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Soshanguve before entering the inner city. the ANC and its alliance partners in In Mangaung, Olly Mlameli would Mayhem erupted in parts of Tshwane this Monday’s announcement by ANC general Tshwane. On Saturday, the ANC announced replace current mayor Thabo Manyoni. The week over the ANC’s choice of a mayoral secretary Gwede Mantashe followed weeks all its mayoral candidates except the one for Cape Town mayoral candidate was Xolani candidate for the local elections. of speculation and uncertainty. Tshwane. Sotashe, in eThekwini it was Zandile Gu- The city centre, Mamelodi and the west The burning question was who would On Saturday, Mantashe also announced mede with Xola Pakati in Buffalo City and north of the city resembled a war zone take the ANC in Tshwane metro through that Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau would Didiza was born on 2 June 1965 in at times. the upcoming municipal poll – regarded by return as the party’s candidate. Durban and holds a BA Hons degree. She is With at least one death reported, 22 buses experts and observers as the most important Deputy Trade and Industry Minister married and has fi ve children. were torched and several roads were blocked one since 1994. Mzwandile Masina would be the Ekurhuleni In 2008, she was one of nine ministers by burning tyres. Trouble already started on Sunday as candidate. This meant that current mayor who resigned their positions when former A police vehicle was overturned and ANC members waited at the Tshwane Con- Mondli Gungubele would not return. President Thabo Mbeki stepped down as trucks and cars were set alight. vention Centre for news of who would be In Nelson Mandela Bay, current mayor president. The ruling party announced on Monday named as mayoral candidate. that incumbent mayor Kgosientso Ramok- At that stage the choice was between in- gopa would be ousted by former cabinet cumbent Ramokgopa or his current number minister Thoko Didiza. two in the Tshwane council, Mapita Mat- Should the ANC retain the Tshwane metro sena. in the 3 August local elections, she would be An ANC member was shot dead as un- the new mayor. The violent reaction to the known gunmen opened fi re at those waiting news came within hours. at the centre when it became known that In an attempt to control the violence, all Didiza was actually the front-runner. police members, even those on rest days, had On Monday morning, Mantashe announ- been called in for duty. A joint operations ced from Luthuli House in Johannesburg that TTHEHE EEASIESTASIEST WWAYAY TTOO SSELLELL YYOUROUR centre had also been established. Didiza would be the ANC mayoral candidate Ramokgopa called for calm on Tuesday in Tshwane. CCARAR BYBY FFAR!AR! and distanced himself from the violence be- She formerly headed the public works ing committed in his name. ministry after being minister of agriculture SA’s No. 1 Car Buying Service But protesters vowed to continue on their and land affairs. Any make or model “Fast, effi cient She is widely seen as a compromise destructive path until the ANC reversed the and professional! naming of Didiza as mayoral candidate for appointment to prevent strife and violence Old or new So glad I did the capital. between the factions supporting Ramokgopa We come to you Ramokgopa urged the community, resi- and Matsena. business with dents and ANC structures to embrace the The fact that Ramokgopa was not named Immediate payment WeBuyCars!” “unifying” decision to name Didiza. as mayoral candidate took many by surprise We settle bank fi nance “The foundation laid (by the ANC) in as heis currently ANC regional leader. Tshwane over the past fi ve years will be Regional leaders traditionally took the Branches countrywide executed diligently by the new council and position as mayor but this was the fi rst year executive posts on 3 August,” Ramokgopa that the ANC actually named individual TURNING CARS INTO CASH SINCE 2001 said. He visited several protest hotspots on candidates. Tuesday, starting in Atteridgeville, mov- Speculation is rife that Ramokgopa was 7124 2 PRETORIA MOOT REKORD FRIDAY JUNE 24, 2016 www.rekordmoot.co.za Court halts payment for doomed smart meters Stephané Bothma above board. National government had warned to Peu, the exact exit agreement between The court made an interim order pre- Tshwane on several occasions not to enter Tshwane and Peu was never disclosed. A payment of R950 million to Peu Capital venting the payment of amounts totalling into the contract, saying it was, among At the time however, the metro said be- Partners by the Tshwane metro was tem- R950 million to Peu, giving the Tshwane other reasons, too expensive. cause of the smart meters that had already porarily halted by the North Gauteng High metro until 5 July to give reasons why the The metro however, concluded the con- been installed and serviced by Peu, there Court on Wednesday. order should not be made permanent. tract with Peu and smart electricity meters were still some contractual obligations The decision by the court followed a AfriSake, a division of AfriForum, fi led were rolled out in the city. regarding the cancelled contract. successful urgent application by the civil the urgent application after it learnt that the During the 2014/15 fi nancial year, Peu The court heard on Wednesday the bulk rights organisation AfriForum, which metro was about to pay over the money. was paid some R830 million despite only of the more than R1 billion of irregular argued the municipality had tried to “sneak The controversial multi-billion rand 12 900 smart meters had been installed. spending by the Tshwane metro during the through” the massive payment to Peu with contract between the metro and Peu was The contract was later cancelled and al- last fi nancial year as pointed out by the the knowledge that the ill-fated contract for cancelled in May last year, after the deal though the municipality stressed there had auditor-general, could be attributed to the the city’s smart pre-paid electricity was not had been found to be irregular. been no cancellation penalties to be paid Peu contract. Polisie op soek na petroldief Be on lookout Andrea Küsel petrolkraan uit te haal nadat hy die tenk gevul het, het die man weggery sonder te Die polisie is op soek na ’n man wat brand- betaal.” for meningitis stof in die Moot steel. Brits sê die man is bekend daarvoor dat Andrea Küsel Woordvoerder kaptein Coba Brits sê hy hy brandstof in die Moot steel. het die Total-vulstasie op die hoek van 24e Die man word beskryf as mollig en groot met bruin hare. Hy is vermoedelik tussen 30 Several cases of meningitis have been Laan en Hertzogstraat in Villieria onlangs reported in Pretoria and other parts of the besteel. en 35 jaar oud. Die polisie versoek mense met inligting country in June. Sy silwer Kia Picanto se nommerplate Life Med ambulance services trans- was toegeplak met bruin papier. oor die man om adjudant-offi sier Gina Brink by 012-353-5403 te skakel. ported fi ve patients with the disease in Die verdagte het die petroljoggie in Afri- Pretoria and two from their Bela-Bela kaans gegroet en hom vriendelik gevra om branch. Spokesperson Jolindi Prinsloo R300 se petrol in die voertuig te tap. urged the public to be aware of the signs “Terwyl die joggie besig was om die and symptoms of meningitis. “Meningitis is a serious disease with Meningitis is a serious disease in which there is infl ammation of the membranes sur- ‘‘rounding your brain and 8507 spinal cord. infl ammation of the membranes surroun- ding your brain and spinal cord, caused Pretoria Moot by viral or bacterial infection.” She said early meningitis symptoms could develop over several hours or over a few days. 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