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White Residents go to Court to Take Over Municipal Services After Black Municipality Collapses. They Have Already Taken Over Water Treatment Plant After Water Stopped Running

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The municipality that serves the area comprising Swartruggens, Derby and Koster, south-east of Sun City, in the North-West province has totally stopped functioning and that includes each and every service, even basics like the provision of water. Local residents led by the Rate Payers Association  have declared an emergency and have started to provide the services themselves!

The reason that the municipality can’t provide any services is because all municipal workers are on strike, because the municipality has taken the pension contributions of the workers to pay for other “expenses”. The local residents are already working shifts to run the water treatment plant according to Mr Carel van Heerden of the local ratepayers association who was interviewed by Netwerk24.

The association had to obtain a court order last week to prohibit striking workers from intimidating community volunteers who now operate the water treatment plant . The i
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R200,000 Spent on Luxury Rental Car by Mokopane (Potgietersrus) Mayor Andrina Matsimela, Even Though Bankrupt Town is Under Administration!

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In another example of #TheAfricanWay, it has been revealed that the bankrupt municipality of Mokopane, which is the old Potgietersrus in Limpopo, has spent more than R200,000 on the rental of a Mercedes Benz C-class for the mayor of the town. Andrina Matsimela has being transported around in this luxury vehicle since July last year.

The municipality has been placed under administration since December last year. A municipality is placed under administration if it can not function on its own anymore. Documents in the possession of Korny Dekker, a DA councilor, proves the payments for the car hire as reported by Netwerk24.

According to information from the Auditor General, the municipality has incurred irregular expenses of R1,17 billion for the last 3 years. There were several violent demonstrations in Mokopane last year which saw residents from the black township march on the municipality and emptying bins in the streets. Shops had to close their door
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Fire Destroy De Aar’s Courts After Explosion Because De Aar’s Volunteer Fire Service Has 30 Year Old Firetruck With Leaky Hoses

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Is civilization too complicated for Africa? A huge fire destroyed De Aar’s Courts. The volunteer fire squad arrived with the town’s 30 year old fire truck but could not extinguish the fire due to leaking fire hoses.

De Aar was shaken by a huge explosion last night at 21:45. Only about 2 hours later a huge fire was spotted at the local Magistrates Court. The part of the building that was destroyed houses the Roving, High and Regional court. So in effect De Aar don’t have Courts anymore.

The suspicion is that the fire was started by electricity supply to the town that was too high, because of faulty equipment. De Aar do not have a fulltime Fire Department and only uses a voluntary fire service. When they finally arrived with the town’s 30 year old fire truck, their efforts to put out the fire were hampered by fire hoses that were leaking. A spokesperson from the municipality says there is no money to finance a full time fire servi
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#TheAfricanWay: Orange Free State Too Dangerous To Live in? Winburg & Kroonstad Have Dead Pigs & Raw Sewage in River & Dam, Too Polluted to Purify!

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Winburg and Kroonstad’s water has become so polluted that it is not possible to purify it with chemicals anymore. The water supplied in the pipe system and coming out of taps in the towns has become so polluted by raw sewage, that it has become impossible to drink because of the serious health hazard.

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