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7 November 2014

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Corruption in GLM probed An oﬃcial charge of fraud and corruption was laid at the police station in Modjadjiskloof against the municipal manager, Ms TG Mashaba, and the Greater Letaba Municipality, by the trade union SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu). Details of the charges could not be made available, as a police investigation into the matter is still underway. The regional secretary of Samwu in Polokwane, Mr Simon Mathe, said serious allegations are investigated and more details will be available as the investigations progress. “We can’t jeopardise the police investigations at this point in time,” he said.

President Jacob Zuma will ensure that the capacity of all water treatment plants in Giyani and the rest of the Mopani district were improved in order to ensure that water reaches all the areas. He was speaking in Giyani on Friday during the launch of the Nsami Dam water treatment plant, which was upgraded from producing 6,7 megalitres of water a day to 36,7 megalitres, he promised to monitor the situation. “I will be seeking updates from the Minister of Water and Sanitation and the Premier of the province about the progress. I’m happy that the Nsami Plant is at 99% completed, but we need to also increase the capacity of the Middle Letaba Dam to ensure that every community in

Giyani has access to water and sanitation,” he said. The new plant is expected to distribute water to 55 villages out of 92 in Giyani . Asked if the current solution was enough to eradicate all the water related problems in Giyani, the Minister for Water and Sanitation, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane, said since the water problem in Giyani was huge, the new plant would not resolve all problems but will half them. “The people who messed up before must take full responsibility, including those that are working for government and have delayed access to water,” added the Minister. Zuma and Mokonyane are seen here inspecting the new plant.

‘Kangaroo court’ All beautiful ladies from the Mopani district are encouraged to enter for the Miss Mopani 2015 beauty pageant. Promising entrants should be at least eighteen years of age and not older than 25. According to pageant organizer Mpangele Brain Mhangwani, this annual competition is aimed at promoting young and hopeful talent that could make a diﬀerence in their communities. The first Miss Mopani queen, Millet Hlungwani (seen here), was crowned in April this year. Mpangele Entertainment will be hosting auditions in all municipalities of the Mopani region and entries are open until 6 December 2014. Enquiries: mmpangele@yahoo.com.

of R50 000 — even for common assault. Equally, a person could be sentenced to anything from four days to three years by a magistrate, he said. “It is only when the magistrate goes beyond this level that I personally review the case and send it to the High Court for review,” said Chauke. But lawyers and even a senior magistrate, who obviously wouldn’t want to be identiﬁed, said this ﬁne seems to be “disproportionally high”. It is, however, another aspect of the case that has caused people in the law profession to lift their

eyebrows. It is alleged that the magistrate at one stage adjourned the court hearing and during the adjournment he gave the accused “some of his own medicine”. Chauke denied this allegation vehemently. A further allegation that Maluleke refused to go to Saselamani for court hearings there, since he was concerned after certain threats had been directed at him, has also been denied by Chauke. Chauke conﬁrmed that Ngobeni (the accused) has asked his lawyers to approach the High Court in a bid to minimise his ﬁne, as he believes it is far too high.

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A 29-year old man has been fined an “unreal” R8 000 by a Malamulele Magistrate, Mr M D Maluleke, for “lightly” slapping somebody in the face (which is by definition assault). However, there is allegedly a “nasty” twist in the tail of this incident. Miyelani Ngoveni briefly appeared in the court on two charges of assault, which he confessed to and was found guilty on both counts. According to the Malamulele Magistrates Court’s manager, Mr Hasani Chauke, a magistrate has the jurisdiction to impose any fine from R1 to a maximum

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