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Warring Mamelodi communities meet to end violence

Pretoria – A meeting was held between the warring communities of Mahube Valley extension one and their next door neighbours, an informal settlement called Mountain View in a bid to end the violence between them. The meeting was led by the City of Tshwane. Last week, battles erupted between the two communities. The violence, which started on Wednesday evening and continued into Thursday, saw several houses and more than 50 shacks petrol bombed. Clashes broke out after a substation was damaged, allegedly caused by illegal electricity connections by residents of the informal settlement. Many families from both communities were left destitute and their belongings destroyed in the fires. MMC for Housing and Human Settlements Mandla Nkomo said the first official meeting with affected residents was held to find a solution to end the violence and find mutual agreement for the impasse faced by the two clashing communities. "As fellow human beings, we cannot be happy th…

Pretoria-grondbesetters word verwyder na dringende interdik

Grondbesetters in Kameelfontein in die noorde van Pretoria, is Woensdag verwyder nadat AfriSake ’n dringende interdik op 23 Junie 2017 in die Noord-Gautengse hoërhof bekom het. Die Rooimiere, die Cullinan-balju, die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens en die Tshwane-metropolisie het saamgewerk om uitvoering aan die hofbevel te gee en alle onwettige strukture en grondbesetters te verwyder. “AfriSake sal aanhou veg vir die beskerming van eiendomsreg in Suid-Afrika. Ons kan nie toekyk dat konstitusionele regte geminag word en geen daadwerklike optrede namens ons lede neem nie. Ons kan nie toelaat dat Suid-Afrika nog ’n Zimbabwe word nie,” het Charles Castle, bestuurder van die arbeidsregsadvieseenheid by AfriSake, gesê. Castle het gesê politieke retoriek deur radikale partye is grotendeels die oorsaak van hierdie tipe optrede [grondbesetting] en politieke partye moet begin verantwoording doen vir die onverskillige uitlatings wat hulle maak. As sakeregtewaghond beskerm AfriSak…

AfriForum dien strafregtelike klag in teen Gautengse departement van gesondheid

Die burgerregte-organisasie AfriForum het vandag ŉ strafregtelike klag by die Johannesburg Sentraal-polisiestasie ingedien om ondersoek in te stel na ŉ beweerde onregmatige tender van R24 miljoen wat deur die Gautengse departement van gesondheid toegeken is.

Dié tender om gespesialiseerde mediese toerusting aan die Steve Biko Akademiese Hospitaal in Pretoria te verskaf, is glo toegeken sonder dat die korrekte tenderprosedures gevolg is.

Volgens Morné Mostert, AfriForum se hoof van plaaslikeregering, is daar slegs twee maatskappye wat dié toerusting in Suid-Afrika kan verskaf en beide het ŉ tender ingedien. Een vir R12 miljoen en een vir R24 miljoen.

ŉ Fluitjieblaser het egter dokumente aan die burgerregte-organisasie verskaf met bewyse dat die bod-evalueringskomitee die goedkoper tender onregmatig afgewys het, hoewel dit aan al die nodige vereistes voldoen het.

Boonop is daar ook skriftelike bewyse dat ŉ agent vooraf aangestel en betaal is om v…

Kleinfontein an Afrikaner settlement near Pretoria

Pretoria - The petrol station attendant warns me I am going to get killed in Kleinfontein. "Are you sure you want to go there?" he asks, looking concerned, after I stop to ask him for directions. According to my GPS, I am five minutes away from the settlement, an Afrikaner cultural community near Bronkhorstspruit. "Yoh my man, the white people are going to kill you there. You are not the right skin colour. They will stop you at the gate and won't even let you in." I tell him I am going to see for myself. As I approach the entrance, I am scared. Large white letters, "Ons God Ons Volk Ons Eie" (Our God Our People Our Own) are affixed to the grey wall next to the boom gate. What if the petrol attendant was right? Tense wait A skinny, mustachioed man wearing camouflage trousers, black boots and a khaki cap, and holding a clipboard and a pen, approaches me after I stop at the boom. He asks me in Afrikaans who I'm visiting. I identify myself and tell him I …

Ciara Lodge – One of our best sellers in Pretoria!

Featuring a lush garden, Ciara Lodge is located in Pretoria and offers an outdoor swimming pool, children’s playground and terrace. Loftus Versfeld Rugby Stadium is 15 minutes’ drive away. Guests have access to free WiFi. With wooden furnishings, Ciara Lodge’s units are decorated in warm and neutral colours. Each is fitted with a flat-screen satellite TV, safe and barbecue facilities. The bathroom includes free toiletries. Guests can prepare meals in the privacy of their self-catering unit. Some units have a fully equipped kitchen or kitchenette, and some has a microwave with tea-and-coffee-making facilities. Pretoria’s city center is within 7 km and the Menlyn Park Shopping Mall is 15 km away. Laundry services are available at an additional fee and an airport transfer can be arranged upon request. OR Tambo International Airport is 45 minutes’ drive away. Rietfontein is a great choice for travelers interested in scenery, tranquillity and zoos. Couples in part…

Oudminister Danie Steyn sterf op die ouderdom van 94 in Pretoria

Oudminister Danie Steyn, ’n lid van oudpres. P.W. Botha se kabinet, is Saterdag in die ouderdom van 94 jaar in Pretoria oorlede. “Dit is hartseernuus,” het Pik Botha, ’n jare lange vriend en kollega van Steyn, Sondagmiddag gesê. P.W. Botha het Steyn, ’n ingenieur, in 1980 as adjunkminister van onderwys en opleiding aangestel, voordat hy minister van mynwese en energie geword het. Steyn was later minister van ekonomiese sake en tegnologie. Hy het in 1989 uitgetree toe oudpres. F.W. de Klerk as NP-leier en president by P.W. Botha oorgeneem het. Pik Botha (nou 85) was minister van buitelandse sake toe hy en Steyn kabinetskollegas was. “Toe die Hertzogiete (van dr. Albert Hertzog) in 1970 van die Nasionale Party weggebreek het om die Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP) te stig, was ek ondersekretaris van die departement van buitelandse sake. “John Vorster (eerste minister) het my toe gevra om die politiek te betree. Willie Marais, wat destyds die kiesafdeling Wonderb…

Vat my hande dat ek opstaan vir my volk – inskrupsie van ‘n indrukwekkende grafsteen in Pretoria-Wes

In die Nuwe Kerkhof in Pretoria-Wes (Rebeccastraat) staan ’n indrukwekkende grafsteen – ’n massiewe rotsblok waarop die veelseggende inskripsie aangebring is: Vat my hande dat ek opstaan vir my volk Dit is die laaste rusplek van een van Suid-Afrika se bekendste, maar ook een van die mees omstrede krygsmanne, generaal Manie Maritz. Salomon (Manie) Gerhardus Maritz is op 26 Julie 1876 in Kimberley gebore. Op 19-jarige ouderdom het hy na Johannesburg verhuis; vanweë sy vrywillige diens aan die Republiek met die Jameson-inval is aan hom die burgerregte van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Politie (ZARP) toegeken en met die uitbreek van die Anglo-Boereoorlog sluit hy hom as manskap by die Boksburg-kommando aan, om veral in Natal diens te doen. Maritz was ’n kort, bonkige man wat oor buitengewone liggaamskrag beskik het. Sy moed en dryfkrag het hom ’n gedugte teenstander gemaak. Hy het ’n rustelose geaardheid en ’n haastige humeur gehad wat hom baie vyande besorg het, maar sy patriotis…

Oudste persoon ter wêreld in Pretoria te ruste gelê

Die “wêreld se oudste persoon” is op Saterdag 10 Junie in Pretoria begrawe nadat sy verlede week in die ouderdom van 134 oorlede is. Volgens die Gautengse departement van maatskaplike ontwikkeling het dié bejaardevrou, Johanna Rametsi, van Hammanskraal in die verre noorde van die stad, die oudste persoon in die wêreld geword nadat die Indonesiër Saparman Sodimejo in April vanjaar in die ouderdom van 146 oorlede is. “Gogo Rametsi is op 1 Januarie 1883 in Krugersdorp aan die Wes-Rand gebore. Sy word oorleef deur twee van haar 16 kinders – haar dogters Wilhelmina Phiri (97) en Ouma Thema (79). Sy het 78 kleinkinders en 247 agterkleinkinders,” het die departement gesê. Die departement was aan die stuur van gemeenskapsinisiatiewe om vir Rametsi ŉ waardige begrafnis te reël. Die begrafnisdiens het om Saterdag 08:00 plaasgevind in Stinkwater, Hammanskraal, in die gemeenskapsaal langs Maratola Primary School.

Free Wi-Fi in Pretoria still on, for now

A project to roll out free Wi-Fi in Pretoria is back on track, despite the Auditor General having raised concerns about it under the previous administration, a city official said on Thursday. "While this city government may not have conceived of free Wi-Fi, our aim is to perfect it," mayoral committee member for corporate services, Cilliers Brink, told reporters in Centurion. The Auditor General red-flagged R180m that had been spent on the project as unlawful and irregular expenditure, Democratic Alliance mayor Solly Msimanga said after his first 100 days in office. During a meeting with the AG in May, it emerged that the project, called "TshWi-Fi", was being paid for with grant funding meant for non-profit organisations and charities. The non-profit company linked to the deal was called Project Isizwe. The city spent months negotiating with Project Isizwe, under extremely difficult circumstances for both parties, Brink said. Amended contract The outcome was that the cont…

Olympus Manor – Good value for couples!

Olympus Manor is located in Pretoria, 2.1 km from Pretoria Boardwalk and 2.6 km from Diep-in-die-Berg Function & Conference Venue. The guesthouse has an outdoor pool, year-round outdoor pool and seasonal outdoor pool, and guests can enjoy a meal at the restaurant or a drink at the bar. Free private parking is available on site. The rooms have a flat-screen TV with cable channels. Some accommodations have a sitting area to relax in after a busy day. Certain rooms feature views of the pool or garden. All rooms are equipped with a private bathroom equipped with a bathtub or shower. Extras include free toiletries and a hairdryer. There is a shared lounge at the property. Diep-in-die-Berg Conference Venue is 2.6 km from Olympus Manor, and Woodhill Shopping Centre is 2.6 km from the property. The nearest airport is O.R. Tambo International Airport, 38.6 km from the property. Facilities available: - Free WiFi - Free Parking - Airport Shuttle - Restaurant - Room Servi…