows,with Colberttaking over The Late Showfrom David Letterman inSeptember.

Stewart announced inFebruary that he will

step down some time after Junefrom the show he has presentedsince 1999.

An informed source said it is notadonedealthatNoahwillinherittheshow, and host network ComedyCentral declined to comment.

AlthoughNoahhas only been onTheDaily Show for fourmonths, heisanotanewfacetoAmericanaudi-ences.

He was the first comedian fromAfrica to appear on the two top latenight talk shows,TheTonightShowwith Jay Leno and The Late ShowwithDavidLetterman.Heregularlytours the U.S. and has also beenaired on the Showtime channel.

NoahisontourintheMiddleEastand couldnot be contacted for com-ment.

Trevor Noah.PHOTO:

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PUBLIC NOTICEBID NO.: GKM 20-14/15

ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW MARKET AND MARAISKOPVILLAGES

The Greater Kokstad Municipality is hereby invites suitably qualified and experienced contractors forthe Electrification of approximately 92 households’ connections for the above mentioned project.Thecontractor must have a minimum CIDB grading of 3EP/EB or Higher.


A NON REFUNDABLE Bid documents fee of R 500.00 is payable in cash at the Municipality’s Cus-tomer Care Centre. The Bid document must be physically collected from the Customer Care Centre,75 Hope Street, Kokstad, during normal working hours from 08H00 –16H00. Tender documents willbe available from 12h00 on the 08 April 2015.The Greater Kokstad Municipality Supply Chain Policy and Preferential Point Scoring System of90/10 shall apply. 90: Price and 10: BBBEE Contribution Status Level.

Failure to submit a certified BBBEE Certificate may result in forfeiting of points.

A Compulsory site briefing will take place on 13 April 2015 at 11h30 at Greater Kokstad munici-pality offices, 75 Hope Street, Kokstad and then proceed to the site.

Sealed Bids, marked “Bid No.: GKM 20-14/15” , must be deposited in the Bid Box located at theReception Area, 75 Hope Street, Kokstad, No later than 22 April 2015 at 12H00, where after, bidswill be opened in public.

Late, telegraphic emailed or faxed bids will not be considered.

Service Providers are encouraged to register on the Greater Kokstad Municipality’s database beforesubmitting bid documents; forms are available from the website www.kokstad.org.za and from SCMUnit Office

Technical Enquiries: Mr. G. Gwagwa, 039 797 6600, Cell: 072 356 9107ACE Consultant: Mr. T. Naidoo, Tel: 031 309 1774 during normal office hours or Email to: [email protected] Chain Enquiries: Ms. A.Mahlaka, 039 797 6600 or Email: [email protected]



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Children encouraged to joinlibrary and read and play

THE librarian at the KokstadLibrary, Yvette Gunkel, is call-ing on Kokstad children and

readers to visit the library.“We have lots of materials and

programmes that cater for children,also joining the library is free. Thosewho are interested in becomingmembers should provide a copy oftheir ID and proof of residence to bea member,” she said.

Forty five pupils from Seven

Fountains Primary in Shayamoyahad lots of fun and played gameswhen they visited the Kokstad Li-brary recently.

The highlight of their visit wasplaying with educational toys thatare now available in the library.

Pupils were taken around the li-brarybyGunkel,whoexplainedandshowed themwhat iswhat at the Li-brary She also taught pupils therules, regulations and how to con-

duct themselves in a library.“We also encourage the public

who know of any blind or partiallyblind people who want to use the li-brary to inform us.

“If there is a need the library canbe equipped with the necessaryequipment.

“Wealsoencourageanyoneinter-ested in playing chess to come intothe library and join in the fun.”

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PHOTOS: SUPPLIEDGirls from Seven Fountains play in a toy kitchen at the Kokstad Library

GREETINGS to the people of KokstadOfficeof thePremiervisitsKokstadThe Office of the Premier of Kwa-

Zulu-Natal,SenzoMchunuvisitedtheGreater Kokstad Municipality on the30and31March.Thevisit comesaft-er a visit by the Premier to celebrateHuman Rights Day on 21 March. Onthat visit issues were raised by thecommunity through the communitymeetings. The office of the Premier isdoinga follow-upwith themunicipal-ityontheinterventionsthatweretobedone by the municipality and othergovernment departments. All gov-ernmentdepartmentswere invited togive answers to the Office of the Pre-mierandtheywillbegiventothecom-munity. I thank thosewho participat-ed in making sure the meeting wassuccessful.

BhongweniStadiumnearingcom-pletion

The construction of BhongweniStadium will be coming to an end asthe contractor has indicated the endofApril as theanticipatedcompletiontime. The community will rememberthat the project was supposed to be

finished in November 2014, but dueto environmental challenges it wasnot. According to reports the mainfield has passed all the relevant testsand the contractor will be laying theartificial turf next week. Ablution fa-cilities have been completed and thepaving of the road to the stadium isabout to be completed.

The community, especially theyouth,will benefit fromthisproject interms of sports. Still on the issue ofsportfieldsIwasdisturbedbythevan-dalism I saw at the RiverviewStadium. The ablution facility win-dowsarebrokenandpartsof thepali-sadefencinghavebeenremoved.Themunicipality appeals to the commu-nity to look after these facilities be-cause they

We urge the community to “like”our facebook page -Greater KokstadMunicipality

Wearepostinga lot of informationthere and want an interactive pagethatwill dealwith issues affecting thecommunity.

Happy Easter weekend.Siyaqhuba. Inkosi inibusise

GKMVIEWPOINT

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GovernmentrespondstoOutcome 6

On their mission to facilitate andco-ordinate provision of quality, inte-gratedandsustainablehumansettle-ment that offer our communities abetter living environment, the East-ern Cape Department of HumanSettlements has responded to a cryfromthecommunityofMatatiele,thatof providing them with RDP houses.

Construction of more than 3 000RDPHouses isunderway insixMata-tiele Local Municipality wards. Thiswas witnessed by more than 500communitymembersat theMayoral/

Exco ImbizoatMvenyane inWard21on Tuesday 31 March.

The imbizowas held as part of re-sponding to the call of the nationalgovernment’s programme ofstrengthening municipalities in acampaign to get the basics of localgovernment right.

Mayor Cllr. Momelezi Mbedla andthe Executive committee, Speaker ofCouncil Cllr J. Bosman –Magangana,councillorsandmanagementand theDepartments of Education and Hu-man Settlements senior manage-ment visited Mvenyane Senior Sec-ondary to check challenges faced bytheschool in termsof the slowpaceofhostel construction.

The delegation further handedover a rural housing structure to 73-year-old Nomonde Masholoku wholives inahouse thatwas rented toherby her son’s friend. She had to moveout of her old house because shewasattacked by thieves who broke inwhile shewas asleep. She lives alonein the house as her three daughtersare married and her son lives in thevillage, but not with her.

She is concerned that her son willmoveintothenewRDPhousebyforceas he has mentioned on many occa-sions that it is also his home.

The ward councillor of the area,Cllr LulamileNxesi tableda report onthe stateof thewardandgovernment

achievements since1996.ChiefNjejeextended a word of gratitude to themunicipal leadership for visitingWard 21 and urged his people to bepatient with government servicesand not practice any acts of violenceor vandalise government properties.

The imbizo was held under thetheme “together we move Matatieleforward,promotingjointactionswithcommunities in building Matatiele”.

IDP/Budget Community OutreachThe Matatiele Local Municipality

invites the community within themunicipal area in termsof Section29(i) and (ii) of the Local Government:Municipal Systems Act, (Act 32 of2000), to attend the 2015/2016 IDP/

Budget Community Outreach to beheld from 13 to 17 April.

The public is advised to contacttheirward councillors, ward supportassistants and community develop-ment workers for venues at their re-spective wards.

Community dialogue on humanrights

The Department of Communica-tions, Human Rights Commission,the Commission on Gender Equalityand Public Services Commissionconducted a community dialogue onhuman rights on 26 March at Madi-mong community hall in Ward 4 aspart of celebrating Human RightsMonth. Commissions made presen-tations on how their organisationswork,whenandhowtheycanbecon-tacted.

That is all fromus for now, till nexttime, stay safe and have a blessedEaster Holidays.

Thank you sweet people fromsweet Matat, a destination of choiceand excellence.

MATAT VIEWPOINTDR DCT NAKIN MUNICIPAL MANAGER

Horseshoe, a mining areaWE, the community of Horseshoe, now re-fer to the community as a mining area be-cause many contractors appointed by Har-ry Gwala District Municipality to convert pittoilets to a bulk sewer system have beengoing in and out of Horseshoe for the pastsix years, but still there is nothing visiblethat is being done by the contractors.

Instead they have been getting moneyfor vandalising our area then leaving.

Since Cllr Phumzile Nocanda took theoath of office, it became a mess in our ward- iTsunami. As this community we are notcontent with the current situation.

Issues in Horseshoe include:• Appointed contractors did not meet

their target and left the site without com-pleting the work for which they were paid.

• Nocanda informed the communitythat so far R24 million has been spent in

Horseshoe.• According to a 2014/2015 report given

to the community, the connection of 368flushing toilets is 92% complete, this is amisleading statement. According to ourobservation its below 10%.

• The employment issue is now a crucialmatter because many residents hopedthat one day they will be employed as la-bourers in Horseshoe, but Nocanda is side-lining community members and only em-ploys his ANC volunteers and repeatedlyemploys the same people for all contracts.For example, some of his ward committeemembers are employed as community liai-son officers, which means they get two sal-aries and some of his ward committeessmoke dagga and have criminal records.

As this community we would like to beled by people who are not criminals so we

urge our municipality to screen our leadersand community representatives. The wardcommittees must meet all the require-ments outlined in the election criteria ofward committee members and councillors.

People who raise these issues are beinglabelled as anarchists and power-hungry -this must come to an end because we areresidents and have the right to have anopinion and we are free to participate in allaffairs concerning service delivery.

Nocanda must open up and not dis-criminate against community members.

We applaud our government for bring-ing service delivery to us, but because thereis no leadership, a lack of vision and corruptelements [within our community], servicedelivery is at a snail’s pace. As this commu-nity we will never despair. We need decentflushing toilets not honey- sucking truckswhichwereboughtspeciallyforHorseshoe.People are being enriched at the cost of oursuffering, but we promise this will collapseone day.

Horseshoe Concerned Residents

Onus is on us to bringabout changeMARCH 21 was declared a public holidayto honour and remember those whoselives were sacrificed in the fight for socialequality and a non-racial South Africa.

This national public holiday is both aglaring recap of the tragic SharpevillemassacreandacelebrationofSouthAfri-ca’s progressive Constitution, whichgives equal rights to all, irrespective ofcolour, creed or religious belief.

Although during the past 20 years wehave achieved a lot in terms of humanrights, more needs to be done to improvethe growing inequalities in our country.Each one of us can make a difference toend poverty, unemployment, racism,classism and gender-based oppression.

We must stand up to our responsibili-ty by instilling active citizenry and findingways and means to develop learning pro-

grammes in order to promote rule of law,accountability, transparency, goodgovernance, human rights and nationalprosperity.

Active citizenry can be a powerful wayto help ordinary people take effectivemeasures on the challenges that aremost significant to them. It can also goa long way in building a better country forall who live in South Africa.

The onus is on us as ordinary peopleto bring about progressive change and toensure that the fundamental freedomsfor everyone, enshrined in the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights, be known,understood and enjoyed by all every-where.

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KWASANI LOCAL MUNICIPALITYPO Box 43, Himeville 3256: 32 Arbuckle Street, Himeville 3256

Tel: 033 7021 060 Fax: 033 7021 148

KWASANI MUNICIPALITYBID NO: KSM /07/B/2014/2015

INVITATION TO BID

APPOINTMENT OF SECURITY COMPANY TO PROVIDE SECURITY SERVICES TOKWASANI MUNICIPALITY (1 YEAR CONTRACT)KwaSani Municipality herby requests Proposals from Experienced, qualified and reputable serviceproviders.

PROJECT NAME BID NUMBER BRIEFINGMEETING

CLOSINGDATE

BIDDOCUMENTPRICE

PROVISIONOF SECURITYSERVICES

KSM/07/B/2014/2015 09/04/2015 at11h:00

17/04/2015@ 12h:00 R 200

Bid documents will be available from 08h00 to 11h00 am at cashiers office on Thursday, 09 April2015. Compulsory Briefing meetings will be held on, Thursday 09 April 2015 at 11h00 am at theKwaSani Municipal Boardroom. Bidders arriving later than the briefing time indicated above for anyreason will not be allowed to participate in the bidding process.

The adjudication of the bids will be done in terms of the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2011Pertaining to Preferential Procurement Policy Framework (Act No. 5 of 2000) and will be based onfunctionality, price and preference, the 80/20 points system will be used. Preferential points will beawarded to bidders who submitted their valid B-BBEE status level of contribution certificates.

Submission:

Valid Tax Clearance Certificate

Certified copy of BBB-EE Certificate

CK Document and ID copy

Company profile

Technical enquiries shall be directed to: Corporate Service Manager , Mrs NC Mohau: 033 702 1060during office hours. All other enquiries can be directed to Miss. N. Holiwe on 033 702 1060 duringoffice hours.

Closing Date for Submission of Proposals: 17 April 2015 AT 12H00

Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked with Bid Name and Number and mustbe deposited in the tender box located in the reception area at KwaSani Municipality, 32 ArbuckleStreet, Himeville no later than 12h00 on the closing date. Late, Telegraphic or telefaxed bids will notbe considered.

Service Providers must be registered on the KwaSani Municipality’s database before submitting biddocuments; forms are available from the website www.kwasani.gov.za and from the Municipal Office

KwaSani Municipality does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bid and reserves the right toaccept the Bid in whole or part, at the rates quoted.

Ms N.C. JAMESMunicipal Manager

Psychologist forwhat, and for whom>> Some people may

need medication fortheir mental illness

PERHAPS you have won-dered who these peoplearethatwalkaroundlike

pseudo-doctors, promising todiagnose you and your chil-dren, scared they might justread your mind.

For some people theprospect is one they dread asmuch as a visit to the dentist,not knowing what to expect,entirely afraid, worried, anx-ious-while yourexpectation isto feel better.

If you are one of these indi-viduals, read on.

Psychologists are a groupof professionals who assess,diagnose and treat mentalhealth problems from anxietyand depression, to education-aldifficulties,todrugandalco-holabuse, toeatingdisorders.Sometimes you find that theyfacilitate groups to help youchange problematic behav-

iours, other times individualwork is appropriate.

Dependingon their chosenfield (research, counselling,clinical, educational) psychol-ogistshaveexpertise indiffer-ent areas, andoften they referto one another depending onthe client’s needs.

Some people may needmedicationfortheirmentalill-ness, and often psychologistsrefer such people to either ageneral practitioner, or a psy-chiatrist,dependingon the in-tensity of the illness.

Most people are afraid toconsultpsychologistsbecauseof the fear that they will be la-belled as “crazy”, “weak”, un-able to solve problems”, etc.However these are all myths.

The strongest people arethose who are able to faceproblems head on, and oftenwe need support from family,

friends,andprofessional todothis.Furthermore, oncean ill-ness has been diagnosed, wearebetter able to correct, sup-port, and possibly reversesome of the effects of the dis-ease.

Take a child who has beendiagnosedwitha learningdis-order for instance.

The parent observes thatthe child is failing at school,the teacher may comment onthe child’s concentration andattention,butonlyapsycholo-gist canassess anddiagnoseaspecificLearningDisorder,of-fer solutions to the problem,and provide reports to otherprofessionals.

The timespentbyachild inclassroomswheretheyarenotable to benefit is not worth it,when assessments that willbenefit thechildareavailable.

Now that you have a slightidea of the use of psycholo-gists, you may want to knowmoreaboutspecificdisorders.

This article intends to keepyouabreastwith the latest de-velopments in psychologicaldisorders,andsomeof thekeyissues that our communitiesare facing in ways languagethat we all understand.

-NandisaTushini,counsel-ling psychologist, Kokstad.

Psycholo-gists are agroup ofprofession-als whoassess,diagnoseand treatmentalhealthproblemsfrom anxie-ty and de-pression, toeducationaldifficulties,to drugand alcoholabuse, toeating dis-ordersPHOTO:SOURCED

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Schools adopt ‘Be Sun Smart’ initiative

THE Cancer Association ofSouth Africa, (Cansa) and theSkin Cancer Foundation ofSouth Africa (SCFSA) haveteamed up to support the BeSunSmart schoolprogrammeaimed at installing sunscreendispensersatschools inafightagainst skin cancer.

Skin cancer is one of themost common cancers inSouth Africa, and rates inSouth Africa are among thehighestintheworld.However,skin cancer risk can be re-duced.

The most vital step to re-ducing skin cancer is to keepchildren protected from UVradiation while they’re out-side especially between10amand3pm,aswellasencourag-ingtheuseofsun-smarthabitsfrom an early age.

“Research shows that re-ducing childhood exposure toultraviolet radiation is an im-portant step to minimisinglifetime skin cancer risk. Chil-dren are especially at risk ofUV radiation exposure andmore vulnerable to sun dam-age in a shorter space of timebecause their skin is thinnerthan an adult’s andmore sen-sitive,” said Dr Marc Roscherof SCFSA, who has helpedgrow Be Sun Smart.

Dr Caradee Wright, whohas publishedmany researchstudies on child sun exposureand sun protection, stressesthat schools have an impor-

tant role to play in supportingchildren to make healthy sunchoices.

“There is evidence whichshows that intervention byschools at primary school lev-el can reduce sunburn inci-dence and new melanocyticmole development. Thismeans that the school envi-ronment can support healthychildsunexposureandreducethe risk of skin cancer later. InSouth Africa, sun protectionhas not been a top priority forpublic schools because theseschools have other pressingissues that take precedence,”said Wright.

Be Sun Smart waslaunched in KwaZulu-Natallast year by two concernedDurban mothers, HayleighBottandDonnaShort, inpart-nership with Nivea Sun.

Nivea Sun brand managerMbaliSitholeexplains: “As theworld number one sun-carebrand, andaCansaSunSmartChoice sunscreen, Nivea Sunhastheresponsibilityofgrow-ing public awareness aboutsun protection and sun safety.The Be Sun Smart objectivesare threefold -

firstly, to make sunscreeninstantly accessiblewhenandwhere it is needed most atschools,secondly,tomakesuncare part of children’s every-dayroutine;and thirdly, toed-ucate children on sun safety.What better place for children

to learn sun smart habits thanwithin the learning environ-ment of their school.”

With 37 schools signed up,and roughly 4 000 pupils get-ting UV protection at schoolthrough this programme, BeSun Smart is gainingmomen-tum.

Hayleigh Bott says, “Ourmain goal is to make sun-screen use as necessary androutine as brushing yourteeth.Byinstillingthesehabitsearly on, we hope to grow agenerationofsun-smartkids.”

Cara Noble, Cansa’s Dur-ban Care Centre regionalmanager, is in full support ofthe Be Sun Smart initiativeprovidingeducationalmateri-als for schools and providinginformative talks to high-school pupils, parents andteachers.

“Children and parents arenotyetadequatelyprioritisingsunscreen use and sun safetybehaviour - and some teensstill ‘tan’.Ourroleistobuildanunderstanding of what chil-dren need to do to keep them-selves protected from the riskof skin cancer.”

Nivea Sun has developed alovable character - Ray thePenguin- tohelpbring thesunsmart message home for jun-ior school children in a fun yeteducational way. A two-min-ute animated video clip wascreated and has gone viral.

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PHOTO: SUPPLIEDWith their products (from left) Donna Short (Be Sun Smart), Hayleigh Bott (Be Sun Smart),Mbali Sithole (Nivea Sun) and Cara Noble (Cansa, Durban Care Centre regional manager). Notpictured is Dr Roscher of Skin Cancer Foundation of South Africa (SCFSA).

KWA SANI MUNICIPALITY PUBLIC NOTICEIntegrated Development Plan 2015/2016

In line with the provisions of legislation, the Kwa Sani Municipality hereby advertises its intention to afford communitiesopportunity to comment on its Draft IDP review 2015/2016 document as was tabled to Council at its meeting held onMonday, 23rd March 2015.

Communities and all stakeholders are therefore advised that the Draft Integrated Development Plan review 2015/2016will be open for inspection for a period of 14 days from the date of this notice for inspection and comments.

DRAFT BUDGET, BUDGET RELATED POLICIES, MUNICIPAL RATES & TARIFFS OF CHARGES FOR 2015/2016

Notice is hereby given in terms of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000 and MunicipalProperty Rates Act No.6 of 2004, that the Draft Budget of the Kwa Sani Municipality for 2015/2016 in terms of theLocal Government Municipal Finance Management Act No. 56 of 2003 is now available for inspection and commentson the Municipal Building, Municipal Library and Municipal website.

The property rates tariffs that will be applicable in 2015/2016 financial year are as follows:2014/2015 2015/2016

CAT 1:RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES 1.246c/R 1.306c/RCAT 2:COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES 2.493c/R 2.613c/RCAT3:AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES 0.311c/R 0.326c/RCAT4:STATE OWNED PROPERTIES 1.246c/R 1.306c/RCAT 5:PSI 0.311c/R 0.326c/RCAT 6: PBO 0.311c/R 0.326c/RCAT 8:TOURISM & HOSPITALITY RURAL 0.623c/R 0.653c/RCAT 10:RESIDENTIAL SMALL HOLDING 1.246c/R 1.306c/RCAT 11:TOURISM & HOSPITALITY URBAN 1.246c/R 1.306c/R

The first R 15 000 of all tourism & hospitality urban properties (B&B) and first R 50 000 on residential & residentialsmall holding properties be exempt from the calculation of rates as per the Municipal Rates policy.

The tariffs will be applied to property values in the General Valuation Roll & Supplementary Rolls prepared in terms ofMPRA. Property owners who have lodged objections on the market values of their properties are required to pay ratesbased on the objected values in terms of MPRA until their objections have been considered and adjustments will bemade afterwards.

2. The 2015/2016 rates will be subjected to the following rebates, in terms of Council’s Rates policy.

DESCRIPTION 2014/2015 2015/2016REBATESDeveloped Residential Properties 30% 30%Residential Properties (situated outside the proclaimed boundaries of the townshipsHimeville & Underberg 5% 5%Developed Business, Commercial & Industrial Properties 30% 30%Commercial Properties (situated outside the proclaimed boundaries of the townshipsHimeville & Underberg 5% 5%Agricultural Properties (situated outside the proclaimed boundaries of the townshipsHimeville & Underberg 35% 35%Public Service Infrastructure Properties 30% 30%Public Benefit Organisation Properties 100% 100%Developed Commercial Properties utilized predominantly for Tourism &Hospitality (situatedwithin & outside the proclaimed boundaries of the townships Himeville & Underberg) 30% 30%Tourism & Hospitality Properties (situated outside the proclaimed boundaries of thetownships Himeville & Underberg) 5% 5%Developed Residential Smallholding Properties 30% 30%Residential Smallholding Properties (situated outside the proclaimed boundaries of thetownships Himeville & Underberg 5% 5%

OTHERRELIEFMEASURES (on application)Indigent Owners Rebate 100% 100%Pensioners Rebate 1 50% 50%Pensioners Rebate 2 75% 75%Pensioners Rebate 3 100% 100%Disability Rebate 100% 100%Child-Headed Households 100% 100%Small Commercial Properties utilised predominantly for tourism & hospitality purposes 2% 2%Non Profit Organisation 100% 100%Agricultural Bona Fide Farming Rebate 50% 50%Commercial Properties utilized predominantly for tourism & hospitality purposes 20% 20%Tourism &Hospitality Urban Properties (CAT11) 20%Properties in private ownership utilized for informal settlements 100% 100%EXEMPTIONS REBATEIngonyamaTrust Land 100% 100%Place ofWorship & official Residence 100% 100%

Due dates for Rates.1.That the final date for payment of annual rates be fixed at 30 October 2015 with a 3.2% discount for full payment1.1upfront.That rates are payable over a period of ten (10) equal instalments with the first instalments payable on or1.2before the last day of September 2015 Thereafter each monthly instalment must be paid on or before the lastworking day of each month and provide that penalties will accrue at 18% per annum if an instalments is notpaid by the last working day of the month, and a flat 10% collection charge will be charged on any monthlyinstalments that fall two months into arrears, in terms of the Council’s Debt Management Policies.

2.3 All other tariffs of charges for services rendered by the municipality will be increased by 4.8%

2.4 Annual Refuse Removal will be charged as follows:

Tariffs of ChargersA.

DOMESTIC REFUSE CHARGES CATEGORY TARIFFThese charges are to all developed properties situated within the proclaimed boundaries of the Townships Underberg& Himeville, including those properties who receive municipal services.Residential Properties 2014/2015 2015/2016For residential properties, refuse is charged to each single dwelling unit,including any dwelling property situated within a complex.Government Housing R 512.00 R537.00Residential Properties R 3,240.00 R 3,396.00Tourism & Hospitality Urban properties R 3,240.00 R 3,396.00Agriculture & Residential smallholding properties R 3,240.00 R 3,396.00Business and other properties are billed for the sum of the business within eachCentre/Mall/Property.Business & Other propertiesLarge R 16,546.00 R 17,340.00“Significant volume of waste and difficult to handle”Medium R 8,187.00 R 8,580.00Small R 4,008.00 R 4,200.00Note: the refuse tariff includes vat.

TARIFFS2013/2014 2014/2015

A) BUILDING PLANS1 building fee per sqm R 18.85 R19.75

2013/2014 2014/2015B) ROAD ENDOWMENTS1 90-200 sqm R 1,496.20 R 1 568.002 201 – 400 sqm R 2,992.41 R 3,136.003 401 – 800 sqm R 5,236.72 R 5,488.00>801 sqm R 7,481.03 R 7,840.00C) CEMETERY1 Indigent burial fee R 44.89 R 47.002 burial fee R 583.52 R 612.003 ashes burial fee R 44.89 R 47.004 cemetery fee R 336.65 R 353.00D) HALL HIRE1 Funerals R 104.74 R 110.002 Beauty Contests R 179.53 R 188.003 Weddings R 418.94 R 439.005 Deposit R 374.04 R 392.00E) PERMITS1 Vendor permits R 64.03 R 67.002 Taxi permits R 68.01 R 71.00F) LIBRARIES1 Photocopies – A3 per copy R 14.96 R 16.002 Photocopies – A4 per copy R 3.36 R 4.00G) PLOT CLEARING1 Firebreaks / Plot clearing R 930.36 R 975.00

H) REMOVAL OF GARDEN REFUSE1 Garden Refuse collection per load R 199.86 R 209.00I SPECIAL REMOVAL1 Rubble collection per load R 415.93 R 436.00J) VALUATION1 Valuation roll/ supplementary roll per hard copy R 254.35 R 267.002 Valuation roll / supplementary roll per electronic copy R 267.07 R 280.003 Valuation appeal / reasoning fee R 128.08 R 134.00

K) CLEARING CERTIFICATE1 Certificate cost R 84.58 R 89.00L) MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES1 Refuse Bags (20’s) R 27.20 R 29.002 Refuse Bags (50’s) R 54.41 R 59.003 Photocopies – A3 per copy R 14.96 R 16.004 Photocopies – A4 per copy R 3.36 R 4.005 Photocopies – AO per copy R 102.47 R 107.00

B.BUILDING CONTROL & PLANNINGTariff of Charges for 2015/2016

2014/2015 2015/2016TOWN PLANNINGErectingabuildingprior to local authority’s approval R 106 per day R 111 per dayFailing to complywith notice prohibiting erection of a building R 106 per day R 111 per dayOccupyingabuildingprior to issueof certificate by local authority R 1 423.98 R 1 492.00Hinder or obstructs anybuildingofficer etc R 2,131.20 R 2 233.00Failing tomaintain anymechanical equipment or service installation in connectionwith abuilding condition R 711.16 R 745.00Failing to complywith noticewith regulation R 2,131.20 R 2 233.00Perform tradeof plumbingwithout being trainedplumber etc. R 711.16 R 745.00Carry out of plumbingwork byapersonother thana trainedplumber, or exemptedperson R 711.16 R 745.00Trainedplumber casesor permits non trainedplumber to practice the tradeof plumbingetc. R 711.16 R 745.00Nonotice givenof intention to erect or demolish abuilding R 711.16 R 745.00Nonotice given that tranches/drains are ready for inspections R 711.16 R 745.00Construction of foundation before approval of trenchesandexcavations R 1,423.98 R 1 492.00Owner backfills or enclosedrainage installationbefore inspection, testingandapproval R 711.16 R 745.00Usingof building for purposeother than thepurposewhich causes in the class ofoccupancy R 2,131.20 R 2 233.00Deviates fromapprovedplan R 745.29Fails to ceasework after notificationofCouncil to do so R 2,131.20 R 2 233.00Fails to complywithNotice to erect building in accordancewith regulation R 711.16 R 745.00Failing to provideprotection of theedgeof anbalcony, bridge, flat roof or similar place R 1, 065.60 R 1 117.00Access to swimmingpool not controlled R 1, 065.60 R 1 117.00Demolishingabuildingwithout permission fromLocalCouncil R 106.00 R 111.00

Leaving a building in cause of demolition in a state dangerous to the public or anyadjoining property R 2,131.20 R 2 233.00Fail to erect a fence, hoarding or barricade R1064 / R 1420 R1115/1488Fail to confine anywork of erection or demolitionwithin the boundaries of siteConstruct any pit latrinewithout the permission of the localAuthority R 711.16 R 745.00Fail to provide sufficient fire extinguishers etc. R1,423.98 R 1 492.00Cause or permit any escape route to be rendered less effective etc. R 1,423.98 R 1 492.00Fail to observe conditions imposed to LocalAuthority R 711.16 R 745.00Fail to limit dust arising fromwork etc. R 711.16 R 745.00Failing to comply with a notice to cut into or lay openwork or to carry out tests R 711.16 R 745.00Failing to comply with a notice to remove rubble, rubbish and/or debris fromabuilding site R 711.16 R 745.00Failing to comply with a notice to remove surplusmaterial andmatter from the site orland or public street or arising frombuilding or demolitionwork R 711.16 R 745.00Erecting or demolishing a buildingwithout providing sanitary facilities for employees R711.16 R 745.00Fail to provide drainage installation R 711.16 R 745.00Fail to lay, alter or extend any drain etc. R 2,131.20 R 2233.00Permit sewerage to enter any street R 2,131.20 R 2 233.00Permit sewerage to enter any river etc. R 2,131.20 R 2 233.00Cause or permit stormwater to enter any drainage installation on any site R 711.16 R 745.00Dischargeor causedischargeof anywater fromaswimmingpool etc. or anypublic street etc. R 711.16 R 745.00Fail to seal opening to pipe or drain etc. R 711.16 R 745.00Fail to seal opening permanently disconnected drain R 711.16 R 745.00Fail to notify themunicipality of disconnecting of any drainage installation R 711.16 R 745.00INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIALInterferewith any sewer or connecting sewer R 1,420.80 R 1 489.00Fail to seal opening to piper or drain etc. R 711.16 R 745.00Fail to notifymunicipality of disconnecting of any drainage installation R 711.16 R 745.00Interferewith any sewer or connecting sewer R 1,291.64 R 1 354.00Break into or interferewith any drainage installation etc. R 1,291.64 R 1 354.00Put into use any drainage installation before inspection etc. R 1,420.80 R 1 489.00Construct any pit latrinewithout the permission of themunicipality R 710.40 R 744.00

Fail to provide sufficient fire extinguishers etc. R1,420.80 R 1 489.00Causeorpermitanyescaperoute toberendered lesseffectiveetc. R 1,420.80 R 1 489.00TOWNPLANNINGCopies of DocumentA4 (per page) R3.00 R 3.14Copies of DocumentA3 (per page) R6.00 R 6.28Copies of DocumentA1 (per page) R30.00 R 31.44AMENDMENTOFSCHEME (REZONING)Less than 1 ha R1 060.00 R 1 111.001ha but less than 5 ha R2 120.00 R 2 222.005ha but less than 10 ha R3 180.00 R 3 333.0010ha and above R4 240.00 R 4 431.00ZoningCertificate R21.20 R 22.21Consent in terms of Scheme R318.00 R 333.26SUBDIVISIONSubdivision of land up to 5 portions Plus per subdivision+remainder R 175.00 R 183.40Subdivision of land over 5 portions up to 30 portions Plus per subdivision+remainder R 90.00 R 90.00Subdivision of = and > 31 portions Plus per subdivision+remainder N/ASubdivision for Government – subsidisedTownships for Lowcosts housing Plus per subdivision+remainder R 17.00 R 17.81Consolidation of land PlusR 50.00 per component R 52.40DEVELOPMENTSITUATEDOUTSIDETHEAREAOFTHESCHEMEAdding newArea to scheme R1060.00 R 1,110.88Residential R 1060.00 R 1,110.88Commercial R 2120.00 R 2,221.76Infrastructure R 530.00 R 555.44REMOVALOFRESTRICTIVECONDITIONSAlteration, suspension and deletion of condition of title relatingto land R 2120.00 R 2,221.76Closure ofMunicipal Road R3180.00 R 3,332.64Closure of Public place R 3180.00 R 3,332.64Relaxation ofMunicipal omnibus servitudes R 212.00 R 222.17Cancellation of approved layout plan R 1060.00 R 1,110.88OTHERFEESPreparation of Service LevelAgreements R 1060.00 R 1,110.88Spot fine – applicable to buildings after July 2008(enforcement) R2550.00 R 2 ,672.40Daily rate for transgression until submission of application forregularisation (enforcement) R212.00 / day R 222.17Social HousingMax. 50m2 (Council Project) NoChargeMinor BuildingWorks (as perMBWschedule) R295.74 R 309.93MinimumPlan fee for architectural area ≤ 100m2 R453.68 R 475.45Building PlanApplications:ArchitecturalAreaOf:

≥ 100m2To ≤ 1000m2 R22 /m2≥ 1000m2 R10 /m2

Amended planswith no increase in floor area R454 R475.79Re-submission of lapsed planswithout any alterations R 454 R475.79Swimming pools (only) R279 R292.39BoundaryWall Exceeding 1.80M in height (aboveNGL) R159 R166.63RetainingWalls up to 1.80M in height (aboveNGL) R106 R111.08RetainingWalls Exceeding 1.80M in height (aboveNGL) R159 R166.63Preliminary plans for comment (25%of applicable fee) 25%ofApplicable feeINSPECTIONS: Per inspection R212 R222.17Temporary buildings for each 6month period duringconstruction phase onsite used, with Council approval(maximum18months)

R1590 R1,666.32

Details of the Draft Budget are as follow:TOTAL BUDGET

Total Revenue R 52 933 941Own Revenue R 23 867 941Grants Revenue R 29 066 000

TOTAL EXPENDITUREOperating Expenditure R 43 201 810Capital Expenditure R 9 719 900Surplus R 12 231

The Municipality will assist those who require assistance in the determination of rates payable for the 2015/2016financial year. Copies of the Draft IDP, Budget, tariffs for all charges, budget related policies and by-laws would beavailable for inspection and comments at our office, 32 Arbuckle Street, Himeville, Underberg Library and on ourwebsite: www.kwasani.gov.za for 14 days from the date of this notice.

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SAVING is like trying to loseweight—it takeseffortandwill-power, and is entirely up to you.

People often ask how much of theirannual income they should save —the answer is 30% then they will befine in the latter years and will havealittleextraforunexpectedexpenses.

you are not forced to do so in the fu-ture.

When investing, rather like losingweight, there is a simple set of rulesthatwillworkovertime;orthereisthetypical approach of chasing the nextexciting fad or fashion and choppingandchanging fromone investment toanother,andtheoutcomewillbearbi-trary.

A simple set of rules for investingis toask threequestionsabout thepo-tential investment, and if the answerto any one of them is “no”, then don’tdo it. Thesequestions canbeequatedto the salary or income that you liveoff, bearing inmind that someday theincome from your investments willfund your lifestyle.

• Isthisinvestmentlikelytopayme this income it should ideally be keep-ing up with inflation.

• Is the incomeyieldhighenough?When investing money, you are es-sentially buying an income stream,ideally growing into perpetuity. Thekey is not to pay too much for the in-come stream. An acceptable incomeyield usually relates to the rate atwhichyouexpect the income togrow.

If you follow these simple rules,

have a purpose or objective when in-vesting.Thisobjectivemustbemeas-urable in order to monitor progress,which is usually referred to as abenchmark.Alltoooftenaninvestor’sobjective is superior returns, to out-perform a benchmark like an index,or to be in the best performing unittrust.

The expectation from superior re-turns is that “Iwill bealright inmyre-tirement years”. All too often this isnot the case — not enough has beensaved. This suggests that the originalobjectiveandbenchmarkwasnotap-propriate.

A useful objective when investingis toensure that the incomeproduced

by your investments at a chosen datein the future will be able to fund yourlifestyle. The benchmark would bethe cost of your lifestyle.

Investing is about ensuring thatyourinvestmentsproduceenoughin-come to fund your lifestyle in the fu-ture.

There are two obvious realities.The first is that your future lifestylewill need funding. Very few peoplework until they drop. The second isdetermining exactly how you are go-ingtodothis.Don’t fall intothetypicaltraps of optimism and denial, know-ing that you are not saving enough,but hoping that the markets will mi-raculously produce returns that willresolve this, or of course, what somany people do, merely ignore theproblem.

Investment planning can be re-duced to two words — income re-placement. Wouldn’t it be ideal toreach 60 and know that your invest-ments are producing enough incometo fund your lifestyle? This doesn’tmeanyouhave tostopwork, it simplymeans that you have choice.

If you choose investments in com-panies that produce reliable growingincome, then it is relativelyeasy toar-ithmetically determinehowmuch in-comeyouwill earn fromthose invest-ments at a point in the future.

Adjusting for inflationenablesyouto compare the future level of your in-vestment incomewiththecostofyourlifestyle now. Knowing this will ena-ble you to adjust your lifestyle now,save more, and ensure that you areable to fundyour latter yearswith theincome fromyour investment portfo-lio. — Supplied.

Saving isaboutadjustingyourlifestylenow sothat youare notforced todo so inthe fu-ture.PHOTO:SOURCED

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• Is this income pay-ment likely tobe the sameor ideally increasing ev-ery year? Again to live off

there will be nosurprises andyour invest-ment outcomewill be predict-able.

You should

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Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 16(1) of the Municipal Finance ManagementAct, 52 0f 2003 and Section 21(1) of the Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000, thatUmuziwabantu Local Municipality will be conducting budget road shows to present theDraft Budget to the Community and stakeholders as per the following schedule:

Kwaziswa nogomthetho olawula izimali zomasipala iMunicipal Finance Management Act,52 of 2003, isisgaba 16(1) nesigaba 21(1) se Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000, ukubaumasipala Umuziwabnatu uzohambela wonke amalungu omphakathi ezimbizweni,zokwethulwa uhlahlo lwabiwo mali (Budget Road show) kulezi zindawo ezilandelayo:

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28 April 2015 8 Cllr Chiliza KwaNgubelanga Com. hall 10:00am

MAYORCOUNCILLOR D NCIKI

NOTICE

102 Main Street,

Matatiele

P.O. Box 35,

Matatiele, 4730

Tel: 039 737 3135

Fax: 039 737 3611

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE NO: 2014/2015-132

INDIGENT REGISTRATION: FINANCIAL YEAR 2015/2016

Notice is hereby given in terms of section 74 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, act2000 read together with the Indigent Policy of Matatiele Municipality that Matatiele Municipality callsfor residents who qualify to register as indigent for the 2015/2016 Financial Year.

Residents must meet the following criteria in order to apply;

1. There must be a combined household income of R2700.00 or less per month.2. Applicant must be the registered owner of Primary Property.3. Must not own more than one (1) property.4. The applicant must reside permanently on the property.

Documentation required when applying;

1. Certified Identity Document.2. Latest municipal services account.3. Latest original wage/salary advice ( if employed).4. Affidavit if unemployed.5. Pension\ social welfare grants (all types) pay slip.6. Affidavit stating all dependents residing on said property, along with their full names, ID

Numbers and employment status including income (where applicable).7. Death certificate of a parent/s in case applicant is a child.

Applicants are to take note of the following IMPORTANT information;

Each applicant will be evaluated and verified thereafter a verified list will be published in the localnewspaper calling for objections and comments, a fixed period for objections and comments willbe allowed prior tp publishing the final approved list. Any false information supplied will be seen asa criminal offense and council reserves the right to take action, incliding legal action, against anyonesupplying false or incorrect information.

The onus of appearance on the Municipal Indigent Register lies upon each individual applicant.The Municipality shall at any time during the registration process send a duly authorized agent to thepremises of the applicant applying for indigent to conduct an on-site audit of information receivedon the indegent application form.

All previous applicants are requested to re-apply

Any persons who cannot make it to any of the applicant venues are requested to send a duly au-thorized person\s in their absence with all the required documentation however an affidavit mustaccompany the applicant stating that said person is authorized to act on the applicants behalf.Indigent Benefits will include Rates relief, Refuse Removal Burial Support, Alternative Energy andFree Token of Electricity.

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The new Ranger will be launched inSouth Africa in the fourth quarter of 2015.Specification and prices will be confirmedcloser to launch.

At the front, it has a new trapezoidalgrille, new diod headlights, tweakedbumper and bonnet.

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• Tyre pressure monitor - alerting driverswhen tyre pressure is too low

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The new Ranger will be available withFord’s 2.5-litre Duratec petrol capable of122kW/225Nm of torque.

Ford says its new Ranger has “ad-vanced sound-deadening materials” forimproved insulation and cabin-noise re-duction.

The new Ranger will be equipped withSync 2, the latest generation of Ford’s in-car connectivity. It allows drivers to usevoice commands, such as “temperature 20degrees”, “play AC/DC” or “I’m hungry” tocontrol the aircon, entertainment systemand satnav.

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New Ranger bakkie for SA unveiledThings to doafter a carcrash• CALM down.

Don’t panic or lose your temper.• Check if anyone’s hurt.Determinetheextentof thedam-

age by ensuring that all parties in-volved are okay. Including yourself.

• Call an emergency helpline.If someonehasbeenhurt, call an

ambulance. Don’t move anyonewho is injured - unless they are indanger.

• Contact the police.And don’t leave the accident

scene. This should be obvious.• Exchange details.- Names and surnames;- ID numbers;- phone numbers;- number and/or licence plate

and registration numbers;- addresses, and- insurance details• Find witnesses, if any.If therearepeoplewhosawwhat

happened,askthemtohangaround

until the police arrive. This maywork in your favour.

• Give a written statementReport the accident as soon as

possible. Before insurance compa-nies process accident claims, theyrequire a case number that youwillonly receive once you’ve givenade-tailed and accurate account - inwriting - of what happened to thepolice. This is important.

• Take note of other details……such aswho the traffic and/or

policeofficersondutyare, thenameoftheambulanceserviceanditsres-cue teams details. If your car needsto be towed, get the driver’s contactinformation too.

• Contact your insurance com-pany.

Onceyou’vedonealloftheabove,speak to a consultant and find outwhat your next step should be re-garding your claim.

• Don’t beat yourself up about itFeeling guilty about the accident

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Harry Gwala Marathon success>> ‘It was a tough race compared to the Nelson Mandela Marathon’


ATHLETES from all over SouthAfrica, some from as far asLesotho, Swaziland, Zimbab-

we and Kenya, took part in the firstHarry Gwala District MunicipalityMarathon on Sunday.

The 42.2km marathon, aComrades Marathon qualifier, start-ed in Highflats and ended at theUmzimkhulu FET College sportsground,washailedasagreat successby the observers, organisers andparticipants.

With more than 700 athletesparticipating in the main 42.2kmmarathon and the 10km marathonstakeholders had only had praise forthe event.

Harry Gwala District Mayor

Mluleki Ndobe said the race route issignificant as it is the route used byMargaret Mncadi and the Battalion.

“Today we witnessed athletesmoving freely at the former bordergate near the Umzimkhulu bridgewhich separated Natal and theformer Transkei.

“Thefreedomtomovefreely inourcountry was displayed today,” hesaid.

Ndobe said as the initiators of theevent, they were encouraged by ath-letes’ enthusiasm.

“As we had said when we werebuilding hype around the marathon,it is a great event to boost local eco-nomic development and tourism,therefore we commit that this year’sHarry Gwala Marathon is the first ofmany to come.”

One of the oldestwomenwhopar-

ticipated in themarathon, Pat Fisher(63) from Durban, said she will defi-nitely be participating again nextyear.

“It was honestly fabulous, we feltsafe on the road, it clearly well orga-nised. It was a tough race comparedto theNelsonMandelaMarathon thatI ran last week,” she said.

Fisher, a member of the StellaAthletics Club in Durban, is a Com-rades Marathon runner.

“Iwill bedoingmy28thComradesthisyear.Iloverunning-itsafunsportthat doesn’t only keepme healthy, itsa great way to meet and get to knowpeople,” she said.

Sikhumbuzo Sethuntsa (27) fromthe Sani Athletics Club in Kwa Sani(Underberg)participatedinthe10kmmarathonandwasexcitedtohavefin-ished the race in 56 minutes.

“Since this was my first formalraceIthinkdidquitewell.Iamlookingforward to taking part inmany otherraces,” he said.

The winner of the ultimate prize,Lungile Gongqa from the Western

ABOVE: Athletes start the 10km race to the Umzimkhulu sportsground.

BELOW: Umzimkhulu municipalityMunicipal manager ZweliphansiSkhosana and Mayor MphuthumiMpabanga enjoy their ice cream aft-er taking part in the 10km race.

PHOTOS: NTUNTU DWEBA

Felix Mzizi (61) is welcomed byHarry Gwala District Mayor MlulekiNdobe at finish line. He took partin the 10km race.

Winner of the 42.2km Lungi-le Gongqa drinks water atthe finish line.

Friends Pat Fisher (63)and Denise Johansen(59) took part in thefirst Harry GwalaDistrict MunicipalityMarathon.

Cape walked away with a R30 000cash.Hesaidhewasprepared for therace.

“It was not easy - it was tough, butIwaswell prepared and I hadmy eyeon the prize,” he said.

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