INCORPORATING Margo Has Her Eyes Set Take a Sho’T Left in Your Molotsane Continues Her fi Rmly on Miss SA Crown Own Town and Province Dominance in Spar 10 Km
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CURRENT COMMUNITY SPORT INCORPORATING Margo has her eyes set Take a Sho’t Left in your Molotsane continues her fi rmly on Miss SA crown own town and province dominance in Spar 10 km PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 7 LENTSWE LA BATHO • VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 2018 FREE ‘No services, no rates’ PULANE CHOANE they must realise that the metro also has to pay for these services. “The metro has to purchase water More residents in the Mangaung Metropolitan and electricity and also pays for the management Municipality have recently threatened to withhold of the metro’s fl eet services. The metro cannot their rates and taxes owing to service delivery offer these services for free. Residents cannot issues in the metro. withhold payments because they are not happy The metro has bylaws in place to deal with this with service delivery,” Khedama said. and can restrict or disconnect the supply of any He further said that residents should not only service to the premise of any user in accordance complain but also attend public meetings held by with the stipulations laid out in the metro’s Credit the metro and use these meetings as a platform to Control and Debt Collection Policy. raise and address the issues they are faced with in Despite these, the metro still continues to face their respective communities. threats of this nature from residents. Centlec “With this said, owing to lack of resources, spokesperson, Lele Mamatu, revealed that the residents should also understand that nothing power utility is in talks with the metro to curb this happens overnight and some projects happen growing phenomenon, at least when it comes to within the time frame of a certain fi nancial year electricity in the metro. and sometimes these projects are rolled over to the Owing to the fact that talks are still ongoing on next fi nancial year,” Khedama said. how the two entities will best work together and In a separate interview last month, former deal with the matter going forward, Mamatu said Mangaung Chief Financial Offi cer (CFO), he would not be able to divulge further details on Hans Britz, who also serves as a Proportional the plan. Councillor in the Democratic Alliance (DA), said Meanwhile, municipal spokesperson, Qondile that part of the reason why the metro’s fi nances Khedama, neither confi rmed nor denied Mamatu’s were in jeopardy was owing to its leniency with When culture and beauty meets. comments on the talks that are underway between regards to domestic as well as business debtors. the two entities. It also remains unclear whether Britz revealed that the domestic debt currently Young Lindsey van Wyk (16) was crowned the very fi rst Miss Heidedal Cultural BloemWater is part of the plans Mamatu spoke stands at over R2, 4 billion. Market during the fourth monthly Heidedal Cultural Market at Daisy’s Pot Coffee about or whether it relates only to Centlec, as Britz as well as the DA has called for the Free Shop at the Lee-Marco Centre on Friday evening. Ace Models’ Heidedal branch, which was also offi cially launched during the event, organised the pageant on Khedama did not touch on this in his interview State Premier, Sefora Ntombela, to urgently behalf of the Heidedal Cultural Market. A record amount of entries were received with Voice. intervene in municipal matters and service for the pageant. The winners were from the left Jazzlin Muller (second princess), Khedama, on behalf of the metro, however, delivery issues. Lindsey van Wyk (Miss Heidedal Cultural Market 2018), Romilla van Heerden appealed to residents to pay their services saying [email protected] (fi rst princess). PHOTO: PIERCE VAN HEERDEN Quote "Bloemfontein Courant” when you upgrade or sign up and get 10% discount on all accessories. 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Free State Premier, Sefora ward after the hospital offi cially the clinic sister advised her to go Sonia Ntombela, was among the opened on 5 February 2018. to Busamed Hospital, it was the guests and couldn’t get enough of A healthy baby boy, Emmanuel fi rst time she had heard of the Emmanuel. Akachukwu Sera, weighing hospital. The Sera family originate from 3.1 kg was born at 10:17. Baby Emmanuel, being the fi rst baby Botswana but have been living in Emmanuel was given the special born at the new hospital, received the City of Roses for a while now. name Moses by his big brother a lot of love and special care. They are happy that their baby Joseph Sera (9), because he is “My baby is fi ne and healthy, boy could be the fi rst ever baby seen as a gift to the family. thanks to Busamed staff,” said born at Busamed Hospital. Free State Premier, Sefora Sonia Ntombela, with Emmanuel Akachukwu Sera PHOTO: PIERCE VAN HEERDEN Jacqueline Sera, mother of the Sera. At the offi cial launch of [email protected] Budget Speech brought to the people LEBAKENG NKABI of the Provincial Budget. This approach serves to promote social cohesion, The community of Thaba Nchu had a economical responsibility and fi nancial The 2018 matric class of St Michael’s School for Girls who has been ranked fi rst in the province unique experience recently when they accountability, which leads to sound based on their fi rst term results. were invited to come and witness how fi nancial administration.” the Free State Legislature approaches its She added that their visit to Thaba Nchu budgeting processes. was also their way of letting the people A special Budget Speech that was held know that the Free State Legislature is SMS’s matrics ranked first in FS last Thursday in the hall of the Sediti High for everyone in the province. “We came School was attended by many excited here not just to deliver a Budget Speech, ZILKE PRINSLOO where huge emphasis is placed on academic residents of Thaba Nchu. but also to hear about the challenges our excellence and boasts a 100% pass rate for Mamiki Qabathe, Speaker of the people are facing on the ground and come The Department of Education recently 38 consecutive years. Provincial Legislature, highlighted, up with possible solutions. We arrived announced the ranking of Grade 12s, based “The quality of our results is very important. among others, the special relationship that here a day before the Budget Speech to on their fi rst term results. St Michael’s SMS has been awarded a gold certifi cate Legislature has with the Mangaung Metro hear about the work done by different School for Girls (SMS) was ranked fi rst in by the Free State Department of Education.