Posts tagged with 'City of Tshwane'

 

Vandals tear R6.6m car wash apart, Tshwane spokesperson blames the weather

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A multimillion-rand car wash project owned by the city of Tshwane which was meant to create jobs for the youth of Mamelodi and invigorate the economy of the township, has descended into dilapidation.

SowetanLIVE reported that the Reitiretse integrated vehicle washing facility in Mamelodi west has been stripped by criminals, before it even opened its doors.

The R6.6m facility now looks a far cry from the day it was launched amid fanfare in November 2015.

When Sowetan visited the facility on Thursday, the structures had lost their roofs and door frames, while the toilet block has been stripped of the toilet seats and basins. The windows and other fittings had been vandalised.

Reitiretse was launched by former Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa and Gauteng premier David Makhura. At the time, the car wash premises included a fully equipped laundromat and a fully equipped hair salon.

Located near Mamelodi’s major thoroughfare, Tsa
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Alliance ends, but how long will it last, since money speaks louder than political promises ?- Red Brigade wanted the mayorship in Tshwane, but DA wont surrender power to EFF

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The EFF announced that they would not go into coalition with the DA in any municipalities as the DA refused their request that the red brigade receive the mayor in Pretoria.

They also said they would not partner with the ANC if votes were to be voted for.

Observers say time will tell how long the “promise” will last because money speaks louder than political promises.

The DA will not surrender the government of the City of Tshwane to the EFF, regional leader Abel Tau has said. Tau, also utility services MMC in the City’s DA-led coalition government, hit out at his EFF counterpart Moafrika Mabogwana, who has called for a fresh election in the metro.

“We don’t live in a banana republic where everyone can today decide that I am not happy with how people have voted and call for elections,” said Tau.

“In democracy, you respect democracy and wait for the next election cycle.”

After the May 8 general electio
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Pretoria’s homeless want keys to government building that has been unused for five years

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Pretoria’s homeless want keys to unused government building in Salvokop.  It makes no sense to sleep in the streets when government owns a brand new building that hasn’t been unused for years since it was built.

This sentiment was expressed by leaders of Pretoria homeless people who yesterday gathered outside the locked building in Salvokop.

They said it was about time the Department of Public Works and the City of Tshwane gave them keys to the building.

Frustrated and tired of sleeping in dilapidated CBD buildings and cold public parks, the group has been approaching various government departments to speak to executives, trying to get the keys to the building.

They said the building was built either in 2014 or 2015 when two homeless shelters for boys were demolished to erect the R1.4bn Stats SA headquarters, nearby.

A frustrated Richard Wildeman said: “We don’t care what the building still lacks, we’ll make it work
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City of Tshwane residents, this is where your tax money is going to – Tshwane spends R60 000 daily on abandoned business park

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The City of Tshwane is spending at least R60 000 daily on the abandoned R525 million Business Processing Outsourcing park (BPO) in Hammanskraal.

Launched in 2016 by the then ANC administration, the project promised to create 3000 jobs through on-site training, technical support and incubators for small and medium micro-enterprises.

It stalled under the watch of former mayor Solly Msimanga, who attributed its stoppage to a group of local business people demanding work during the construction phase.

However, MMC for Economic Development and Spatial Planning Isak Pietersen said part of the problems related to the nature of litigation between the City and the previous contractor. “We need to negotiate and make sure we settle that because the aim of the executive mayor is to unlock it and make sure the project runs so that the community can benefit out of it,” he said.

Pietersen disclosed that the City was bound to pay the main contractor
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Terror Lekota went to the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria to lay criminal charges against attacks on Whites

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Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota arrived at the police station to lay criminal charges against threat to White existence.

President of COPE Mosiuoa Lekota was at the City of Tshwane, Nkwane waNkwane outside Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria. Community Organization ToekomsVonk to lay criminal charges against BLF Leader for threatening white existence. We are here to support to show solidarity and support.

The continuing and reckless “vicious racial attack” by both the BLF and the EFF is unbecoming in a democratic nation like the Republic of South Africa where there is the existence of rule of law.

Mr Lekota is also asking for adequate security and protection of white citizens as they are now exposed to unacceptable attacks in their own country.

The quest to obtain justice has necessitated different political parties and their leaders to lay criminal charges against lethal words from the Black Land First leader Andile Mngxitama, who went p
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