N O R T H W E S T e-NewsUpdate 15 November 2019 Fraud and corruption, the biggest hindrance to economic and social development – Premier
North West Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro, is seen here interacting with community members in Brits and Letlhabile during the Anti-Corruption and Ethics Roadshow
Thebeetsile Keameditse Anti-Corruption and Ethics Roadshow and and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). services and misappropriation of allocated distributed anti-fraud and corruption Premier Mokgoro believes that if the funds because fraud and corruption have RITS – Fraud and corruption pose messages, said the living condition of the government and the public can embark on a the ability to weaken the same social and a serious threat to human and people would never improve if fraud and continuous ght against the scourge of economic foundations on which growth is Beconomic development as it corruption were allowed to ourish in fraud and corruption, it will assist to dependent,” added the Premier. creates instability in public institutions and public institutions. “The effects of rampant safeguard business and economy, and He said with systems put in place goes a long way in undermining the rule of fraudulent behaviour and corruption by ensure an improved service delivery to towards the end of the 5th Administration law, democratic values and society at large. those that have been given the mandate and communities. last year in provincial departments and in This was said by North West Premier, task of overlooking public institutions “Fraud and corruption have become public entities, he was condent that they Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, during the leads to poor service delivery, inefcient one of the biggest hindrances to economic would curb and eventually end fraudulent Anti-Corruption and Ethics Roadshow in use of allocated resources and negatively and social development, especially in sub- and corrupt practices in government. Madibeng Local Municipality to affects the standard of living of the people Saharan Africa and more specically, post- The Premier urged communities to commemorate the Fraud Awareness Week, who are meant to receive quality basic and liberation African states for the last 50 partner with government and report aimed at highlighting effects of fraud and life improving services,” Mokgoro said. years, if not more. “Africans who have incidents of fraud and corruption to corruption. Other stakeholders who were part of the been on the receiving end of corrupt relevant bodies, as part of efforts to root out The Premier, who interacted with roadshow included the Directorate for governments have been the hardest hit the scourge of fraud and corruption, once residents of Brits and Letlhabile during the Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) because of economic decline, lack of basic and for all in government.
Deliver services within allocated budget, depts told
Vincent Mooki time we make our people understand be realized in line with cost containment where this country is going. For us to measures, without impacting negatively on uring her Provincial Medium- survive, we need to ask ourselves how do effective and efcient service delivery Term Expenditure Committee we create an enabling environment for machinery. She cautioned that it could not D(PMTEC) engagement with economic growth and development,” said be business as usual and consequence provincial departments and public entities, Rosho. management had to be implemented where Finance MEC, Motlalepula Rosho, The week-long engagements were part spending was not realized. indicated that the imminent budget of a budgetary process conducted annually The MEC said all future budget reduction of their baseline budget should in October by the Provincial Treasury, and proposals had to be accompanied by a not, in any way, compromise the quality of were attended by MECs, Heads of credible business plan and the principle of service delivery to communities or lead to Departments, Chief Financial Ofcers and “no business case, no plan, no budget” job losses. senior managers where they demonstrated would be implemented. She emphasized She said with the envisaged budget how they were able to respond to budgetary that the Provincial Treasury was no longer cuts, departments and entities should learn constraints and economic challenges g o i n g t o f u n d p r o j e c t s w i t h o u t to deliver services within projected facing the country. comprehensive business plans. Finance MEC, Motlalepula Rosho, had an Departments and public entities made She said in most instances departments engagement with the Provincial Medium-Term reduced baseline. Expenditure Committee “It's a watertight shoestring budget and presentations on a number of expenditure under-spend because there was no clear we need to live with what we have. As a aspects relating to nancial and non- plan of how funds would be used with country, we are not doing very well in nancial performance and what remedial specic time-frames. She said budget Model. The engagement also sought to terms of economic growth and the budget plans have been put in place to jack up proposal should also be aligned in order to ensure the alignment of provincial and cuts will affect all departments and public spending where perennial under spending support the delivery of services in an national priorities. The outcome of the entities. “Sometimes we need to take hard challenges had been encountered. They i n t e g r a t e d m a n n e r t h r o u g h t h e PMTEC will be presented to the Executive and unpopular decisions and it is about also identied areas where savings could implementation of District Development Council.
Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T Page02 e-NewsUpdate MuniMEC Forum in Dr KK welcomes efforts to support SMME development
procurement value chain. The MEC indicated that the forum had to put more emphasis on high impact outcomes as opposed to small scale projects with no impact. “One of our biggest challenge as the province is the response time on proposals submitted for funding and this forum needs to address such gaps and come up with means of improvement.” Director for Local Economic Development in the Matlosana Local Municipality, Lucky Fourie, commended the establishment of the forum and said the collaborative effort would compel municipalities and the department to work together to ensure municipalities were at the forefront of the province's economic growth initiatives. Municipalities were encouraged to review their by-laws to be in line with the department's legislation on environmental MEC Kenetswe Mosenogi addressing the MuniMEC Forum in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District services, North West Business Licensing and Liquor Licensing Acts, in order to strengthen business compliance and Seloane Seleka recent Provincial MuniMEC engagements propensity of job creation with a multiplier enforcement in the province. the MEC had with municipalities. impact in the economy. Mosenogi said the next forum meeting he North West province is set for a The purpose of the meeting was to Mosenogi told members of the forum should be in a position to present a local major make-over as Economic provide a platform for deliberation on that enterprise development was at the economic development assessment report TDevelopment, Environment, priorities of the 6th Administration and the heart of the department's growth plan, outlining, amongst others, the skills Conservation and Tourism MEC, alignment of service delivery plans while also highlighting persistent development and red tape reduction plans Kenetswe Mosenogi, repositions the between the provincial and local bottlenecks such as red tapes by funding for businesses. This will assist to evaluate relationship with municipalities to support government. According to Mosenogi, the institutions and the ease of doing business the strength and capacity of projects with SMMEs and Co-operative development. forum's drive is to develop a technical in the province. Discussions had more the potential to create major economic The MEC met with the Dr Kenneth model of evaluating government's support distinction on ways to strengthen the opportunities for the people of the Kaunda District Municipality's Members to small businesses and co-operatives, collaborative efforts to support small province. The forum resolved that the of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Local ensuring that funding is directed to businesses and co-operatives, and how to department would develop a protocol Economic Development, Environment and enterprises with the potential of achieving link funded enterprises with bigger governance structure to allow proper Tourism as per resolution taken during the the highest degree of success and the markets, anchored on government consultation and co-ordination.
MEC engages with Mahikeng LM intervention team
Local Municipality intervention team to “The amount of money that we spent on The Mahikeng Local Municipality was unlock service delivery challenges and administrators is a lot, and it is money that initially placed under administration in change the face of the municipality. could have been used elsewhere. The team terms of Section 137 of Municipal Finance MEC Kegakilwe met with the Mahikeng must therefore work around the clock to Management Act (MFMA), last year. Local Municipality Executive Mayor, Cllr address all challenges and make sure the The intervention was escalated to Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs MEC, Mothibedi Betty Diakanyo, Speaker Thedius Nebe intervention at the municipality comes to Section 139(b) of the Constitution of the Kegakilwe and Chief Whip, Gape Kgwadibane and an end next month,” he told the Republic of South Africa, due to a collapse the intervention team last week, to discuss intervention team. He advised the team to of service delivery, governance and t h e c u r r e n t i n t e r v e n t i o n a t t h e prioritise the lling of the vacant position administration instability and it continued Dineo Thapelo municipality. of the Municipal Manager. “Whoever gets to be nancially distressed. He advised the team to, on a regular appointed to the position of a Municipal Other local municipalities under basis, update the council on the work that Manager, must assist us to change the administration in terms of Section he Cooperative Governance, they were doing. He appealed to the situation at the municipality for the better, 139(1)(b) are Ratlou, Tswaing, Lekwa- Human Settlements and Traditional intervention team to give the council the and must not take us backwards,'' said Teemane, Naledi, Madibeng and JB TA f f a i r s M E C , M o t h i b e d i opportunity to play its oversight role. Kegakilwe. Marks. Kegakilwe, has appealed to the Mahikeng
Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T e-NewsUpdate Page03 Water shortages receive attention in Kegakilwe Maquassi Hills calls for a turn-around plan for municipalities
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enior ofcials in the Department of Cooperative Governance and STraditional Affairs are called upon to work towards turning around the situation in municipalities. This call was made by Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs MEC, Mothibedi Kegakilwe, during a two-day departmental strategic planning session in Klerksdorp The Mayor Cllr Noni Kgabi (in yellow T-shirt) the white guy and dreaded head person are the Geo-hydrologists from Potchefstroom recently. “Local government is a sphere that is closest to the people and we must reach a McCaswell Khumalo In a recent meeting attended by the that, a site inspection of boreholes point where we are developmental in nature Mayor, accompanied by the Municipal supplying Wolmaransstad town was carried as local government. We must therefore put aquassi Hills Local Municipality Manager, Speaker of the Local Council, out to ascertain challenges in respect of the in place machinery that would be able to Mayor, Cllr Noni Kgabi, is Cllr Daphney Notwane, Chairperson of the non-operational ones. intervene in municipalities, as and when the Mtaking the shortage of bulk water Infrastructure Portfolio Committee, Cllr The municipality is aiming at servicing need arises. supply in a serious light. Tlalane Bolao and the Senior Management the boreholes in order to reduce water “We need men and women who will be The Municipal Manager has engaged a team, the issue of shortage of bulk water shortages. able to deal with challenges at our professional Geo-hydrologist from supply was extensively discussed. More information will be disseminated municipalities as we prepare for the 2021 Potchefstroom to assist the municipality in They convened a subsequent meeting at a later stage on the progress after the local government elections,” said MEC investigating the possibility of harnessing where the Geo-hydrologist presented a report of the water availability on the Kegakilwe. underground water as an alternative water layout of potential aquifers based on the existing boreholes is conrmed by Geo- He said the people of North West were source. geological rock proles, and in addition to hydrologists. looking up to the department to unlock service delivery in municipalities. “All our efforts must be channelled towards the achievement of the seven key priorities of government as outlined by President Cyril MEC talks hard on poor performance Ramaphosa.” The MEC challenged ofcials of his department to “think out of the box'' and by housing developers always remember they were responsible for 22 more institutions. “Unemployment is generally high and in the province it stands at 33%. We are therefore sitting on a time bomb in terms of youth unemployment, and this is a serious matter that we need to address. As such, our programmes and projects must be of benet the youth,” said Kegakilwe, who also appealed for continuous support for traditional councils.
to produce good results. Gone are the days when houses were built without internal services. We cannot still be talking about developers who have long been appointed and not yet occupied sites. Our communities expect nothing from us but delivery of quality houses,'' said Kegakilwe. The MEC indicated that the department needed to address the challenge of water and sanitation in the context of housing delivery. He denounced the illegal occupation of the Community Residential Units (CRU) in Mahikeng. “Most of the people who are occupying those units are government ofcials who can afford houses and we must MEC Mothibedi Kegakilwe and newly appointed Human Settlements HoD, Adv Neo Sephoti therefore address this issue once and for all,” he emphasized. He said he would request Human Settlement, Water and Sanitation Dineo Thapelo of Department, Adv Neo Sephoti, to discuss business and they must deliver good Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, to convene a the state of housing delivery in the province. products. We, on the other hand, are in the meeting with Social Housing Regulatory orth West Cooperative Governance, The MEC said the department would no business of delivering houses and we must do Authority (SHRA) to resolve the issue of the Human Settlements and Traditional longer tolerate poor performance by housing just that,” he said. He emphasized the social housing units in Mahikeng – Unit 3. NA f f a i r s M E C , M o t h i b e d i developers and would not hesitate to take importance of proper planning, monitoring Meanwhile, the MEC appealed for the Kegakilwe, recently met with senior ofcials action against such developers. and contract management in the housing empowerment of women, youth and of the Department of Human Settlements, “We should not be lenient with delivery chain. emerging housing contractors. “We must accompanied by the newly appointed Head developers because they decided to be in “Managers must plan, do review and act nurture them so that they do not collapse.”
Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T Page04 e-NewsUpdate SCOPA resolves to refer allegations of nancial misconduct to law enforcement agencies
Namhla Luhabe including the irregular expenditure emanating from the R254, 1 million orth West Provincial Legislature's stationery contract issued in 2016/17 Standing Committee on Public nancial year for three years. These cases NAccounts (SCOPA), chaired by should be investigated as there is no Job Dliso, has resolved to refer allegations consequence management," said Dliso. of nancial misconduct in which R134 The North West Provincial Head of the million, which was erroneously transferred Hawks, Major General Patrick Mbotho, by the Department of Cooperative said about 34 cases opened by the Inter- Governance, Human Settlements and Ministerial Task Team on Section 100 Traditional Affairs to the Bojanala District Intervention's Anti-Corruption Task Team Municipality instead of Rustenburg Local led by the National Treasury, are currently Municipality, to the Directorate for the being investigated. P r i o r i t y C r i m e I n v e s t i g a t i o n s . "Although we had challenges of This follows a meeting with the South personnel in the state entity, we have sped African Police Service and the Directorate up some of the cases in the last four months for the Priority Crime Investigations (The and have brought together all role players Hawks) to forge a relationship in order to including the Special Investigations Unit fasten investigations on nancial and the National Prosecutions Authority," misconduct in provincial departments, said Major General Mbotho. municipalities and their entities. Provincial Legislature's Standing Committee on Public Accounts Chairperson Job Dliso Dliso said the Standing Committee with Winston Rabotapi (MPL) The Chairperson said the Standing hoped that these cases would be speedily Committee was implementing its 30 resolved as part of consequence October 2019 resolution to send allegations resolved to also send several allegations Task building for R5 million. management, adding that departments of nancial misconduct to law enforcement such as the Taung Hotel School project "Other irregular expenditure cases to be should not only conduct internal agencies for investigations and possible where a fence and guard house was poorly referred to these agencies include the R1,4 disciplinary cases but should also involve prosecutions. constructed for over R7 million, when the billion incurred in the Department of l a w e n f o r c e m e n t a g e n c i e s . "We, as the Standing Committee, has Department of Tourism bought the Taung Education for several nancial years Anti-Corruption Task Team to investigate R7 million boom gate saga
Kabo Letlhogela 2015. Mosenogi said the department was going to investigate the two projects as there was no clarity on irregularities. he Chairperson of the North West “ T h e r e i s a c u l t u r e o f n o n - Provincial Legislature's Standing accountability and responsiveness in the TCommittee on Public Accounts department, hence we plan to investigate (SCOPA), Job Dliso, has resolved to the projects. The audit at the Tourism involve the Inter-Ministerial Task Team on Department and its entities such as Tourism Section 100 Intervention's Anti-Corruption and Parks Boards has also regressed due to Task Team, led by the National Treasury to this culture of not implementing investigate the irregular expenditure of c o n s e q u e n c e m a n a g e m e n t . over R4,4 million on a boom gate and the “Unfortunately, we cannot use the Orkney R3,4 million fence at Taung Hotel School building because it is not suitable for game renovation project. academy due to its location in a mining This follows the Public Finance area. We have requested the North West Management Act public hearings with the Parks Board to look into the matter of re- departments of Tourism, Economic establishing the academy within existing Development and their entities for the game parks of the department in the Dr 2018/19 audit reports. Kenneth Kaunda District,” Mosenogi told Economic Development, Environment, Scopa. Dliso said the Standing Committee Conservation and Tourism MEC, would meet with the law enforcement Kenetswe Mosenogi, admitted that the Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism MEC, Kenetswe agencies such as the South African Police former Department of Tourism escalated Mosenogi with HoD, Lufuno Tshikovhi, during the Scopa Public Hearing Service, The Hawks, the National prices for the construction of the boom gate Prosecution Authority and the Special from an initial amount of R3 million to Dliso said the irregularities at the workmanship at the project. The Investigation Unit, to open cases of R4,4 million, and the fence from R1,4 unnished project were worrying as prices Independent Development Trust (IDT) also nancial mismanagement and corruption. million to R3,4 million which is over 20 were escalated without any concurrence warned the department on escalation of “The department should submit a percent on variation of order without from the Provincial Treasury. prices yet it failed on their oversight,” said detailed post audit action plan to address consulting the Provincial Treasury for “It is unexplainable on how the Dliso.The department also admitted that it the regressed audit opinions, with concurrence at the Taung Hotel School construction of just the gate and the fence is spent over R3,5 million on renovations at breakdown of all the project costs at Taung renovation project. The property was even more than the amount the hotel was the unused donated Orkney Game Hotel School and Orkney Game Academy bought by the department in 2016 for R5 bought for. Somebody must be held Academy building. The building was and how the IDT was appointed including million. accountable as there is also poor donated by AngloGold Ashanti mine in terms of reference,” said Dliso.
Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T e-NewsUpdate Page05 NW Education Govt partners with Chapter 9 examinations institutions to improve service running smoothly delivery
Education MEC, Mmaphefo Matsemela, during his recent visit to the Kgalatlhowe Secondary School in Motlhabe village
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orth West Education MEC, Mmaphefo Matsemela, has declared the examinations process as From left is Mr Phutiyagae from Maquassi Hills Local Municipality, N “smooth running” across the province. The community of Tswelelang in Wolmaransstad (Maquassi Hills Mr Sekati, CDW Supervisor, Adv Gaoraelwe from the Human Local Municipality) listening attentively to the presentation from Rights Commission and Puleng Maake of the District ofce of the Monitoring of examination is intense Advocate Oarabile Gaoraelwe of The Human Rights Commission Ofce of The Premier with centres monitored by ofcials from Umalusi, National Department of Basic Education, Provincial Education, Districts and Sub-districts in all examinations centres Puleng Maake Rights Commission, the Public Protector documentations were also raised and across the province. and the Commission for Gender Equality, viewed as infringement of the Right to Matsemela joined the monitoring team their roles and the type of cases they Education. and visited Kgalatlhowe Secondary School he Ofce of the Premier's Dr investigate. The partnership forged between the in Motlhabe village near Moruleng on the Kenneth Kaunda District ofce, in The role of the institutions were Ofce of the Premier, the departments of 11th November 2019, and was satised with collaboration with the Human reiterated by Mvuleni Tshazibana, the Education and Home Affairs with the the progress. T “On behalf of the department, we are Rights Commission and Commission for Provincial Manager for North West Human Rights Commission was Gender Equality, had recently held a series Commission for Gender Equality. acknowledged and highly appreciated for happy and satised by the smooth running of of workshops aimed at educating The community of Tswelelang in having made the lives of learners in the the examinations in the province so far. In communities about their rights and Wolmaransstad (Maquassi Hills Local district easy through arrangements made areas of identied irregularities such as acts responsibilities. Municipality), highlighted water as their on admission of such learners at schools. of dishonesty amongst some learners have Among others, workshps were number one challenge and that they The poor workmanship which resulted been reported and appropriate steps were attended by ofces of speakers from three sometimes stayed without water for four in cracking of walls, unnished projects, taken. local municipalities such as Maquassi days, which infringes on their right to illegal dumping and beneciaries not “Generally, there are no hiccups in all Hills, Matlosana and JB Marks, as well as basic services such as healthy environ- being provided with services or being centres of our province. We would like to government departments in the district. ment, dirty public facilities, non- forced to sign happy letters, were viewed thank all stakeholders for their continued Sharing information with communities availability of disability friendly facilities in a serious light by the Commission. support to learners during this examination about the Bill of Rights, Adv Oarabile such as toilets, non-adherence to opening The District ofce of the Ofce of the period,” said the MEC. Gaoraelwe, urged community members to and closing times by health facilities and Premier made an undertaking it would North West Education Department will report human rights related cases to the the attitude of some SAPS ofcials. ensure the partnership forged with release the Class of 2019 matric results on Commission for further investigation. The challenge of overcrowding of Chapter 9 institutions was sustained the 8th of January 2020, at Fields College He explained the difference between classes and unwillingness to admit towards improving service delivery in the Secondary School Hall in Rustenburg at Chapter 9 institutions such as the Human learners at schools due to lack of proper district. 09h00. NHI: A solution to our healthcare challenges
Ngwako Motsieng unable to afford expensive private access to quality health care services based Services will be delivered as a healthcare and have to rely on the already on their healthcare needs and not the size of continuum of care from community-based wo important events in South overstretched public healthcare system. their pockets. Every South African will services, rehabilitative, curative, and Africa's healthcare sector happened The full implementation of the NHI will have a right to access comprehensive palliative to ensure sustainability. This will Tbetween July and September 2019. help address inequalities in the country's health care services free of charge at the ensure that healthcare system focuses First, the National Health Insurance healthcare system. point of use. attention on disease prevention, health (NHI) Bill was released by Parliament of The NHI is a health nancing The NHI will ensure a more responsive promotion and the population living long, the Republic of South Africa for public mechanism that pools funds to provide and accountable health system, improve healthy and happy lives. comment. The second event was the access to quality healthcare services for all user satisfaction, lead to a better quality of Parliament kick-started the process of release of the Health Market Inquiry South Africans based on their health needs, life of citizens and improved health public hearings on NHI in October. The Report by the Competition Commission, irrespective of their socio-economic status. outcomes across all socio-economic hearings have already taken place in which revealed that private healthcare was It is aimed at transforming the fragmented groups. Mpumalanga from October 25 to 28, and expensive. two-tiered health system - the public and The health care services to be provided the Northern Cape from November 1 to 4. The inquiry recommends measures to private - into a unied health system as under the NHI will be purchased by the The next public hearings will be in manage costs and quality. The inquiry envisaged by the 1997 White Paper on the pooled funds in the NHI Fund for the entire Limpopo province from November 15 to began work in January 2014, and was Transformation of the Health System in population based on the principles to 18. tasked with investigating the dynamics in South Africa. provide for universal access to quality Let's all participate in the public the private healthcare market and to It represents a substantial policy shift health care. This is in line with the Bill of hearings when our turn come in the North determine whether there are barriers to t h a t w i l l n e c e s s i t a t e a m a s s i v e Rights of the South African Constitution West province and make our voices heard effective competition that hamper patients' reorganisation of the current health system, that considers health care as a fundamental to secure quality healthcare for all South access to care. both public and private. The NHI will human right. The NHI will take primary Africans. It is in our hands. The majority of South Africans are ensure that all citizens in the country have health care (PHC) approach.
Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T Page06 e-NewsUpdate NW Education hosts 2019 Provincial Maquassi Hills brings light to NTA Awards the community
Workers on the ladders are the Moepagauta JV team busy connecting the high mast These are North West top performers who received awards at the 2019 National Teaching Awards lights
Elias Malindi have,” said Matsemela. · Excellence in Mathematics McCaswell Khumalo She further indicated that the Teaching (GET) category - Ms C orth West Education MEC, department had seen a growth of young K Pilane from Bojanala District. h e M a q u a s s i H i l l s L o c a l Mmaphefo Matsemela, says the recruits in the teaching profession through · Excellence in Teaching Natural Municipality, as part of the Municipal Ndepartment is concerned about the Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme. To Science category - Ms A Ismail TInfrastructure Grant (MIG), has the safety of teachers and it remained a top date, the department had made strides in from Zinniaville in Bojanala implemented a project of installation of high priority. The MEC was speaking at a gala recruiting 2 024 young people who are District. mast lights in Rulaganyang and Kgakala in function during the 2019 National under the age of 35 years to close the talent · Excellence in Special Needs the 2018/19 nancial year. Te a c h i n g Aw a r d s c e r e m o n y i n gap. Teaching category - Ms K The scope of work comprised installing Rustenburg. The top performers for the 2019 Madike from Ngaka Modiri two high mast lights in Kgakala Extension 3, The purpose of hosting the National National Teaching Awards are as follows: Molema District. another two in Kgakala Extension 4 and Teaching Awards is to lift the morale of · Excellence in Primary School · Life Time Achievement Award lastly, one high mast light installed in teachers and afford them the recognition Teaching category - Ms D Van category - Mr G Sebe from Dr Rulaganyang. they deserve. These awards seize the Staden from Strathvaal in Ruth Segomotsi Mompati The projects were designed and managed opportunity to acknowledge extra efforts Stelfontein, Dr Kennet Kaunda District. by the Municipal Project Management Unit. and contributions made by teachers to District. The MEC informed teachers that the As a result of this exercise, an amount of improve the quality of lives of learners, · Excellence in Secondary School 6th Administration had included among R207 000 was saved which would otherwise often under very unfavourable and Teaching category - Ms G its priorities the issue of incentivising and been paid to a consultant. difcult times. Classen from Bojanala District. promotion of the teaching profession. These projects were completed on MEC Matsemela emphasized that the · Excellence in Primary School “One of the ten priorities for the schedule despite the delay in the installation teaching profession was one of the most Leadership category - Ms governing party is the incentive and and connection of kiosks by Eskom. profound professions that mould an Dorothy Masilo from Lekwakwa promotion of the teaching profession. We When they were nally installed, they individual. Primary School in Bojanala are aware that some of you, as nominees in were low in height and susceptible to “Teaching is not only a profession but a District. this room, work under a myriad of vandalism. The Eskom was engaged and gift in which the teacher serves others and · Excellence in Secondary School challenges. It is for this reason that the challenges were pointed out following a leads by example aimed at making Leadership category - Mr government is looking at ways of short site visit with the municipality ofcials. learners as wise as the teacher. It is more S h a b o o d i n A b d u l l f r o m strengthening the Teacher Appreciation The municipality had to wait for more humbling to know that we have men and Zinniaville Secondary School in Support Programme (TASP) in full,” she than two months for kiosks to be adjusted to women who have passion in teaching and Bojanala District. said. A representative of the South African an acceptable height. As the municipality educating learners and continually nd · Excellence in Grade R Teaching Council of Education, Mxolisi Bomvana, could not wait any longer, they decided to new ways to design an education category - Ms Tsholofelo Thati pleaded with the broader society not to appoint a contractor who was instructed to environment that will produce graduates from Atlarelang Primary School, disrupt teaching and learning when connect the lights, and the job was with a similar passion for knowledge you Dr Kenneth Kaunda District. engaging in protest about service delivery. successfully completed. The service provider responsible for this successful project is Moepagauta JV. Although this could be viewed as a drop in an ocean, taking into account the high mast lights backlog, it was however, a step in Employment and Labour Dept warns the right direction. There was excitement among members of the community when nally the high mast the public about a scam doing rounds lights were switched on.
Teboho Thejane have worked between 1990 and 2019 have not to respond to offers of a nancial nature of South Africa. Once a member of the the right to withdraw R30 000 from they are not entitled to. The department has public comes across information on the he Department of Employment and Ministry of Labour and Social Security". not asked anyone to come forward to supposed pay out benets - do not bother to Labour wishes to warn the public to The Department of Employment and receive “any so-called benets" and will respond nor share this information with Tbe on alert of a scam that keeps on Labour also warns the public that South never do so. anyone. Members of the public are warned resurfacing and circulating in the social Africa has no “Ministry of labour and The business of the department is not to share their precious personal media space promising them a pay out of social security". The department wishes to conducted in its 125 Labour Centre ofces information on social media platforms run R30 000. inform the public that it does not have such spread across the country. When in doubt from dodgy places. Scammers have created a fake a benet - “this is simply a scam". People visit the Department of Employment and The department's suite of services are departmental website in which they ask who get benets from the department are Labour provincial ofces or Labour also offered free of charge!!! members of the public to check if their those that have worked for them or are Centres to seek information. The public is encouraged to report such names appear on the list of those that are entitled to receive them! The department has not published a list criminal acts to the SAPS or report on the entitled to withdraw these funds. The Department of Employment and of names of people who have a so-called department's fraud hotline on 08600 22 The fake website says: “workers who Labour appeals to members of the public right to withdraw funds from government 194 or email: [email protected]
Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T e-NewsUpdate Page07 A Memorial Lecture to remember Onkgopotse Tiro
Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation MEC, Galebekwe Tlhapi, acknowledged the role played by Onkgopotse Tiro and the Bahurutshe during the liberation struggle. In the early 1960's, Lehurutshe became a critical node in the underground machinery, developed in the aftermath of the ANC and the PAC's banning in 1960, to ferry political activists and MK recruits out of the country. Moreover, a newly initiated mophato or age regiment of approximately 50 boys and young men were recruited into MK in 1963-1964 on Kgosi Moiloa's instructions. This group of recruits, who trained in the Soviet Union and were deployed in military camps in African countries, became part of MK's oldest detachment: the Luthuli Detachment. While during World War I and World War II chiefs in South Africa, including Moiloa, used their power over local male labour to assist in the drive to recruit Visual Artist, Thato Seboko painting a portrait MEC Galebekwe Tlhapi addressing the audience during a Memorial Lecture in honour of of Onkgopotse Tiro during the Memorial African soldiers for native labour Onkgopotse Tiro at the Lehurutshe Civic Centre Lecture contingents, in this instance the Bahurutshe chieftaincy became linked Edith Mogapi with the ANC underground network and Tiro was an SRC president, which led to his learners have a liking to him; they talked the mobilisation process in support of MK. expulsion. enthusiastically about his teaching, which scholar, a catalyst and an active “It is with the help of Bahurutshe and “Because of his reputation of being able moved away from the rigid syllabus to change agent during the South their resistance against the regime that we to speak truth to power, the class of 1972 as challenge the poison of bantu education. AAfrican struggle for freedom. are today celebrating the life and time of a collective, asked him as a member of the He also emphasised the importance of self- These are some of the words used to this icon,” said MEC Tlhapi. Student Representative Council (SRC), to esteem. But Tiro's popularity did not sit describe the late anti apartheid activist, The memorial lecture honoured and speak on our behalf,” recalled Prof well with some of the teachers. He was let Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, at the Annual celebrated Tiro's legacy to create Manyane. go in early 1973. Onkgopotse Tiro Memorial Lecture held at awareness and educate the community Tiro's speech, which sharply criticised After learning that the police wanted to the Lehurutshe Civic Centre recently. about his role in bringing about an end to the Bantu Education Act of 1953 later arrest him, Tiro skipped the country and The event was organised by the the apartheid system and bantu education. b e c a m e k n o w n a s t h e “ Tu r o o p went into exile in Botswana where he lived Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and He was described by his brother, Testimony”. an ordinary life until his death on February Recreation (ACSR). Mookami Tiro, as having had a strong This agitated school management and 1, 1974, at the age of 28. He was the rst Tiro was born on November 9, 1945, in personality during his childhood years. rendered him persona non-grata, which South African freedom ghter to be the historic village of Dinokana in the “He displayed leadership qualities at a very meant he could not get a job or be admitted murdered by a parcel bomb. Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality, to young age, very strict and intelligent, to any university in the country. The history shared by different his parents, Nkokwe Peter and Moleseng earning him respect from his peers,” said “What we can take from Tiro's life is speakers on the day, reminded the audience Anna Tiro, who have also passed on. the brother. that he refused to accept the inferior type of that the life enjoyed today came with many The village helped shape Tiro's Coming from a deeply religious education by government and challenged it sacrices and should not be taken for revolutionary ideas because of its history in background, he was an adernt Seventh-day to his last days in life,” said Prof Manyane. granted. the ght against the oppression of Adventist Church member who devoted Despite government's attempts to block There is still a lot that needs to happen indigenous people, and the conict over his Sarturdays to attending church him from spreading his beliefs, later with for everyone to have full and equal their land and rights. Dinokana was also on services. the support of the black principal of Morris enjoyment of all rights and freedoms, and the “underground railroad” for those The main speaker of the day, Prof Ralph Isaacson High School in Soweto and to promote the achievement of equality, leaving South Africa to join the war on Manyane, of the North West University parents on the school board, Tiro was hired legislative and other measures as enshrined apartheid in exile. (NWU) reminisced about their school days to teach the Form IV history class. in “The Bill of Rights”. at Fort Hare University during the time He possesed many qualities that made
Visual Artists, Karabo Seleke and Thato Seboko handing over portraits of Onkgopotse Tiro to his family members at the Memorial Lecture at the Lehurutshe Civic Centre, in Zeerust Prof Ralph Manyane, delivering Onkgopotse Tiro Memorial Lecture
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UGBY MANIA: They may not have made it to the International RYokohama Stadium, Tokyo (Japan), for the Rugby World Cup Final between the Springboks and England but Mahikeng patriots and rugby lovers were not going to miss a moment of the fun. Hundreds gathered at the Makeng Rugby Stadium on the day of the nal to witness, on big screens, the national rugby team clinched the coveted trophy for the third time in history - equaling a feat that had hitherto been achieved only by New Zealand's All Blacks. The Department of Culture, Arts, Sport and Recreation (ACSR) brought the local crowd together for a Public Viewing Area at the stadium. It was a day of fun for the young and old.
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services, draping and security. This year, the community involvement has been taken a step further with the introduction of “yarn bombing” and “bird art” as exciting new creative elements for the tournament. “Yarn Bombing” is the action of covering objects or structures in public places with decorative knitted or crocheted material as a form of street art. It's an exciting new concept for a major golf tournament, bringing the visual power of “crochet grafti” to golf but in a way that is far more sensitive to the environment. A team of passionate ladies and one gentleman from the village of Mabieskraal in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality, have knitted 144 000 running metres of wool to create visually stunning “yarn bombs” that are covering some of the standout trees and decorative landscaped features in and around the Gary Player Country Club golf course. The creative element around this year's Nedbank Golf Challenge “Yarn Bombing” team showing a decoration on a tree tournament will also include works by a local artist, Isaac Jaycee Motau, who Kleintjie Kraai specialises in recycling old tyres and create a sustainable future for villages black-owned and have at least a BEE Level repurposes them into owerpots, hanging around Sun City. 2 status, and preference is given to black baskets for plants, bird or animal feeders, he Nedbank Golf Challenge will Over the past few years, the Nedbank female-owned companies. and swings for kids' playgrounds. this year showcase the pride of the Golf Challenge has already transformed its The success of this strategy has already For this year's Nedbank Golf Challenge, Tlocal communities around Sun City procurement criteria to include a 40% local revealed greater engagement with and the he was contracted to create 12 iconic birds through its partnerships with local artists eligible spend on procurement for “Africa's development and growth of companies as décor for the tournament, while his and entrepreneurs, and as part of the Major”. around Sun City. Products and services that owerpot and hanging basket creations will tournament's ongoing drive to invest back The event has taken this a step further have been awarded locally - either wholly be used to bring colour to the overall look in the North West province. and identied local partners and suppliers or partially - to name only a few, are civils and feel of the event. As a major Rolex Series tournament on with companies wholly registered in the (plumbing, electrical and paving services), This year, the community drive behind the European Tour, the Nedbank Golf North West province, and not branch scaffolding, fuel, printing and stationery, “Africa's Major” will be showcased to Challenge is perfectly placed to impact on ofces of companies based elsewhere. water cooler supply, chauffeur services (for millions of viewers around the world like its surrounding community and help to These companies must also be 51% the transfer of all VIPs and the players), bus never before.
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