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National Treasury Freezes Funding for Mantsopa Municipality

National Treasury Freezes Funding for Mantsopa MunicipalityThe SA Local Government Association

(Salga) has objected to the National

Treasury’s freeze on funds to 60

Municipalities, saying it will hurt the poor.

In turn Salga advised Municipalities on

Wednesday, to apply similarly stringent

Credit Control Policies to Government

Departments with outstanding arrears

and cut off defaulters.

“The Equitable Share is the means of

ensuring the poor continue to be

cushioned against the effects meted out

by the vagaries of the triple challenges of

unemployment, poverty and inequality,”

Salga said.

“The equitable share is an unconditional

grant that enables Municipalities to

provide basic services to poor

households, and to enable Municipalities

with limited own resources to afford basic

administrative and governance capacity,

and perform core municipal functions.

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“Municipalities provide services (water,

sanitation, waste, electricity and others) to

about 50 million people - every day, 365

days a year. Many qualify for free basic

services, which are subsidised by the

equitable share, the very share that is now

being withheld.”

Salga called the funding the “lifeblood” of

most Municipalities and their communities.

“Withholding this funding will punish the

poor and negatively affect service delivery

to those communities, with some

Municipalities already being unable to pay

salaries and provide basic services as a

result,” as pointed out by Salga.

On Tuesday, the Treasury announced that

it had cut off the equitable share funding to

60 financially mismanaged Municipalities,

halting the planned March 20 payments,

because they owed R6.8 billion in arrears

to Eskom and the water boards.

The Treasury said the Municipalities were

breaking the Financial Management Law

and affecting Eskom’s finances, and that it

was legally entitled to withhold the funding.

The cut affected more than a fifth of the

278 Municipalities, nearly all of them local

Municipalities. No Metros were affected.

So far, 9 of the 60 Municipalities have met

the Treasury’s requirements and accessed

their funds.

Salga admitted that the Municipalities

owed Eskom and the water boards, but

said they were in turn owed money by

others, including Government

Departments.

“In view of the current situation and vast

debt owed to Municipalities, Salga calls on

its member Municipalities to immediately

implement Credit Control measures to

recover the debt from Government

Departments.

“Defaulters must be given due notice to

effect payment, failing which their services

must be terminated with immediate affect.”

Salga said the Municipalities were owed

about R96bn for water, sanitation,

electricity and waste-management

services, as well as rates and taxes.

“About R5.4bn of this Debt is owed by

government departments.

“To isolate the debt owed by Municipalities

to Eskom and Water Boards is misguided

and, frankly, misleading as it does not

consider the totality of the financial

challenges endured by Municipalities and

Communities.”

Salga said cutting off funds to

Municipalities would make it harder for

them to meet their financial commitments.

It called on the Treasury to assist them to

recover their debt instead.

Municipalities that had their funds

stopped by the Treasury:

Free State: Mafube, Kopanong,

Masilonyana, Tokologo, Matjhabeng,

Nala, Dihlabeng, Nketoana,

Phumelela, Mantsopa, Ngwathe,

Metsimaholo and Maluti-a-Phofung

Local Councils.

Vrede Rekord is reporting that the

Phumelela Local Municipality has been

removed to the list and funds have

been released to the Municipality.

REKORD08 COMMUNITY

REKORD02 REKORD 07COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE & SPORT

CHUCKLEMa kom by dogter se huis aan

en sien sy loop kaal. Sy vra:

"Wat gaan hier aan?" Dogter se:

"Dis die rok van liefde." Ma gaan

huistoe en besluit ook om kaal te

loop. Ruk later kom Pa daar aan

en vra: "Wat gaan hier aan?" Ma

antwoord dis die rok van liefde.

Waarop Pa antwoord: "Jy kon dit

darem gestryk het".

CALENDAR

Mon: 13 April 2015 -

Free State Schools Open

Mon: 27 April 2015 -

Freedom Day

Fri: 1 May 2015 -

Workers Day

E-Mail us your event at

editor@rekordmedia.co.za

FACEBOOK QUESTION: WHERE DID YOU

SPEND YOUR EASTER

WEEKEND?

Thea Du Plooy: Verkykerskop -

baie kleiner, maar ook die

vriendelike atmosfeer en

gasvryheid - natuurlik skaars

voertuie gehoor

Sarel Coetzee: Ek was in

Fouriesburg. Vrydagoggend sien

ek 'n man en sy seun tel

kartonne wat rondwaai in die

straat op 'n bakkie en sleepwa.

Ek neem aan hulle herwin

karton. Later sien ek 'n vrou en

dogtertjie papiere optel. Die

middag vertel die eienaar van die

plek waar ons pizza eet dat hulle

'n groep van 22 mense is wat dit

gereeld doen. Dan gee hy hulle

gratis pizzas. Dit was nou 'n

mooi storie. Hulle wag nie vir die

munisipaliteit om dit te doen nie.

Alet De Beer: Gordons bay....

absolutly awesome!!!! Clean and

friendly

Norma-Ann Muller: Tuis, en

baie rustig. Wonderlik Hubbie

was tuis vir die lang naweek.

Kon nie vir beter gevra het nie

Nkosinathi Motsoeneng: Bad!

Ficksburg can never compare to

Warden! Warden rocks the world

in a manner that no one one

from Warden goes away on any

holiday! Lol! Fact!

INSPIRATION

ON THE REKORD WITH...

On Tuesday, 7 April 2015,

Rekord Media welcomed

Mr. Eric Mkhunjulwa who

officially took over as the

new Head of Rekord Media.

Within hours after being

appointed Mkhunjulwa

cancelled more than half of

it's employees contracts,

issued a statement

apologising for the poor

standard of this publication

and appointed an

independent Editor to proof

read all Rekord

Newspapers. Mkhunjulwa

hails originally from

Ladybrand, completed his

diploma in Journalism and

worked for various

newspapers including

Gauteng based newspaper

Noweto Rekord.

R: Congratulations on

being appointed.

EM: "Thank you so much".

R: So many changes

within a few hours

already...

EM: "Yes, it was something

that needed to be done. To

many staff which lacked

proper qualifications and

work ethic was appointed.

I was shocked at the amount

of grammar and spelling

errors. No body took

responsibility. I'm appointed

to lead and I could not

manage a team that lacked

the will to deliver

a quality brand of news be it

digital or print format. I'm

passionate about news and

the staff I work with must

share that passion.

R: Any more changes in the

pipeline?

EM: Yes, first and foremost a

better quality news offering

with no spelling errors and

grammar mistakes! We have

launched our Newsnight

Facebook page, a Daily

News Edition after 19:00

with a short but informative

summary on regional and

provincial news.

Our new website has also

launched this week and the

Regional Digital Newspaper

Free State Rekord will

launch on 27 April 2015.

Growing our circulation in all

twelve our areas is also one

of the main objectives.

R: Concerns was raised

that Afrikaans news

content will be reduced as

be the case with Gauteng

Rekord Newspapers.

EM: If that was the case why

will Maroela Media, an all out

Afrikaans News Website

partner with Rekord? Each

newspaper language content

is determined by the amount

of readers. Afrikaans gaan

nêrens heen nie. We also

introduced a "Maroela

Blitsie" on all our Facebook

platforms. Ons is Trots Afrikaans!!!

R: According to you how do we

compare against our competitors?

EM: According to our advertising revenue

growth and circulation figures we have

gained market share in 9 of the 12 areas

where we operate in. Two newspapers are

operating at a minor loss and one

newspaper is breaking even. I believe

that will change in the next three months.

Five of our newspapers is the biggest in

their areas. All newspapers have grown

digitally with Ficksburg Rekord now having

the most subscribers. I'm not in

competition with the competition at this

stage. I'm in competition with myself to

ensure that we deliver a better quality

news product which meets the desire of

the readers and advertisers supporting our

product. The one thing that certainly sets

us apart is our free digital subscription

offering. Readers love the fact that they

receive the Rekord in their e-mail inboxes.

Nou weet jy * Now you know

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LIFE AND TIMES OF A SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT

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Hints and Tips

Press a Smartie sweet into the centre of each

before baking.

Paasfees is verby. Jesus het Opgestaan, Hy het

waarlik Opgestaan! En nou? Kan ek nou net

weer gewoon voortgaan met my lewe? Nee!

Want elke ontmoeting met die kruis, elke

oordenking van die kruisgebeure, elke nuwe

besef van God se Genade en Liefde wat

daardeur vir my bewys is, elke verwondering oor

die leë graf, laat my geloof groeispronge maak.

Dit laat my verdiep in my verhouding met my

Here. Dit herskep my hele wese. Dit gee my

“nuwe woorde” vir my getuienis. Dit maak my

hande en my hart oop vir my medemens. “Na

die Kruis van Jesus, hoe sal ons kan hande vou

en swyg .... want daar was ’n Houtkruis, ja, ’n

Redder aan ’n Houtkruis vasgeslaan” ~ Wilna

Botha

As ‘n klein pokkeltjie van ses jaar oud, het

ek buite ‘n supermark in die koue gestaan

en kyk hoe my TV-held sy hart uit sing. Die

sterretjies het in my oë geskitter en ek het

elke liedjie uit volle bors saam gesing. Toe

die man met die lang hare en geskeurde

jeans my egter vir een liedjie op die

verhoog oproep, was dit verby… Ek het

my hart verloor en my kamer in ‘n Steve

Hofmeyr Museum verander. Ek het selfs

my arme ma oorreed om ‘n “porno-

magazine” te koop toe ek vir Steve op die

voorblad raaksien. Daar was darem niks

meer as Steve se bene geplaas nie, maar

my ma het die prentjies gou-gou uitgeknip

en so haastig van die tydskrif ontslae

geraak, dat ek gewonder het of sy dalk ‘n

spinnekop in die boek gekry het.

Daardie jare was daar nie sosiale media

nie, maar dit het my nie gekeer om my

ewige liefde in briewe te verklaar wat ek

selfs gepos het nie (ek het Steve se

posadres in ‘n ander tydskrif, ‘n skone,

gekry).

Al besef ek vandag dat die kanse beter

sou wees vir my om een van Steve se

kinders, eerder as sy “girlfriend” te kon

wees, volg ek hom steeds op sosiale

media. Soos met alles op die internet, lees

ek ook Steve se boodskappe met wysheid

en versigtigheid. Weereens kom ek tot die

gevolgtrekking dat debatte en persepsie

oneindigend is. En ander kan dalk

redeneer dat dit steeds die droomverlore

pokkeltjie diep binne my is wat my held wil

verdedig, maar ek lees niks meer as die

waarheid in Steve se boodskappe. En ek

sien iemand wat so ‘n passie het vir

mense, vir sy land, vir geskiedenis en vir sy

taal, dat hy weier om langer stil te bly.

We start off on a Somber Note with the

passing on of Free State Stars Striker

and former Bafana Bafana player,

Richard Henyekane, who died in a car

accident this week. Fans will

remember him as “The Kimberley

Express”. He unfortunately in the 9

matches he played for Bafana Bafana

never found the back of the net. RIP

Richard. The Million Dollar question in

the PSL is whether Kaiser Chiefs will

manage to hang onto their lead or not

and clinch the title?

This Weekend sees the US PGA

Masters in Augusta. South African’s in

the field are Ernie Els, Branden Grace,

Trevor Immelman, Louis Oosthuizen

and Charl Schwartzel. Tim Clark

withdrew after failing to recover in time

from an elbow Injury. Hopefully one of

the South Africans will lift the Trophy

on Sunday!

The Lions are protecting their Den with

all they have and mauled the Bulls in

the dying minutes of their Super Rugby

encounter at Emirates Airline Park on

Saturday. What was interesting on

Saturday, and out of the blue, when it

was announced by The Stormers that

“Duane Vermeulen has been granted

another two weeks rest”.

Reading between the lines and given

the fact that Uncle Viccie, Victor

Matfield, also went under the scope on

Wednesday to have cartilage removed

in his knee, making it two Springbok

Captains being side-lined with knee

injuries the other of course Jean De

Villiers, could mean that Duane is

being rested as a precautionary

measure to lead the Springbok’s in

June.

In Super Rugby the Stormers almost

rose from the dead to clinch victory,

whilst the Cheetahs went down

fighting. The Sharks at the moment

are like Gold Fish swimming in a bowl

in a Pet Shop – they are biding time

and in the process awaiting their fate!

The F1 Grand Prix will take place in

China on Sunday. Will the duel

between Ferrari and Mercedes

continue? Will Red Bull come to the

party? The young Max Verstappen -

he managed to start in the 6th position

in Malaysia, better than what his dad

Jos could ever achieve, that in his 2nd

start. He finished 7th and is now in the

10th position in the 2015 F1

Championship at the age of 17. Will

he continue with his superb

performances?

The Indian Premier League started on

Wednesday and several South African

Cricketers are in action - more about

this next week. Follow us

@SportsRoundUpSA on Twitter.

Facebook: Sports Round Up.

Until next Time

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A 36-year-old abuser

from Mauersnek, near

Ladybrand was convicted

of three counts by the

Ladybrand Regional

Court on 31 March 2015

and was sentenced to 20

years direct imprisonment

and was also declared

unfit to possess a firearm.

It was on 22 July 2012

at about 04:00 in the

morning when Richard

Coangae arrived at his

girlfriend’s house from a

local shebeen. The 29-

year-old girlfriend was

asleep when the accused

arrived and she woke up

to unlock the door for her

boyfriend.

An argument started

and the abuser poured

petrol all over his

girlfriend’s body and set

her alight. The victim

escaped from her own

house and alerted her

relatives. She was taken

to hospital for third

degree burn wounds and

she later died due to

injuries sustained as a

result of the act by her

boyfriend.

A case of murder was

opened and the accused

was arrested. The case

docket was assigned to

Detective Warrant Officer

Schalk Bosch and used

circumstantial evidence

to prove to the court that

indeed the accused

poured paraffin and set

the victim alight. This

circumstantial evidence

was vital during court

proceedings as there was

no eye witness who

witnessed the incident.

Richard Coangae was

then found guilty and

sentenced to the

following counts: count

number one – guilty for

murder and sentenced to

18 years’, count number

two – guilty for assault

with grievous bodily harm

and sentenced to two

years’ and count number

three – guilty for assault

common and sentenced

to six months. During the

sentencing it was proven

that the accused was a

controlling and abusive

boyfriend and it was only

proper that he was

sentenced to 20 years’

and six months direct

imprisonment.

Free State Police

Commissioner,

Lieutenant General

Simon Mpembe pleaded

with victims of abuse to

report any form of abuse

to the Police before the

actual abuse gets worse.

Abuser gets 20 Years for Murder

Detective Sergeant

Moeketsi Maqelepo

commonly known as

Tloks among his

colleagues and reliable

informers ensured that a

27-year-old accused

Lebohang Mpheshea will

spend the next ten

years’ behind bars for

culpable homicide.

It was on Friday

morning of 6 June 2014

at about 06:30 when

Seabata Mokheleli was

on his way to home from

a local tavern. He heard

some music coming

from Lebohang

Mpheshea’s shack. He

went and started

knocking at the door.

Since the music was

playing loud he knocked

for a very long time up

until Lebohang

Mpheshea opened the

door.

Lebohang Mpheshea

started kicking and

hitting Seabata

Mokheleli with fists up

until he fell to the

ground. A local pastor

from a nearby church

called the ambulance

and Seabata Mokheleli

was taken to Mantsopa

Hospital where he later

died. A case of murder

was opened and

Lebohang Mpheshea

was arrested the same

day by Sgt Moeketsi

Maqelepo from the

Ladybrand Detective

Services and he was

assigned to investigate

the case.

During court

proceedings the charge

was changed from

murder to culpable

homicide as the accused

had no intention to kill

the deceased. The

accused was found

guilty by the Ladybrand

Regional Court on the 1

April 2015 and

sentenced to ten years’

direct imprisonment.

Captain Malefetsane

Khalienyane, the

Ladybrand Detective

Service Commander

applauded Tloks for

ensuring that the

accused was found

guilty and sentenced to

ten years’ direct

imprisonment.

10 Years for Culpable Homicide Accused

PHOTO:

Detective

Sergeant

Moeketsi

Maqelepo

of

Ladybrand

SAPS

Lesotho’s major opposition

political parties – The All

Basotho Convention (ABC) and

Basotho National Party (BNP)

have expressed opposition to

the re-instatement of former

Army Commander Lieutenant

General Tlali Kamoli. Kamoli

whom was ousted from his

position by former Prime

Minister Dr. Thomas Thabane

about eight months ago.

The leader of BNP, Chief

Thesele Maseribane, announced

in Maseru on Wednesday that

the former Army Commander

has been lawfully removed from

his position by the former Prime

Minister who is also the leader of

ABC.

“His ouster from the office was

legal because there is a gazette

that supports his removal from

his position,” said Chief

Maseribane, adding that the

New Government has to work

within the principles of good

governance and legality.

If the new Coalition

Government plans to re-instate

him, we would take this decision

as unlawful,” he added.

The legitimate Army

Commander as per the gazette

that was issued by His Majesty

King Letsie III last year is

Lieutenant General

Maaparankoe Mahao he said.

Chief Maseribane pointed out

that if the Government insists on

re-instating Lieutenant General

Kamoli as the Army

Commander, they would write to

the Southern African

Development Community

(SADC) to intervene.

“We are also expecting SADC

to help us in this regard” he

added.

He said SADC has helped

Lesotho to pave the way for the

general elections of 28th

February which they

acknowledged to have been free

and fair.

“We know Lieutenant General

Mahao as the legitimate Army

Commander in Lesotho and not

lieutenant General Kamoli”

added Chief Maseribane.

Oppositions Oppose the Re-Instatement of former Lesotho Army Commander Tlali Kamoli

Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli (centre) re-instatement opposed by Lesotho major opposition parties.

REKORD06 REKORD 03COMMUNITY COMMUNITY

Ladybrand Klub het

sy Algemene Jaarvergadering

gehou op Vrydag 27 Maart

2015 en die volgende Komitee

is Verkies: Bernardus

Badenhorst – Voorsitter, Edwin

Brand Snr (Ere-Lid), Werner

Bailey, Braam Duvenage,

Lionel Fook, Ben Groenewald,

Malcolm Stockdale en Theo

Weihmann. Veels Geluk julle

en sterkte vir die Jaar wat

voorlê.

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Hobhouse - Barely a month after

stock thieves made off with more

than 40 sheep belonging to a 76

year-old farmer near Hobhouse,

they have yet hit again. They have

left the famer, Sello Matlolane, with

merely a handful of sheep to his

name.

Matlolane has been targeted for a

number of times over a period of

about nine months, with his more

than 200-strong herd of sheep now

has been reduced down to just 18

animals.

Police have meanwhile confirmed

the latest theft from Matlolane's farm

Lindesrust on Thursday night,

saying five of these sheep have

since been recovered.

Martin Xuma of the SAPS said

that three sheep were recovered on

the Lesotho side of the border and

another two on the South African

side.

Farmer left Downhearted by Continued Stock Theft

The tiny mountain kingdom

of Lesotho produced not

one, but two podium places

in this year’s Old Mutual

Two Oceans Marathon,

when Motlokoa Nkhabutlane

and Moeketsi Mosuhli

clinched first and third place

respectively.

Nkhabutlane made his

break at the top of Southern

Cross Drive and took a

convincing win in 03:10:27.

He was followed by Collen

Makaza from Zimbabwe,

who finished in a time of

03:12:41, and Mosuhli, who

reached the finish line a

minute later.

The 30 year old winner,

who was initially worried

about being caught by the

chasing bunch after his

breakaway, said that the

Lesotho team’s strong focus

on group training played a

major role in his and

Mosuhli’s performance.

The early morning dawned

to perfect weather as a sold-

out field of athletes lined up

for their start in Newlands.

Conditions soon turned wet

and chilly when the rain

came down just after 07:00.

“We were grateful for the

rain, as it made for a

pleasantly cool day on the

road and helped to settle

the ash along the Ultra

route,” says Carol Vosloo,

general manager of the Two

Oceans Marathon NPC.

“It was once again

humbling to see how

runners and spectators

embraced the spirit of the

Old Mutual Two Oceans

Marathon. Despite having

had to change the Ultra

route so close to race day,

participants remained

positive and celebrated an

amazing day of running.”

Title Sponsor Old Mutual

had originally offered a R1

million prize to the male and

female runner to break the

Ultra Marathon records. But

as Easter Saturday once

again draws to a close, the

1988 and 1989 records

established by Thompson

Magawana (03:03:44) and

Frith van der Merwe

(03:30:36) respectively,

remain in place for another

year.

Nkhabutlane’s Two Oceans Win close to Magawana’s Record Set

Despite the debate from some quarters as

to whether or not the name of the Free

State province should change, the

Provincial Government has not yet taken a

stance.

Premier Ace Magashule’s spokesperson,

Makalo Mohale said to change a name of a

Government entity would require a thorough

process that had to be gazetted and that

would first need public participation.

Meanwhile, civil rights organisation

AfriForum in the Free State has launched a

campaign to stop the provincial government

from renaming the province.

The organisation said its “Retain the Free

State’s Name” Campaign, which it launched

last month, had seen more than 10 000

people vote against the name change.

Although the Provincial Government has

not yet announced an official process to

rename the province, AfriForum said it felt

strongly about the renaming.

The organisation’s provincial coordinator,

Cornelius Els, said on Tuesday that within

48 hours of the launch of the SMS

campaign, more than 2000 people pledged

their support for the retention of the

province’s name.

“Everyone who wants the Free State’s

name to stay, should SMS “Free State” to

32687. An SMS costs R1. We need wide

support to make it clear that Free State

residents will not passively accept name

changes.”

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The Ladybrand Regional Court sentenced

a braai master from Mahlatswetsa, near

Excelsior to Ten Years’ direct imprisonment

for attempted rape on 31 March 2015 after

he tried to rape an eight-year-old girl at his

house towards the end of 2013.

It was on a Sunday afternoon 24

November 2013 at about 14:45 when the

accused Lebohang Pieter Leburu (28) called

three girls who were playing on the street to

get him some papers that he can use to start

the fire as he was about to braai some meat.

The three girls did as requested and upon

giving the papers to the braai master he

ordered the eight-year-old girl to go inside

his house. He closed the door and took the

little girl to his bedroom and raped her. The

other two girls called one of the neighbours

and told her that their friend has been locked

inside the house. The concerned neighbour

knocked and the accused opened the door.

As the eight-year-old girl came out of the

house, the neighbour asked her what

happened and she told the neighbour that

the accused had just raped her. A case of

rape was opened and assigned to Detective

Constable Sootho Litabe from the

Ladybrand FCS (Family Violence, Child

Protection and Sexual Offences) Unit.

During the court proceedings the medical

report proved that no actual penetration took

place and the rape charge was changed to

attempted rape.

The accused has been in custody ever

since his arrest and was found guilty of

attempted rape and was sentenced to ten

years’ direct imprisonment.

Colonel Abram Raliopane applauded the

Ladybrand FCS Unit for their splendid

thorough investigation that always leads to

convictions.

Braai Master Convicted for Rape

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