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Pretoria East OCTOBERCTOBER 30, 2020 • www.rekordeast.co.za • 012-842-0300 17612/30-10-20 Park Acoustics happy to be back after lockdown A popular monthly live Four out of 10 concert is back again at the Voortrekker monument after quit temp team the relaxation of national lockdown measures. On 2 Sunday, music fans from as far as Johannesburg and even Bloemfontein, came to enjoy local indie, folk, rock and rap stars performing live. “We are extremely happy to be back,” said Park Acoustics spokesperson Henk van der Schyff . “People did not know Family griefs how much they appreciated this festival until it was gone.” for son (19) Enjoying the vibes in the photo are Lara-Anne Strydom, 3 Stephanie Colliers and Jacques Le Roux. Photo: Reitumetse Mahope Non-payment Plastic View plans halt hits school Noxolo Sibiya on site could possibly commence later “The metro will in future in “I made a suggestion with regards 5 in 2021. This would be subject to consultation with relevant role to the fencing and am still await the Objections by residents have brought availability of funding,” Bokaba said. players and government departments, metro’s response,” said Deirdré van the construction of a new formal There is currently no budget particularly the home aff airs Helsdingen of the organisation. township in the east of Pretoria, allocated for the services in the area. department, look into amicable means “We need a double fence with a intended to house people from the “Once the application has been of addressing this issue,” said Bokaba. deep trench in-between. People at the nearby Plastic and Cemetery View approved, a budget should be The High Court also ordered the informal settlements break the fence informal settlements, to a halt – for allocated.” metro to provide the two informal down to create short cuts. now. The planned Pretorius Park settlements’ inhabitants with water “If there is such a trench, then the The site could not be developed extension 40 township would house and sanitation as well as waste camp cannot expand and the fence Marmite eating because the township establishment people from the two informal collection. will not be broken.” application and a general plan have settlements after the North Gauteng It was also told to maintain the “We do not have an accurate fi gure world record not yet been approved due to these High Court ordered the metro in boundary fences around the two of how many people are there now objections, according to the Tshwane 2019 to relocate or regulate these informal settlements to prevent more because there is no access control. metro. settlements. people from squatting there. “This led to the camp expanding 7 Even though metro spokesperson Indications are, however, that most “The metro was aware of the from 800 people to about 16 000, Selby Bokaba would not elaborate on Plastic View residents will remain at increase, not only at this informal which is unacceptable.” Visit our website the objections, he said the Covid-19 the settlement because they are foreign settlement, but also in other areas. Van Helsdingen said she has sent for breaking national lockdown slowed the process nationals and thus do not qualify for Our land invasion unit is monitoring several emails to the metro about the local, national down even more. government housing aid in terms of further land invasions to avoid further issue. and international “In the event that objections can the Housing Act of 1997. increases,” Bokaba said. Bokaba said the metro’s human news. be resolved, it is anticipated that Out of the 853 recorded families The Community Caring Forum settlement planning unit will check www. township establishment approval will currently living at Plastic, only accused the metro of not adhering to whether they received a communique be obtained towards the middle of next 151 families qualify to move to the many of the court orders, which led to from the forum and the supposed rekordeast. year. Thereafter, physical development planned township. more people occupying the area. reason for the delay. co.za 2 PRETORIA EAST REKORD OCTOBER 30, 2020 NEWS www.rekordeast.co.za No replacements as four quit Tshwane admin team SinesiphoSinesip Schrieber Mahaye while Njapa-Mashanda Williams, however, was not was appointed as an administrator confi dent over the administration Four ofo the 10 temporary at a union.” team’s ability to ensure services administratorsadmini have left the Nawa denied that they resigned would be delivered to residents. TshwaneTshwa metro administration because there was “some kind of “Tshwane has a population of team,team, wwhile there is no word from problem in the metro”. about 3.3-million people. themthem beingb replaced by provincial He said the vacant positions “It is the third largest government.govern would not aff ect service delivery metropolitan city by geographic First,First Tshwane metro city in the metro negatively as the DA size in the world, and requires a managermanag Mavela Dlamini resigned claimed. diverse set of skills to manage and inin JulyJuly due to health reasons and The administration team now administer it. oneone ofof the other administrators, shares the responsibility to ensure “It is supposed to be led by an MmaseabataMmase Mutlaneng, fi lled his service delivery takes place, he said. executive mayor, 10 members of the position.positio Nawa dismissed the DA’s claims mayoral committee, the speaker of A monthm later Shiva Makotoko as “lies” and “a desperate move for the council, the chief whip and 16 llefteft aandn at the end of September power’’. chairpersons of section 79 oversight LebogangLebo Mahaye and Thulisile “For now there is no shortage. We committees. NjaNjapa-Mashandap left. have shared the responsibility and “This political leadership team SSpeaking to the Rekord on always worked as a team. is tasked with driving basic service Wednesday,W head administrator “The team can carry the delivery, providing oversight on MphoM Nawa said aside responsibility because the portfolios spending and projects and ensuring from Dlamini the three were not segmented, we shared the that residents are represented others left due to their responsibilities. locally through a responsive work obligations as they “Adding to this, we do not work government. requested 90 days from their alone. Some people are working “Instead, all of these places of work. from behind the scenes leading the responsibilities are sitting with Tshwane head administrator “People have left because metro,’’ he said. a dwindling team of unlawfully Mpho Nawa. thisthi assignment was supposed “We are at lockdown level 1. As deployed ANC administrators who to be only for three months and it all the employees head to work to are simply not capable of directing has gone past that now,” he said. provide services to residents, we all the operations.” “Makotoko requested to leave will continue to ensure services are The provincial government has because he was given 90 days by delivered, so the function of the city not yet commented on whether his work. Going on longer was an will continue to take place.” the four vacant positions would be issue and this was the same for DA mayoral candidate Randall fi lled. 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