WAARHEID! Official Newspaper of the Party Vol 12 April/May 2021 Free Copy DA leaders lies catch up with them

A historic school in Bonteheuwel tucked behind a garbage dump. The school is fenced, but the dump is open to Madikizela is one of several DA leaders embroiled in rows over their stated qualifications.neighbourhood At the same time children. as his fake Seedegree Page was 2being for exposed,a special questions feature were on raised the historicabout DA CapeChief TownWhip township. Natasha Mazzone’s “legal qualifications”, and the claimed post-graduate qualifications of Saldanha Bay Mayor, Marius Koen. Madikizela was suspended by the DA when allegations about his fake degree were leaked. Mazzone and Koen remain at their posts.

The lies of , former leader His bosses rushed to congratulate him for doing the honourable “This is not just about lying, but also about social and spatial of the DA and MEC, caught up with him when he was exposed thing, but in truth will have regarded his disgrace as convenient justice. The city that developed was built on injustice by his own colleagues in order to dirty his name and remove him to smooth the way for their favoured mayoral candidate, the and division. from the race to be a mayoral candidate for . relatively inexperienced and paler, Geordin Hill-Lewis. “Reversing this legacy by reintegrating people of colour into Madikizela’s lies about having completed a degree were exposed Present mayor , who’d like the job again, is regarded the fabric of the city is critical to achieving sustainability and weeks after he was found guilty by the Public Protector for lying as merely keeping the seat warm. justice. Sadly, the majority in the DA don’t see things that way. in the legislature about the ’s cancellation of This is what Madikizela didn’t want to admit so he lied about social housing projects in the inner-city initiated by former City The day before Madikizela resigned, GOOD Secretary-General it,” Herron said. leaders and Brett Herron. Brett Herron led a demonstration outside the provincial legislature calling on Western Cape to act The Public Protector’s report demanded that the Premier take In order to avoid admitting that his DA colleagues in Cape on the finding of the Public Protector. action within 14 days, which he didn’t do. Instead, a week after Town had cancelled these projects for political reasons, to keep that, Madikizela fell on his sword. rich property owners and developers in these areas on-side, Rather than admit that his DA colleagues in Cape Town had Madikizela lied that the projects were stopped by the courts. cancelled the development of affordable housing close to the “Winde’s claim to lead a government of integrity rings very Ultimately, however, he won’t be held to account for that lie city centre for political reasons, to keep rich landowners and hollow. There is no integrity in protecting liars, or in the DA because he resigned from his positions as MEC and DA leader developers in these areas happy, Madikizela had lied in the objective to “protect” their rich supporters by keeping people after admitting that the B Com degree listed on his CV was fake. House that the projects were cancelled by the courts. of colour far away on the ,” Herron said. GOOD news from the Hantam August first wrote to Sisulu in January 2020, in his capacity as Sisulu’s response was not terribly warm. She referred him to a member of parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and a speech by the President at an ANC rally a few weeks earlier, Sanitation, following an oversight trip to the Northern Cape. where it was announced that the province would be getting an extra R300m after being declared a disaster area. Among the places he visited was Akkerendam Nature Reserve, the critical water catchment area for Calvinia. It was But August persisted. He wrote back to Sisulu to say that her the same month that the province was declared a disaster response, “unpleasingly referred me to watch an ANC party area due to long-term drought. rally as opposed to sharing insights and offering solutions”.

What August found, and reported to Sisulu, was that the dam Fourteen months passed before August wrote a third letter to Sisulu. This time he reported that he had been back to the GOOD organiser and GOOD Northern Cape serving the town was at such a low level that people were Member Leonard Mckay overlooking the Akkerendman having to rely on boreholes or water bought in town. The Hantam and noted many improvements. Nature reserve in Hantam quality of the borehole water was affecting people’s health. More boreholes had been installed, a new reservoir He asked Sisulu when her department would table a plan constructed, and the thirsty trees in the dam removed. GOOD MP Shaun August has written to Minister of Human in response to the drought, whether planned interventions Settlements, Water and Sanitation to thank would include removing thirsty trees from the dam, and if August expressed his own gratitude, and that of the Calvinia her, on behalf of the people of Calvinia, for the steps her there were plans to raise the level of the dam wall to capture community. department has taken to secure the Northern Cape town’s extra water when the rains come. water supply.

Page 1 Food parcels win hungry voters, says DA councillor

Members of the struggling Zoar community, near Arendse was responding to a statement by councillor “Ons sien hoe hulle ons mense verwaalroos in arm Calitzdorp, are disgusted by remarks by a well-fed DA Angus McKenzie, in a video circulating on social media, gemeenskappe.” Cape Town councillor that their votes could be simply that: “Food parcels win votes in small towns like Zoar.” Zoar businessman Denver Klink was quoted in a Cape bought by giving them food parcels. newspaper:“Our people are living in poverty, he is “Hulle dink ons is dwars maar ons weet hoekom hullie sitting in his comfort making jokes about Zoar, I can only “Hierdie arrogante DA-raadslid dink dat omdat ons die kospakkies in die eleksie aan mense gee. Hy (Angus) imagine what else gets said.” mense arm is, is dit maklik dat ons vir hulle politieke verstaan nie die omstandighede van arm mense nie, en McKenzie said the video was edited. The City of Cape omkopery val,” het Johan Arendse, 67, gesê. het nie ‘n idee hoe mense uit armoede te kry nie. Town said it was investigating.

Nelson Mandela Bay in tatters BY LAWRENCE TROON

This once economic power house of the Eastern Cape A good place to start would be for all business chambers The Metro presently suffers masses losses due to its lies in tatters. Many wonder how it will manage to rise active in the region to deploy representatives to the inability to manage grant funding. from the ashes wrought by Covid 19, maladministration Metro’s standing committees on an ex-officio basis. and looting by past ANC city governments – and The present model, in which councillors with no Hundreds of millions of Rands of grant funding are either ultimately the self-destruction of DA-led rule. knowledge of business make huge spending decisions, returned to national Treasury or stolen. is a recipe for disaster. What is clear is that politicians, on their own, won’t be This mismanagement and criminality would be curtailed able to fix it. The only route out of this sordid mess is A GOOD government would urgently tackle the challenge by the publication of a transparent dashboard, at for the people, across race and class divisions, to join of speeding up processes to acquire and re-zone municipal offices and in the media, tracking income and hands to pick up the pieces. property. Many businesses have disinvested from the expenditure. region due to red-tape. The metro requires a one-stop The last time there was any focus on rebuilding the metro centre accommodating representatives of all relevant The publication of such a dashboard would also expose was during the brief mayorship of Dr Danny Jordaan, departments to speed things up. evergreen contractors. when a budget deficit of more than R400 million was turned around – with investment promises totalling R33 Another key intervention would be the creation of an Finally, GOOD would like to see the boards of all state- billion. Since then its been a fast spiral back to the inclusive dispute panel, including lawyers, auditors and owned entities – including Coega – reflecting the bottom. supply chain experts. Resolving disputes before they regional demographics of the metro, with the necessary The metro has no option but to involve the private sector are subjected to lengthy and costly litigation will save skills and expertise appointed to these boards to ensure in a central and strategic manner to rebuild Nelson millions of Rands for businesses and the Metro, alike. that the economy can be revitalized. Mandela Bay’s glory.

Strong foundations are GOOD The GOOD option for a non-racial and corruption- free built on four legs of justice: social, economic, environmental and spatial, is proving very appetizing to decent people across the country. GOOD members in Saldanha Bay, hard at work and in full swing as they At just over two-years-old, the movement has been prepare for the 2021 Local Government Elections experiencing a dramatic growth spurt.

While other parties have been preoccupied protecting liars and thieves in their ranks, and fighting by-elections to elect “weekend special” councillors to serve in the run-up to local government elections, GOOD has been responding to community calls, reaching out, organising, and setting down roots.

New branches are being launched every weekend, national organiser Shaun August MP said. “We’re trying to manage a bit of a bottleneck. Communities hope that at least some of GOOD’s leadership will be present when they launch – but we can’t be everywhere at the same time.” GOOD National Organiser, Shaun August hosted multiple workshops “During the course of these launches, the past few including in areas like Witzenberg months saw 5 former Councillors join GOOD and they are bringing large constituencies with them”. We have already seen how hard they are working on the ground having been let down by their former parties”

“There are good people all over the country whose faith in the old parties to deliver them from the indignities of the past has been betrayed. They want to be positive and they want to be constructive,” August said.

“They are inspired by Aunty Pat, and they are gravitating to GOOD.” GOOD members in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape doing door to door as they GOOD members in Cape Winelands jovial at a GOOD Election Workshop continue to sign up new members hosted by the GOOD national leadership

Page 2 Aunty pat sê: A good time to hold municipalities to account

South Africa is a land of with high hopes, our colour still determines where most of us Set historic political loyalties aside for a moment and look tremendous diversity: live. And where we live determines the quality of services we around you with objective eyes. Look down the street. From arid desert to receive and the quality of our local environment. rich farmland, from Ask yourself if the standard of the environment you live in is mansions to shacks, Where we live determines whether rubbish is left to pile up dignified. from mbaqanga to in the streets, whether there is decent lighting, and adequate boeremusiek – and water, sewerage and road systems. Whether ambulances can Have your representatives succeeded in improving the everything in-between. get to your door when needed. Whether there’s anywhere for community’s quality of life? Is it suitable for developing children your children to play; whether it’s safe to send them to buy with the capacity to escape the cycle of poverty? But wherever you travel bread... It shouldn’t be so. across this beautiful Ask yourself if those you voted for have been doing a good land, from our cities to It is said, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Nor could we expect to job. The fact is, these politicians responsible for non-delivery country towns to rural build a new South Africa completely freed of the damage and have been voted in by the public. dorpies and villages, division apartheid wrought in a flash. But after 27 years, we there is a common should be further down the road than we are. We should be In a democracy, the only way to change your public thread of inequality – further down the road in upholding people’s dignity, all people, representatives and government is to vote them out. of hardship, for many. regardless of how they look or where they live. And the hardship is My advice is that you look most carefully at the quality of the compounded by poor Holding our councillors and their parties to account for local candidates and their commitment to your community, not the service delivery. services and conditions is what the run-up to local government colour of their posters, before deciding where to place your The poorer your community, the worse the level of services elections at the end of October should be about. cross. you receive. This seems to apply more-or-less equally to municipalities led by the ANC and the DA. Holding them accountable for local non-delivery and If you vote in local elections for reasons beyond local corruption, not that of their role-models in the national or conditions then you doom your community to living with the Twenty-seven years after most of us voted for the first time provincial government. consequences for another five years. Inwoners gekwes deur DA krag pryse BY WESKUS BLITZ

Koop jy R100 se krag kry jy nou minder as 30 eenhede in Alhoewel dit n konsep begroting is weet almal dat in die praktyk by staan wat agterstallige rekeninge, prokureurs briewe, plekke soos Veldrif, Saldanhabaai, Paarl en George. hierdie konsep begrotings in Mei maand net so goedgekeur opveilings en blok van krag en water moes beveg het. sal word. Krag pryse skiet die hoogtes in terwyl die DA munisipaliteite In hopefield het GOOD leiers, aktiviste en inwoners die groter en groter winste maak uit elektriseteits verkope se pryse Dit verstom dat die DA beheerde munisipaliteite van George munisipale geboue gesluit en geis dat die munisipale bestuurder wat afgedwing word deur raadslede se besluite. en Bergrivier omtrent 14.59% tarief verhoging goedgekeur het skulde afskryf, prokureurs briewe terug trek, veilings van in die huidige Konsep Begroting. mense se meubels stop en mense deernis subsidies aanbied. Die nuwe voorgestelde Konsep Begrotings wat op 31 Maart voorgestel en goedgekeur was is onbekostigbaar en In St Helenabaai, Veldrif, Hopefield en Saldanhabaai GOOD steun glad nie die tarief vethogings van 14 tot 17% in buitensporig – eenvoudig net te duur vir arm mense en werkers. Munisipaliteit moes GOOD telkemale plaaslike gemeenskappe die Bergrivier, Saldanhabaai en George Munisipaliteit nie.

Illegal security company exposed

A security company contracted to the Saldanha Bay municipality and Western Cape Education Department has been operating illegally.

GOOD brought the matter to public attention after a company employee reported the matter to the industry regulatory authority, PSIRA.

The regulator found that the company was operating without legal registration, and laid charges against the company at the Vredenburg Police Station.

GOOD is awaiting explanations from the municipality and education department for this expensive and fraudulent fiasco, and encourages the police to investigate without delay.

Patricia De Lille’ on her recent visit to West Coast Harbours, Saldanha Bay WAARHEID! De Lille energises West •WAARHEID! is published by the Coast harbours GOOD Party. •To contact WAARHEID!, please call The recent visit to West Coast harbours by GOOD Leader catalysts for economic development, growth and job (021) 518-0890 or email and Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de creation. [email protected] Lille, gave members of struggling fishing communities new There are four proclaimed fishing harbours on the West insights into the future of their towns. Coast: Lamberts Bay, Laaiplek, St Helena Bay and • Printed by Tandym Printers. Saldanha Bay. The Minister explained national government’s programme These harbours are important spatial hubs in their • WEBSITE: www.forgood.org.za to develop small harbours and state owned coastal communities for the growth of marine-related businesses, FACEBOOK: @WAARHEIDnews properties into sites of new business opportunities, and and entertainment and tourism opportunities.

Page 3 Playing strengthens communities BY DEWAN DE SWARDT

A pre-season youth basketball tournament hosted by the Sunnyside Basketball Club was held in April.

The tournament was held under the auspices of the Tshwane Basketball Association with teams drawn from across the city for a day of intense, community-driven sporting action.

Mncedisi Khoza is the head of the Sunnyside Basketball club. He was also the heart and soul of the event, recognizing its potential to attract children off the streets and away from crime and drugs.

“Ours is a community club. We engage with various organisations in the area and partner with them. Sport, in combination with the social issues they work with, can be a powerful tonic to solve issues in our community. Our end goal is to give kids another option through sports,” he said.

The basketball tournament highlighted an anti-bullying message. Khoza felt it was imperative to convey this message after the unfortunate suicide of a girl in December – herself a victim of severe bullying.

“We are talking to the kids and counselling them. Kids are being educated about the negative impacts of bullying. There needs to be a layout for the kids to follow. We are making kids aware that they do not need to be quiet if they are being bullied,” he said.

Issues such as drug abuse, crime and xenophobia have been touched on through other programs.

The Crime and Drugs Free Foundation partnered with the club for the basketball event. Lwando, a representative for the organization, said they supported the event to support the development of children.

“Mncendisi Khoza knows our organization. He got in touch with us and asked for our help to sponsor the event. We helped with basketball jerseys. As we get more funding and sponsors I am confident we can do a lot more for the kids,” he said.

Khoza took the opportunity to highlight the number of girls who participated in the competition.

The Coach Column Protea women fuel athletes’ belief and inspire the nation

BY PETER DE VILLIERS, THE COACH

When they can see that others can do it they begin to believe rising to second position on the international ODI table – in the that they can, too. process significantly outperforming recent results achieved by the men. Winning doesn’t necessarily require winning the World Cup, though that’s a pretty fair measure of success. They did not just win but have grown a winning culture both on and off the field. Besides their talent and drive, winning underdogs are gritty, they make the best of their circumstances. They are humble. The last time they went to India they returned with tails between their legs. They look, listen, learn and grow, and when they are ready, like bursts of sunshine, they break through the clouds. This time, the team, smoothly coached by Hilton Moreeng, featured a clutch of stars who through talent, grittiness and In a bleak season of global pandemic, shutdowns and hardship, self-belief have become icons of the global women’s game. If there was a recipe for baking professional sportsmen and our Proteas Women’s Cricket team deserve special applause. women, the two most essential ingredients would be talent They have inspired their fellow athletes, and inspired the Shabnim Ismail is number two in the T20i bowling rankings and hunger for success. nation. and fourth on the ODI list. Marizanne Kapp is third on the ODI bowling list, and the number one allrounder in the format. But there are two other critical ingredients without which the Although they won’t attract the same level of commercial bread would flop: Inspiration and belief. support as the men’s team, they can no longer be disregarded Lizelle Lee is now ranked second on the ODI batting list. as cricket’s poorer relations. Others, such as Laura Wolfaardt and Ayabongo Khakha, are Athletes are fuelled by inspiration that comes from a wide climbing the ladder. variety of sources, from parents to teachers, coaches, current and historic sports stars, and the performance of winning They came home from their recent tour of India having They are athletes to be reckoned with, and key members of a teams – especially winning underdogs. thrashed their highly rated hosts in both T20 and ODI formats, team that is doing us proud.

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