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Nog ‘n vermorsing van die belastingbetaler se geld! – Miljoene in drein af want Tshwane-huise sal gesloop en herbou moet word a.g.v. swak vakmanskap en vandalisme

Die munisipaliteit van Pretoria is in die moeilikheid, maar ontken dat baie huise gesloop en herbou moet word. 'n Multimiljoenrand verlate behuisingsprojek in Ga-Rankuwa-eenheid 10 in die stad Tshwane, sal gesloop en herbou moet word teen ekstra kostes ná kontraktuele geskille met die kontrakteur wat die projek in Junie vanjaar laat vaar het. Volgens ingeligte bronne word die multi-miljoen Randse behuisingsprojek in die Ga-Rankuwa-omgewing egter reeds gesloop om weer op te bou. Volgens die LUR vir menslike nedersettings in Gauteng, Lebogang Maile, wat geantwoord het op skriftelike vrae wat in die Gautengse wetgewer voorgelê is, is 'n bedrag van R34,170,591,36 tot dusvêr bestee aan die bou van hierdie huise. "Dit is 'n vermorsing van belastingbetalersgeld en ons kan nie meer sulke misbruik verdra nie," het Kate Lorimer, die Demokratiese Alliansie (DA), Gautengse LUR vir menslike nedersettings en COGTA, gesê. Sy het gesê dat die behuisingsprojek in Mei 2011 geïnisi…

Social media posts hamper Pretoria cash heist probe

False information on social media following a daring heist on the N4 on Friday was hampering investigations, police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said on Monday. He said some dishonest social media users were spreading misinformation that three suspects were later caught, shot and killed by the police. He warned that some people were misleading the public by posting photographs on social media. “Concerned citizens who sought justice need not be entertained by such reports, but work with the police to help catch the culprits.” Masondo was speaking on the incident which happened last week in which nine men armed with rifles shot at a G4 Security vehicle, forcing it to stop, on the N4 between Ga-Rankuwa and the R80. The suspects then overwhelmed three security officers out of the vehicle before using explosives to destroy the truck. Masondo said the security officers were not harmed in the process and the private companies involved in the cash-in-transit he…

Pretoria communities gather to protest against higher rates

Pretoria - About 10 buses packed with protesters from Mabopane, Winterveld, Klipgat and Ga-Rankuwa have descended on the Old Putco Depot in Marabastad on Monday morning. The 500 plus protesters are gearing up to march to Tshwane House to hand over a memorandum to executive mayor Solly Msimanga. They are singing and chanting while waiting for more protesters to join the march. Tshwane Metro Police and the SAPS are keeping a close eye on the protesters. Spokesperson for the Baagi Concerned Forum David Ratladi Baagi said that the communities of Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane, Winterveld and Klipgat pay a reduced rate for services to Tshwane and the Soshanguve community pays a higher rate. But now the City of Tshwane intends raising the communities rates to equal that of Shoshanguve. " We as the community of Mabopane, Winterveld and Klipgat were not consulted," he said. Tshwane Metro Police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said affected streets will include Eskia …