Daily Archives: January 28, 2014

ANC North West to launch ots manifesto


By Obakeng Maje
Taung-The ANC North West will launch its manifesto come Saturday at Taung Sportsground. On Tuesday, the party dignitaries graced the mobilisation that took place in Extention 6, near Taung.

ANC North West General Secretary Dakota Legoete said the ruling party is the only political party that can reach the youths demands.

Legoete was address a group of volunteers at a local Methodist church.

He said ANC fought against apartheid and achieved a lot within a short space of time.

“We have came up with a new programme called Youth Incentive Programme where we will engage companies to provide you, the youth with site training. That will help you to full-develop and you will be exposed to more skills” Legoete said.

He said South Africa is in need of more artisans and they importing people with relevant skills because the youth are not equipped.

ANC Secretary General in the province also took time to blasts DA-Agang partnership which was launched on Tuesday in Cape Town.

He said the ruling party will always make sure they deliver their mandate and the youth must not be lured by people with balaclava(Mzekezeke).

“How can you become a leader of a certain political partyn but stand for presidential candidate for another one. Do not create a confusion between your supporters? He asked.

ANC NW will launch its manifesto on Saturday and the show might be graced by high profile people.

“We not sure yet who will make it to the launch, but we cannot rule out the possibilities. We’re still in talk and hopefully soon I will have answers” ANC N West spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi said.-TDN
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Vuselela College students will never budge, says Sasco


By Obakeng Maje
Pudumong- The students at Vuselela Fet College promised never to budge until their grievances are taken into consideration.

The students protest against what the call an excessive increase of tuition fee, expensive hostels and removal of other subjects.

“The is no chancellor at the college yet we see many changes without any consultations. The hostel fee has been increased from R250 to R5000. There are some subjects that were omitted from our syllabus and moved to Potchefstroom campus” NEC SASCO Sebang Moses Motlhabi said.

According to Motlhabi, the Fet management do as they please with no consultation and they met with them last to discuss the issue.

“We have given them until Thursday to respond to our grievances and no classes will commerce until then. If they do not respond, then there will be no classes until June” he said.

Our attempt to get the respond from Vuselela Fet college Management on allegations leveled against them became futile.-TDN
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Premier Modise sympathises with bereaved family


The North West Premier Thandi Modise has noted with empathy the grievances directed towards government by the family of 58-year-old woman who was buried over the weekend with financial support from the provincial government after she died queuing for water in Borolelo near Swartruggens as published in today’s edition of the Sowetan newspaper.

The body of the mother of three, Shuki Moiloa had been lying in the mortuary for close to three weeks until Premier Modise’s intervention to assist the family meet funeral costs.
Premier Modise said that the recent death of the four protestors in Mothutlung and the passing away of the lady in Borolelo are unfortunate and unacceptable – as none of these deaths should have occurred..“However, this is not the time to ‘play the blame game’. Her death is one life too many, and government has assisted the Moiloa family, not out of guilt, but from a humanitarian point of view. Irresponsible and misleading comments will only multiply the present challenges that government is proactively working to eradicate,” stressed Premier Modise.
In the interest of nation building, government calls for calm and reassures the people of the North West that it is rapidly addressing water challenges across the province and will be embarking on a road show to affected communities to brief stakeholders on the scope, timeframes within which the over R2 billion water intervention projects are to be delivered.
 

Though the water interruption and allegations of racism are still under investigation, the interim report suggest that a local farmer had closing the valve to pressurise the municipality to use boreholes on his farm at a charge of R38 000 a month.

It would appear that when the valve is closed, local farmers get water downstream for their livestock but when the valve is opened they do not hence they are prepared to at their own cost tanker water to the local community.-TDN
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NWest hosts Mahikeng Airport City Project stakeholders roundtable


A roundtable discussion with key industry and government stakeholders on the repositioning of Mahikeng towards an Airport city is to be hosted by the North West Provincial Government in Mahikeng on Friday, Premier Thandi Modise announced on Tuesday.Premier Modise said that the Mahikeng Airport City Project approved by the Provincial Executive Council (Exco) in September last year is to pave way for a number of projects that are to create jobs and improve the local economy.
“We are excited that the initiative to reposition Mahikeng International Airport (MIA) as an Airport City and designate Mahikeng Industrial Development Zone (MIDZ) into a special economic zone has attracted overseas investors who will also participate in the roundtable discussion aimed at reviewing the MIDZ Land Use Plan and Mahikeng Town Plan,” highlighted Modise.
She said that the process towards development of the freight hub at the airport has already started with the development of an Air, Road and Rail Transport Strategy.
“The upgrading of the airport towards a category 9 to bring it to strict compliance to South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and International Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations so that it can achieve category 6/7 safety status for its international license status to be transferred from the Pilanesburg International Airport. is also on track,”  added Modise.   In terms of the infrastructure upgrade project plan, 

R15 million is being spent on the Civil Project that is underway for the rejuvenation of the runway, taxiways, apron and landing strip markings.

 

A new 16 element Instrument Landing System (

ILS) which will give the 

Mahikeng Airport 

ILS the same status as the Oliver 

Tambo International Airport has been installed as part of upgrading the Electrical Grounding Lighting System and 

ILS upgrade project. Thirty Million Rand is also being spent on the project to be completed in the current financial year.    

Other job creation and empowerment projects to be implemented as part of the Airport City Project include concrete tile and roof sheet manufacturing, fuel farm, solar manufacturing, maize processing and business process outsourcing services.
A Provincial Executive Council Project Steering Committee chaired by the MEC for Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism, Motlalepula Rosho has been established to oversee the implementation of the project.
The committee is constituted of Members of the Executive Council, 
Mahikeng and Ngaka Modiri Molema District Mayors and representatives of Barolong Boo Ratshidi Tribal Council.-TDN
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Professor Duvenhage’s analysis shallow: Kgwele


Professor’s subjective and shallow analysis informed by his Broerderbond background and his dual advisory role to Provincial DA leader and Premier’s detractors.  

North West University Political Scientist, Professor Andre Duvenhage’s subjective commentary and shallow analysis of governance and political developments in the North West Province as published on page 10 of The New Age of Tuesday 28 January 2014 is largely influenced by his Broederbond background, his dual role as advisor to Democratic Alliance Provincial Leader Chris Hattingh and those working desperately to discredit Premier Thand Modise.

This dual role explains why there always a convergence between the DA and Premier Modise’s detractors within the ruling party.

In his quest to play to the gallery of public opinion against Premier Modise, Duvenhage who is behind Hattingh’s strategy of driving a wedge between the Provincial Executive Council led by Premier Modise and the leadership of the ruling party has consistently failed to appreciate the principle of separation of powers set in the constitution as it related to the three spheres of government, their interdependence and non-interference.

Like Hattingh, Duvenhage’s silence on Premier Modise’s onslaught against the corruption syndicate has been deafening and to the delight of Premier Modise’s detractors he consistently chooses to blame the existence of the two centres of power in the province on Premier Modise.
Duvenhage’s view that Modise has a Laisser-faire approach is prejudiced as it does not recognise the hands-on approach of the Premier that has resulted in properties which were lost to the provincial government being regained and Heads of Department, Executive and Senior Managers in the Provincial government and officials at municipal levels implicated in tender fraud and corruption being fired.
Surely the learned Professor should know that fighting fraud and corruption is part of the Premier‘s mandate to entrench good governance and ensure that resources meant to improve the lives of communities are not plundered with impunity by the Desperados he is sympathetic towards.
Like Hattingh, the good Professor in his myopic analysis is least concerned that no action has been taken in finalised fraud and corruption investigation referred to law enforcement agencies for those implicated to have their day in court.
Interestingly enough however is that Duvenhage confirms that the stalled investigation into the purchase of the official vehicle for official use by Premier Modise would be used by her detractors to cast a shadow on the Premier during the ruling party’s list process.

All those who have an agenda against the Premier are aware that state vehicles for some MEC’s were recently purchased with some in the same price range with the BMW 750 i purchased for the Premier due to extras that some MEC’s demanded but choose to turn a blind eye on these as the focus on discrediting the Premier serves the common agenda of the opposition in the province and the corruption syndicate.
As an invitee to the roundtable on the Mmabatho Airport City Development Project to be held on Friday to which investors from the UK will be participants, Professor Duvenhage does not need to be reminded that such initiatives, independent assessments and accolades of being the best performing province in housing delivery, drug availability at health institutions across the province and province with most improved matric results across the country are not achieved by provinces with Premiers with Laisser-faire approach those that operate within an environment where obstruction and defiance are used to cover-up the corruption syndicate.
The recent additional top up of R65 million to the housing budget that was redirected to the province from underperforming provinces by National Department of Human Settlements is not allocated to provinces with Premiers with Laisser-faire approach.-TDN
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Professor Duvenhage’s analysis shallow: Kgwele


Professor’s subjective and shallow analysis informed by his Broerderbond background and his dual advisory role to Provincial DA leader and Premier’s detractors.  

North West University Political Scientist, Professor Andre Duvenhage’s subjective commentary and shallow analysis of governance and political developments in the North West Province as published on page 10 of The New Age of Tuesday 28 January 2014 is largely influenced by his Broederbond background, his dual role as advisor to Democratic Alliance Provincial Leader Chris Hattingh and those working desperately to discredit Premier Thand Modise.

This dual role explains why there always a convergence between the DA and Premier Modise’s detractors within the ruling party.

In his quest to play to the gallery of public opinion against Premier Modise, Duvenhage who is behind Hattingh’s strategy of driving a wedge between the Provincial Executive Council led by Premier Modise and the leadership of the ruling party has consistently failed to appreciate the principle of separation of powers set in the constitution as it related to the three spheres of government, their interdependence and non-interference.

Like Hattingh, Duvenhage’s silence on Premier Modise’s onslaught against the corruption syndicate has been deafening and to the delight of Premier Modise’s detractors he consistently chooses to blame the existence of the two centres of power in the province on Premier Modise.
Duvenhage’s view that Modise has a Laisser-faire approach is prejudiced as it does not recognise the hands-on approach of the Premier that has resulted in properties which were lost to the provincial government being regained and Heads of Department, Executive and Senior Managers in the Provincial government and officials at municipal levels implicated in tender fraud and corruption being fired.
Surely the learned Professor should know that fighting fraud and corruption is part of the Premier‘s mandate to entrench good governance and ensure that resources meant to improve the lives of communities are not plundered with impunity by the Desperados he is sympathetic towards.
Like Hattingh, the good Professor in his myopic analysis is least concerned that no action has been taken in finalised fraud and corruption investigation referred to law enforcement agencies for those implicated to have their day in court.
Interestingly enough however is that Duvenhage confirms that the stalled investigation into the purchase of the official vehicle for official use by Premier Modise would be used by her detractors to cast a shadow on the Premier during the ruling party’s list process.

All those who have an agenda against the Premier are aware that state vehicles for some MEC’s were recently purchased with some in the same price range with the BMW 750 i purchased for the Premier due to extras that some MEC’s demanded but choose to turn a blind eye on these as the focus on discrediting the Premier serves the common agenda of the opposition in the province and the corruption syndicate.
As an invitee to the roundtable on the Mmabatho Airport City Development Project to be held on Friday to which investors from the UK will be participants, Professor Duvenhage does not need to be reminded that such initiatives, independent assessments and accolades of being the best performing province in housing delivery, drug availability at health institutions across the province and province with most improved matric results across the country are not achieved by provinces with Premiers with Laisser-faire approach those that operate within an environment where obstruction and defiance are used to cover-up the corruption syndicate.
The recent additional top up of R65 million to the housing budget that was redirected to the province from underperforming provinces by National Department of Human Settlements is not allocated to provinces with Premiers with Laisser-faire approach.-TDN
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Professor Duvenhage’s analysis shallow: Kgwele


Professor’s subjective and shallow analysis informed by his Broerderbond background and his dual advisory role to Provincial DA leader and Premier’s detractors.  

North West University Political Scientist, Professor Andre Duvenhage’s subjective commentary and shallow analysis of governance and political developments in the North West Province as published on page 10 of The New Age of Tuesday 28 January 2014 is largely influenced by his Broederbond background, his dual role as advisor to Democratic Alliance Provincial Leader Chris Hattingh and those working desperately to discredit Premier Thand Modise.

This dual role explains why there always a convergence between the DA and Premier Modise’s detractors within the ruling party.

In his quest to play to the gallery of public opinion against Premier Modise, Duvenhage who is behind Hattingh’s strategy of driving a wedge between the Provincial Executive Council led by Premier Modise and the leadership of the ruling party has consistently failed to appreciate the principle of separation of powers set in the constitution as it related to the three spheres of government, their interdependence and non-interference.

Like Hattingh, Duvenhage’s silence on Premier Modise’s onslaught against the corruption syndicate has been deafening and to the delight of Premier Modise’s detractors he consistently chooses to blame the existence of the two centres of power in the province on Premier Modise.
Duvenhage’s view that Modise has a Laisser-faire approach is prejudiced as it does not recognise the hands-on approach of the Premier that has resulted in properties which were lost to the provincial government being regained and Heads of Department, Executive and Senior Managers in the Provincial government and officials at municipal levels implicated in tender fraud and corruption being fired.
Surely the learned Professor should know that fighting fraud and corruption is part of the Premier‘s mandate to entrench good governance and ensure that resources meant to improve the lives of communities are not plundered with impunity by the Desperados he is sympathetic towards.
Like Hattingh, the good Professor in his myopic analysis is least concerned that no action has been taken in finalised fraud and corruption investigation referred to law enforcement agencies for those implicated to have their day in court.
Interestingly enough however is that Duvenhage confirms that the stalled investigation into the purchase of the official vehicle for official use by Premier Modise would be used by her detractors to cast a shadow on the Premier during the ruling party’s list process.

All those who have an agenda against the Premier are aware that state vehicles for some MEC’s were recently purchased with some in the same price range with the BMW 750 i purchased for the Premier due to extras that some MEC’s demanded but choose to turn a blind eye on these as the focus on discrediting the Premier serves the common agenda of the opposition in the province and the corruption syndicate.
As an invitee to the roundtable on the Mmabatho Airport City Development Project to be held on Friday to which investors from the UK will be participants, Professor Duvenhage does not need to be reminded that such initiatives, independent assessments and accolades of being the best performing province in housing delivery, drug availability at health institutions across the province and province with most improved matric results across the country are not achieved by provinces with Premiers with Laisser-faire approach those that operate within an environment where obstruction and defiance are used to cover-up the corruption syndicate.
The recent additional top up of R65 million to the housing budget that was redirected to the province from underperforming provinces by National Department of Human Settlements is not allocated to provinces with Premiers with Laisser-faire approach.-TDN
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SAFA PRESIDENT WELCOMES PARTNERSHIP WITH NIKE


SAFA President Dr. Danny Jordaan has welcomed the news that Nike is to be the new technical sponsor of the South African Football Association (SAFA). 

“Nike has agreed to support South African football, from grassroots development to the national team,” he said. “It is an important step in the restructuring process underway at SAFA.”

 

“Nike, together with SAFA, will design and develop football kits for the men’s and women’s South African national football teams,” he said, adding that the partnership is a vote of confidence. “It is fitting that Nike has joined forces with us just at the time when things are about to change for the better and I want to assure Nike that its faith in SAFA will prove justified.”

“Nike will provide technical support for teams at all levels, a move that Dr. Jordaan enthusiastically welcomed.  “This is a significant time for South African football as we embark on a long-term programme of strengthening our structures, especially at grassroots level,” he said.
 

The agreement with Nike also provides SAFA with access to the Nike Football Training Centre in Soweto – a world-class training facility built by Nike in 2010.

 

“Access to Nike’s football training programmes will be very helpful to SAFA’s technical staff in their quest to identify and improve talented young footballers,” said Dr. Jordaan. 

  

SAFA CEO Dennis Mumble said the five-year partnership starts on 1 February 2014.

 

“Nike will supply performance and training kits, and match balls to all nine of SAFA’s national football teams, including the men’s senior and women’s senior teams; men’s under-23; men’s and women’s under-20; men’s and women’s under-17; men’s indoor football and men’s beach football,” he said.

“The news bring an end to uncertainty about which company would partner with SAFA and is extremely positive because Nike is one of the most well-respected sports brands in the world.” 

 

Nike will provide a limited edition kit for Bafana Bafana – the Men’s Senior National Team – for their international friendly match against Brasil in Johannesburg (FNB Stadium) on Wednesday, 5 March and all senior national teams competing until December 2014.-TDN
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NWest hosts Provincial Disability Rights Conference


Mahikeng-The North West Provincial Government through the Office on the Status of Persons with Disabilities (OSPD) in the Office of the Premier will be hosting a two-day Provincial Disability Rights Conference in Mahikeng as from Thursday.

The Conference, which will be attended by all major provincial role players, is scheduled to be held at Mmabatho Convention Centre, Mahikeng from the 30th – 31st January 2014.

Registration starts Wednesday 29th January 2014 from 14h00 until 19h30, at the venue.

Premier Thandi Modise says she is confident that the conference will provide a crucial platform for People with Disabilities to share their experiences with all sectors and map the way by which some of their challenges could be addressed.

“We are confident that delegates at this conference will emerge with a clear plan that will enable the province to accelerate implementation of the revised Job-Access Plan that is targeting employment of over 1 200 additional people with disabilities by the provincial administration within the next 7 months,” said Premier Modise ahead of the two-day conference.

The conference will also endeavor to create alignment between Disability Plans and the National Development Plan and generate a Five Year Disability Rights Plan for the Province. 

The National Development Plan (NDP) acknowledges that many persons with disabilities are not able to develop to their full potential due to various barriers, resulting in them often being viewed as being unproductive and a burden.
 

The NDP highlights the physical barriers, educational barriers, communication barriers and attitudinal barriers as challenges that needs to be addressed.-TDN
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Two died in a fatal accident in N West


By Obakeng Maje
Wolmaransstad-Police are investigating a case of Culpable Homicide after Vas Scoltz,18 from Ottosdal lost control of a Toyota Fortuner he was driving on the Wolmaransstad and Ottosdal road on at about 16:00.

“It is alleged that the driver and other two passengers were students at  Wolmaransstad High School. According to the information, the two boys, Japie Jonker (17) and  Willem Van der Mewe(18) died on the scene and the driver was airlifted  to the hospital in a serious and critical condition” captain Pelonomi Makau said.-TDN
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