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DA to lodge SA Institute of Health Care Managers complaint against Kuruman Hospital CEO

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BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

Kuruman- The DA will today lodge a complaint against the Kuruman Hospital CEO, Agnes Sesing, to the South African Institute of Health Care Managers, for gross negligence and mismanagement of her hospital.

This comes after the DA visited the hospital on Friday, following various reports on blood spillage from the hospitals’ mortuary.

“Subsequently, we laid charges against the MEC for Health in the Northern Cape, Mac Jack, who should ultimately be held accountable for the state of this public hospital.

“The general condition of the hospital is appalling. Hospital management had to dispose of medical waste and equipment on the precinct. There is a clear lack of funding from the Northern Cape Health Department, as the neglect is endemic”  DA Federal chairperson Wilmot James said.

DA said the sight of patients on stretchers stationed outside the hospital among dumped hospital beds and other medical waste is shocking and extremely disturbing.

According to DA, these are clearly inhumane and undignified circumstances. The hospital has an unused wing, broken fences and the hospital is completely unhygienic.

Section 27 of the Constitution states that every South African has the right to access health care.

They say how are the residents of Kuruman expected to be satisfied with this hospital in such a desolate state, and say 3 years have passed without any Provincial government support.

“Mr Jack, has not once communicated to the residents, patients and medical staff, what he intends to do to fix the condition of the hospital and ensure the hospital meets its Constitutional obligations” James said.

-TDN

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‘Greater Taung Municipal Manager deposed after qualificat​ions fiasco’

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BY STAFF REPORTER
Taung- It is not pouring but raining at Greater Taung Local Municipality after the latest fiasco.

Beleaguered Greater Taung Municipality council was forced to show its Municipal Manager the door after qualifications ludicrous hardly a year in office.

According to the opposition party ACDP, the EXCO did not follow the correct measures when hiring Katlego Gabanakgosi.

ACDP representative Gaolatlhwe Tshipo told Vaaltar FM that according to requirements needed in hiring  Municipal Manager, Gabanakgosi did not meet the requirements.

“On Monday the North West High Court confirmed that the measures used to hire a municipal manager were not correct. The court ruled in our favour and we do not care who is hired, the point is whether that person meets requirements or not” Tshipo said.

On Monday the North West High Court ruled in opposition party’s favour after they launched a complaint.

According to the information, the council dropped the standard of needed requirements to accommodates Gabanakgosi.

Greater Taung Local Municipality mayor Kaone Lobelo said they will not appeal the decision and will follow the regulations guiding them in what’s needed from a municipal manager candidate.

“We will not appeal the court decision and we will advertise the post as you know we are guided by the regulations and rules. The EXCO will appoint interim Manager while waiting for the right candidate who will fill the gap” Lobelo said.

It is alleged that Gabanakgosi is a qualified engineer only, nothing more.

The Greater Taung Municipality has been in the news for all wrong-doing recently.

The sinister started when deposed Municipal Manager Mpho Mofokeng tried to keep himself afloat in the office, but eventually a court battle sent him packing.
-TDN
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North West Modise to meet police over farm scandal: Report

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NCOP chair Thandi Modise on Sunday declined to discuss a report that she would meet police to discuss the discovery, earlier this year, of dead and starving animals on her North West farm.

“I don’t want to comment,” Modise said when asked about the Sunday Times reporting that a meeting with police had been scheduled for next week.

The newspaper quoted North West police spokesman Brigadier Thulani Ngubane as saying the National Council of Provinces chairwoman had been “co-operating with us from day one”.

He said a meeting planned for July had been postponed, but that police understood “the nature of her work and business”.
In July this year, police and NSPCA inspectors found more than 100 dead animals, including sheep, geese, goats and ducks, on her farm. It appeared they had been without food or water for over a week.

About 85 pigs, who were still alive, had begun cannibalising 58 dead pigs, and were reportedly drinking their own urine. Many others found alive had to be put down.

There were no farmworkers on the property, no electricity, and the water pumps were broken.
On Sunday, Ngubane said while police were still awaiting Modise’s version of events, others involved in the matter had already been providing statements. Modise had reportedly told police she would travel to Potchefstroom to meet them.

The National Prosecuting Authority told the Sunday Times it had not received a docket, indicating whether Modise would be prosecuted.
On Friday the NSPCA said conditions on the farm had improved.

“Cattle on the farm have been supplied with sufficient food and appear to be in an acceptable condition,” spokeswoman Grace de Lange said in a statement.
She said farm managers were implementing advice from vets on how to run the farm.

-Sapa

Male police officer died and one critically injured

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Lichtenburg- A middle aged police officer died on the scene of accident and one survived with critical injuries when the driver lost control on the R503 road between Mahikeng and Lichtenburg yesterday.

It is reported that the police officers who were driving a Toyota Hilux Double Cab lost control while trying to overtake a truck. According to Traffic Authorities at the scene, the driver realized that there was an oncoming vehicle ahead which allegedly caused him to lose control. The driver survived with critical injuries and was rushed to the hospital by the emergency services.

North West Community Safety and Transport Management MEC Gaoage Molapisi said the South African Government is losing assets due to road accidents. “We continue to lose officials on these roads due to reckless driving. Our motorists need to be observant, cautious and always adhere to road rules,” said Molapisi.

MEC said the accident happened just a day before the official launch of Arrive Alive and Operation When Duty Calls and that is very unfortunate.
-TDN
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NORTH WEST POLICE SUCCESSES

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BY Obakeng Maje

ATAMELANG (near Delareyville)-One 24-year-old male suspect was arrested by Police on Saturday morning, 2012-05-26 at about 09:30, shortly after he raped a 35-year-old victim. The victim was on her way to work, when she was approached by the suspect who raped her in a sunflower field in Vriesgewaaght, earlier that morning. “The Police managed to trace the suspect who will appear in Atameleng Magistrate’s court soon” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

NORTH WEST POLICE SUCCESSES

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BY Obakeng Maje

ATAMELANG (near Delareyville)-One 24-year-old male suspect was arrested by Police on Saturday morning, 2012-05-26 at about 09:30, shortly after he raped a 35-year-old victim. The victim was on her way to work, when she was approached by the suspect who raped her in a sunflower field in Vriesgewaaght, earlier that morning. “The Police managed to trace the suspect who will appear in Atameleng Magistrate’s court soon” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

NORTH WEST POLICE SUCCESSES

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BY Obakeng Maje

ATAMELANG (near Delareyville)-One 24-year-old male suspect was arrested by Police on Saturday morning, 2012-05-26 at about 09:30, shortly after he raped a 35-year-old victim. The victim was on her way to work, when she was approached by the suspect who raped her in a sunflower field in Vriesgewaaght, earlier that morning. “The Police managed to trace the suspect who will appear in Atameleng Magistrate’s court soon” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

Speeding driver fined for running over Impala in Kruger park!!!

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A building contractor has been fined R2500 for killing at least seven impala while speeding in the Kruger National Park (KNP), a spokesman said on Monday.

“Eyewitnesses have stated that the vehicle overtook their cars at high speed, only to slam over the poor impala at the junction of Paul Kruger and Skukuza staff village roads,” said KNP spokesman William Mabasa.

The driver, who was not a KNP employee, was driving a truck and trailer belonging to contractor Shivers Contracting Company, which was doing work in the park. His name could not be immediately obtained.

The accident happened on May 2 around 5.30pm.

Mabasa said impala, especially fighting rams, tended to chase each other in the bush and over roads, mostly in rutting season.

This was either to gain dominance or to round up females to join their groups.

He said KNP was upset about the deaths of the animals in an area where they were supposed to be protected and safeguarded, and had decided to take strict action.

The driver was charged and fined under the Protected Areas Act for killing the impala and for endangering other road users.

Mabasa appealed to the public to be on the lookout for animals all over the park when driving, and to remember that the animals had the right of way.

“We expect this move will act as a deterrent, while we also hope and pray that a similar incident will not repeat itself in future,” he said.