C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E “It always seems impossible T T E R ...until it’s done” - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ISSUE NO 2 - 2013 ADM MAKES IT A TREBLE IN THE VUNA AWARDS... See page 3 FROM LEFT: EC MEC for the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, Z. Capa, ADM Municipal Manager, C. Magwangqna and ADM Land & Human Settlement Portfolio Head, Cllr P. Finca receiving the awards on behalf of ADM Executive Mayor N. Konza and EC MEC for the Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs (DPLGTA), Mlibo Qoboshiyane. Picture taken during 2013 Vuna Awards Ceremony held in East London. ADM received an unqualified Audit Outcome making it 3 in a row for 2012 and 2013. To top it up ADM has again scooped another award on financial viability." GET WISE. TIME FOR ACTION GET TESTED. 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,UHTEY IHPALEVMI ALEZOYIHBUKU INEWKISESUKOGN AWLESIMUKU az.vog.elohtama.www FROM THE EDITOR’S, DESK CONTENTS DEAR VALUED ADM STAKEHOLDER. of our flagship service delivery programmes EDITORIAL TEAM COVER STORY aimed at improving the lives of the people of • ADM makes it a Treble.....full story on page 3 I suppose it is only appropriate to extend my this district. We want to tell a human story that EDITOR-IN-CHIEF heartiest greetings to the diverse readership of talk to our mandatory responsibility of Chris Magwanqana • From The Editor’s Desk Amathole Community Newsletter. I have disseminating information to our diverse (Municipal Manager) • Editorial Team accepted with great humility and zeal the stakeholders on service delivery, while forging • Contents responsibility entrusted in me by the top social partnerships with our communities in EDITOR management of Amathole District Municipality which we want to create an environment that is Siyabulela Makunga • ADM receives unqualified audit, three times in a row (ADM). conducive for an ongoing dialogue about fast- (Head of Communications) • Executive Mayor's Message for Christmas and New Year tracking and improving service delivery. • ELIDZ Partners with ADM for SMME Development My appointment as the new ADM Manager SUB-EDITORS • Armed Struggle Museum Launch Communications and Media Relations did not We are hard at work in devising and only mark a fulfilling home-coming to my implementing new and exciting mediums of • Sisa Sityata-Soga SERVICE DELIVERY PROJECTS: ancestral land but an exciting return to the communication so as to meet the information • Judy Ngoloyi • Bush Clearing EPWP Toleni Project public service. It is a return that I wish to cherish needs of our various stakeholders, with a • Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso • Goshen and Mente Toilets Hand over earnestly as it presents me with an opportunity particular bias to youth and women. Our • Heritage Month to make a contribution the community I call my approach is the one that seeks to ensure equal NEWS WRITERS • 5th Intellectuals Conference Mayoral Challenge in Centane own. access to ADM information using channels of communication that talk and appeal to our • Sisa Soga -Sityata • Q & A with Councillor Xundu-Kubukeli Noteworthy, it coincides with the change diverse clientele, without fail. • Judy Ngoloyi • Nelson Mandela 67 Minutes management initiatives at ADM and in • Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso • Launch of Sexual Offences Court government as a whole. In the recent past, the As we reflect on the year it was and marching • Siphelele Manona • ADM Partners with Nkangala Municipality Minister of Public Service and Administration forward to 2014, I would like to take • Launch of Nkonkobe waste management Ms Lindiwe Sisulu launched a new public advantage of this prestigious opportunity and PHOTOGRAPHERS service charter and the national Batho Pele wish all of you a joyful and fulfilling festive • Siphelele Manona • Gallery of Activities in July, August, Sept, October and Call Centre while ADM Municipal Manager season. I also wish to make a special plea to all • Sisa Sityata-Soga November. Chris Magwangqana drives a 'refreshing' the people join forces of change in our • Siyabulela Makunga transformation agenda. In my personal view, communities, by naming and shaming the two interventions are symbolic of a perpetrators of violence against women, CONTRIBUTIONS government united to redefine the DNA and children and vulnerable persons. Let us all rally • Samkelo Ngwenya calibre of a public servant. It is a clarion call for behind noble men and women who have taken • Akhona Ngqinambi change in the way we do things in the public a vow in unison, and said "not in my name" will • Somila Cuntu service. innocent children or women be abused, raped, killed and/or mutilated. In the same spirit, PUBLISHING As a proud servant of the ADM community and appeal to all public road users to take an extra Amathole District Municipality government as a whole, I can only draw one caution when driving in our roads. conclusion, that this is an opportunity for ADM LAY-OUT, TRANSLATION AND staff and public servants in general, to I will be failing in my duty if I do not DESIGN voluntarily become agents of change. It acknowledge the sad departure of one of our Cingwane Enterprise PTY LTD presents us with a billion rand question; what is founding fathers of our democracy; iNkosi it that one can do to turn the tide in accelerating uDalibhunga Mandela whose ideals touched This community newsletter is produced and improving service delivery? billions across the world. As we celebrate his by AMATHOLE DISTRICT unprecedented legacy we must remind MUNICIPALITY CUSTOMER CARE. To put the cherry on top, ADM has recently ourselves that "Education" should be at the unveiled a new logo, an affirmation of a step in centre of our economic transformation agenda. Please direct your comments and the right direction towards projecting and Let’s remember him by doing everything we do, suggestions to Head of communications sustaining our district municipality's unique and a Madiba way. Hamba Kahle Mkhonto! who is contactable at the following positive identity and image which, of course contact details: must be characterized by a selfless service. Let's all look forward to what promises to be another exciting year filled with buckets of [email protected] In this last biennial issue of the 2013 Amathole opportunities. 072 7680 028 Community Newsletter, we take stock of some 043 7014 000 ADM GENERAL CONTACT INFO: Mr Chris Magwanqana 043 7014 000 [email protected] www.amathole.go.za 2 5 ”UHTEZ IQGNIGNIWK EDILE AHSEXI ALALHEN AZAHPAHCANEGNE ,ALEZEKINIZUKOY OZNOKNEGN ILIBMAHP INEGNOJUKE ALELEHPOBIZUKU" .ihtalhamaz osilevmenaba iqgnigneb alapisaMonab -oogn awhsuytuxukazo oyalednalo abmugn onawsiznebestnes onawlemuvisewk inibabob abukon iqgnigniwk olawk akezasasuku ,utnulob inanakagnubU • .utnulu adecnuku enanicnabawk axabmo alapisaMugn iniwtnule awytikiytuku abuku eyniwzagn enelemuva inibamo alacama osinobiMelawk avmE .awbmiZ nallA .unMu oyelebmabo ozawk awisukon oznoknewk inewlesimuke oyakilibiytize oznokniwk esidecnuku .olajn-olajn ahstuLol osilhuhpU alapisaMak ihtahpMugn alagnaknI alapisaMu elemo ,skniL hplaR unMu osibecoW 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uhpolodoSu ahsexilegN ononobmisI esesagnaz uldnizegn elezekinu elohtamA-esaw axabmO alapisamU az.vog.elohtama.www ESESAGNAZ ULDNIZEGN ELEZEKINU ELOHTAMA-ESAW AXABMO ALAPISAMU www.amathole.gov.za ADM MAKES IT A TREBLE IN THE VUNA AWARDS...From page 1 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR NOMASIKIZI KONZA "We all within ourselves determined to achieve excellence, moving towards a have the ability to succeed. clean audit calls upon us all to be very immaculate in It is with great apartheid colonialism. What brings success at implementing our roles within the rules of the law. pleasure to be Amathole District interacting with the Equally, this phase of our freedom will be Municipality [ADM] is the Moving towards the course of the year, we will take people of Amathole characterised by decisive action to effect economic fact that we know what we each day as an audit day, thus every action that we through this medium transformation and democratic consolidation, know and we know what take should reflect positively towards the audit result. of communication. critical both to improve the quality of life of all we don't know" These are Therefore how we operate will enable us to achieve South Africans and to promote nation-building and words by Amathole District clean audit," Magwangqana said. This publication social cohesion. Municipality [ADM] comes out at an Municipal Manager Chris Magwangqana as he CLEAN AUDIT = DISCLOSURE OF ALL REQUIRED inquisitive period in In all this undertaking, the participation of the addressed the staff in East London yesterday. INFORMATION ON TIME the timeline of our public in our democratic processes is key. Magwangqana' s words effortlessly echoed the young democracy Ordinary men and women of Amathole must have a institution's financial projections for the 2011/12 Sharing views about the report, ADM Chief Financial following the passing of our former state President say; and a big say; into how their Municipalities are fiscal of an unqualified audit report for the third time Officer Nkosinathi Soga observed it as a reflection of Nelson Mandela. It's a period of reflect, being governed. running. an institution with accounting standards, practices and introspection and self-examination. This period also It is one way of keeping the legacy of tata Madiba Not fazed by the unqualified report, Magwangqana a tested formula of "teamwork". coincides with the marking of 20 years of who was a champion of a people centred mass described the results as "impressive" in that, "an "Attaining an unqualified report means that people democracy and freedom and this compels us to look democratic participation. institution we have not regressed". sometimes did not sleep at all, but the end result came into how far we have come as a country and as a out just as we had wanted," said Soga. nation. As the Amathole District Municipality, pulsating Heartened by ADM's financial management, through its seven local municipalities of Amahlathi, Magwangqana said it bared evidence to the hard Garnering for continued administration support, Soga Looking back, together, we have indeed made Great Kei, Mnquma, Mbhashe, Ngqushwa, work that has been put in by team ADM. was adamant that a clean audit is within ADM's grasp. South Africa a better place. We have built millions Nkonkobe and Nxuba; we have advocated and still of homes, millions more people have access to are, championing the Mandela ideals of unity, hard "Looking into the unqualified report without matters "It's not easy but we are water and electricity, quality education and better work, selflessness and clean and good governance of emphasis, we have actually worked and taken out getting there and with health care. We have created jobs, provided social and servitude. some of the issues that were noted in the last financial better tweaking on a few grants to the poor and created new opportunities. year and therefore though we still have an issues, a clean audit is We need to keep on improving people's lives and We commit to keep on honouring Madiba as ADM unqualified report, it's a better report than the possible. Of course there is opening up opportunities. by building more toilets to our deepest rural areas previous year," he said. still the issue of streamlining during his birth week and beyond; and by taking of our processes which, We have stopped making HIV and AIDS a fearless this action, we will inspire change and make Magwangqana applauded the institutional effort when once are dealt with, taboo virus by rolling out a solid treatment program everyday a Mandela Day. and further elaborated ADM's systems as continuing will make reporting easier that gives hope towards the ultimate goal, to improve. with the main solution being defeating it by finding a cure. Egameni likatata Madiba; We pledge to escalate " Our people particularly in finance and generally the an integrated financial the provision of water to our communities; as administration and how council resolutions are taken management system to consolidate all financial However, in the same vein, a lot more still needs to evident in this 2013/2014 financial year where we proves but one point that we are still stable and projects. We are targeting end of 2013/214 to be be done. have already committed R13, 5 million towards following good governance," he said. our year," he said. water and sanitation on the Mayoral Fund budget The history of this country, whose colonialism and which is R15 million. MOVING TOWARDS A CLEAN AUDIT Commenting on this achievement, ADM Executive subsequent formalised apartheid systems, Mayor Nomasikizi Konza said, "We have set ourselves explicitly reminds us daily to the fact that it will not We have in total, a budget of approximately R412 The Auditor's report explains an unqualified opinion and are abiding by the standards of good take 19 years to reverse its ills. million towards the cause of water and sanitation. as emanating from a municipality that has not fully governance. We believe in the principles of clean It does not need a rocket scientist for one to see the addressed deficiencies in their reporting on governance with sound financial management contrasting legacies left by the tyranny of This is a mission towards restoring the dignity of our predetermined objectives and/or compliance with controls. That we have maintained an unqualified apartheid and how our people are not active in the people, who were forced to share ablution areas laws and regulations. audit opinion is by virtue of these principles and mainstream economy of our country. with animals. This also includes the commitment to values. eradicate the bucket system all over Amathole. Undeterred, Magwangqana deemed a clean audit The recent praise of our books by the Auditor What is encouraging about the gloomy aspects of as the next step for the ADM. General, describing Amathole District Municipality as this picture, is the fact that we are a country that has a beacon of light when he released the latest consistently managed to unite and pull together as Working together, I have no doubt to do even more. “In all essence an unqualified report should be last municipal audit report inspires us to strive even a rainbow nation to tackle its challenges. Let me take this opportunity to wish each and stage of our report but because our government is further." everyone of you merry Christmas and a new year As the people of South Africa; collectively through that is filled with blessings and triumphs. the ruling party, we have declared that this is the As our motto in Amathole says; we are here to serve ADM PARTNERS WITH ELIDZ TO year of unity in action towards socio-economic you; siyaku-khonza. freedom; and as such we cannot be apologetic EMPOWER DISTRICT SMME’S when we engage in vigorous and searching I thank you. debates on the persistence of the legacy of The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ) together with The programme is also set to afford SMMEs an opportunity to the Amathole District Municipality (ADM) officially launched the participate in the mainstream economy. Targeted Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise (SMME) programme With ADM being one of the most rural of muncipalites twinned with a aimed at facilitating growth of businesses with a Construction high rate of unemployment, Executive Mayor Nomasikizi Konza Industry Development Board (CIDB) grading designation of 2 up to regards the partnership between the two institutions as nothing short of 7. a deserved break. In the construction industry, SMME's owned by Black Women, youth “This project for us as the ADM represents a window of opportunity and and people with disability constitute a greater percentage of the as such responds to the core challenge that our people are constantly lowest contractor grades in terms of the CIDB grading and for this subjected to, that is, the issue of socio-economic transformation. reason preference is given to the empowerment of construction Furthermore, this partnership is one other way by which we can respond enterprises owned by this population group. to these core challenges, as well as taking the necessary steps towards enabling our emerging contractors a chance to compete on a bigger "The primary objective of the programme is to provide an platform. As this year has been declared as that of unity towards operational environment and growth opportunities for SMMEs with giving socio-economic freedom, we are not apologetic when it comes to CIDB grading designations two (2) to seven (7) in the General confronting the triple colonial challenge of poverty, inequality and Building and the Civil Engineering classes of construction works. The unemployment. It is from this view that we boldly embrace the programme is aimed at developing the construction capacity and ADM Executive Mayor Nomasikizi Konza speaking to journalists ammunition that this project is affording us," deemed Executive Mayor also facilitating growth for SMMEs in the construction industry", Konza. ELIDZ CEO Simphiwe Kondlo explained. A pool of 35 contractors will be developed to be able to move two The programme also seeks to provide an operational environment levels up in the CIDB grading and to acquire construction qualifications and facilitate growth for its participants and further grant support at NQF Level 4 while within the programme. to learner contractors in a form of training. In addition, contractors will be developed to be able to compete in the open market by the time of exiting the programme. "Since the programme will be implemented within the Amathole District Municipality's area of jurisdiction, the participating contractors have been sourced from the seven local municipalities of the district. This will ensure that there is a geographic equity between the various local municipalities," said Kondlo. He further added that partnering with ADM on this initiative is but one other way to address the employment challenge facing the region. “The upward shift in the number of jobs created in the region can A pool of 35 contractors from all seven local municipalities under the only be recognised if we provide the necessary platform and ADM jurisdiction were invited to the Small Micro Medium Enterprise support to SMMEs, particularly those operating in the construction ADM CFO Nkosinathi Soga, ELIDZ CFO Nelisa Madyibi, Portfolio Incubator Programme for grades 2 to 7. sector. 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EPWP beneficiaries digging roots of the foreign tree species forming part of the infamous Toleni bush. “We are dealing with various criminal issues all over our country and an example is that of a four have," she said (SAPS) apprehended 39 year- old, then suspect, Bulelani Mabhayi, who was year old child who was raped by her father. Youth, be the guardians of the helpless younger charged with 22 counts that include murder, rape and housebreaking. However, as of 27 August children and elderly people. Don't let them be victimized neither by their families, fathers or 2013, and following his plea of guilt, Mabhayi's charge sheet had escalated to 33 counts of husbands". This is the message that Amathole District Municipality Executive Mayor Nomasikizi which 20 were for murder, six (6) for rape and 10 for housebreaking. According to spokesperson Konza imparted to the Tholeni Village community whilst officially launching the Expanded Public Captain Jackson Manatha, Mthatha Magistrate Court found Mabhayi guilty on all counts. Tholeni Works Programme (EPWP) Bush Clearing activity on 08 August 2013. Gruesome incidents of Village Community Liaison Officer Noluntu Futshane described the verdict as "justice served". murder and attack on women took place in this village, which put the community in fear and "We greatly welcome the verdict and hope that the police can continue to press for more vulnerable disposition. Speaking from the heart, Konza showed these incidents as not being lostto information on whether the perpetrator was acting alone or in a group. The general concern is her and beseeched the community to continue to look out for one another. that he may not have been alone and if that is true, we are yet to be safe," said an anxious Futshane. Futshane described the absence of a nearby police station as unsettling as "criminals “I plead with everyone gathered here today to be protective of the those that are less fortunate seem to take advantage of this factor". "When the search for the criminal was underway, a police in their communities. I plead for a spirit of sharing. With little that you will be making out this centre was established wherein the investigators and other police officers were stationed and I project, and knowing the situation of people around your village, don't be shy to buy a bag of can tell you, we slept in peace for that period knowing that we were safe," said Futshane. potatoes and to give some to your neighbour. Share the little you have with those who do not COMMUNITY POLICING FORUM It was in September 2012, Amathole District Municipality [ADM] together with Mnquma Local Municipality and the provincial Department of Safety and Liaison launched a long awaited community patrol programme that would assist the community to work together to fight against crime in the area. It is at this launch that MEC Helen Sauls-August in her address urged for the Toleni Village community "not to let any past deter their purpose to embrace the future ahead" by working as a collective to bring back safety in the village."The women of Toleni should [thus] find a way to create activities that will keep them busy now that suspected criminal has been apprehended," she had said. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Two young men, Siyabonga Mvilikase and Ntuthuzelo Mbata are but a few of the fortunate EPWP employed youth who will earn a stipend of R2000 a month for the next 12 months during which the bush clearing project will be taking place. Siyabonga Mvilikase's life has been hard for quite some time following the passing of his family."First my sisters died three months apart, then my mother followed almost a year later. They all were very sick. If it was not tuberculosis it was pneumonia and sometimes headaches," shares Siyabonga. Having dropped out of school at grade 10, Siyabonga deems being orphaned at 18 years has hit hard on him. As a single parent, his late mother use to make means to take care of her family."There were moments I couldn't go to school because I would not have anything to wear let alone eat. My mother never talked about our father; as a result I don't know who he is or what he looks like," he recounted. Responding to what he will do with the stipend from the project, he rubs his hands and fingers before saying, "I will finish the house my mother started building before she died and fence our home". On 09 August 1956 women of South Africa took to the streets and marched to breadwinners in their families. But we will continue to try making and promoting change. Union Buildings in Pretoria under the regime of then Prime Minister Johannes IS THERE ROOM WITHIN THE WOMEN LED STRUCTURES TO NURTURE YOUNG WOMEN ASPIRING TO Gerhardus Strijdom. As we continue with the struggle for liberation of women we CARRY THE BATON? must always remember the bold steps that were taken by the likes of Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Bertha Mashaba and many other heroines of our cause. TX-K: I believe there is room for young women to be educated and to prepare them for the take over, in that Others might be thinking; how do we keep the spirits of such women alive? As the issue of generation mix is always encouraged and this gives young women an opportunity to learn. nation is about to celebrate 20 of years democracy, there are number of questions on the role of women and their contribution in the current freedom WHAT WERE PEOPLE'S RESPONSES TO YOU PERSONALLY WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO dispensation. TAKE UP OFFICE TO BE A COUNCILLOR? AMATHOLE DISTRICT WOMAN'S CAUCUS CHAIRPERSON CLLR THEMBISA TX-K: A mixed response is how I can put it. While some saw it as a risk gauging permanent employment XUNDU-KUBUKELI SHARED HER THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THESE against for an uncertain occupation, others lauded the choice deeming it as bravery, especially those I QUESTIONS: have been with during our trying times, politically. What has become of women's power over the last 19 years of South African's democracy? ON BEHALF OF WOMEN WHO ARE READING THIS NEWSLETTER, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO WOMEN WHO WANT TO FURTHER THEIR STUDIES? TX-K: A lot of ground has been covered in changing the lives of women for the better. Looking at the demands that were forwarded in the 1956 petition, women wanted human suffrage, which I see as one of the TX-K: I would like to encourage women to see education as their tool of liberation. More women need to achievements in that women were allowed to have a political leadership of their own choice, which is a be educated in order to occupy their rightful places in the socio-economic transformation agenda of this democratic right that every citizen of age should use. country. We need women of calibre, women who are not in positions due to affirmative action but whose presence brings change towards embetterment of our societies. CAN YOU SAY IF WE ARE STILL TRUE TO THAT VISION OR HAVE WE BEEN SIDETRACKED? BESIDES US WHO KNOW YOUR LINE OF WORK, IF SOMEONE WERE TO WALK UP TO YOU AND TX-K: I believe women are still true to the vision of 1956. The pace at which we achievements are measured ASK WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING...WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HIM OR HER? might be slow but there is improvement particularly in the Eastern Cape. TX-K: I am the servant of the people deployed to work with communities to bring change and give hope HAVE WE, AS WOMEN, FAILED TO USE OUR POWER TO CRUSH THOSE STANDING IN THE WAY OF THE in people's lives. I tell them that it's about restoring the dignity to he children who are abused, orphaned THREE FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS OF OUR DEMOCRACY: HUMAN DIGNITY, EQUALITY AND FREEDOM? or abandoned to understand that they are our future leaders. Recently we celebrated Mandela Day as an institution. TX-K: I believe to a certain extent women have not yet started to exercise the power they have due to the nature of our upbringing and high illiteracy, particularly within the Amathole District Municipality jurisdiction, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW THE NATION HAS RESPONDED TO HIS HEALTH? which is rural, and with poor infrastructure. Women still succumb to the patriarchal way of doing things. TX-K: The support shown and given by the South African nation and internationally has been AS WOMEN, HAVE WE FOUND WAYS TO MAKE ENOUGH EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN overwhelming and appreciated by the Mandela family and the entire nation. AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THAT FAITH CAN BE AFFIRMED IN THE PROMOTION OF HOPE IN OUR SOCIETY? THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION. TX-K: Currently, the situation is such that the 4 majority of households are female headed. This can create an Most welcome. environment where the realization of family time is close to impossible as the same females are also SPECIAL PROGRAMMES UNIT EMBARKS ON COMMUNITY CONSULTATION PROGRAMME IN Lms On pandemic HIV disease," said Khweletyeni. In addition to the Bedford programme, ADM 08 August2013, Amathole District Municipality (ADM) held a community consultation programme in Bedford, SPU also visited Sipheleke Food Security at Mahlubini and Masamkelewe Project at Tuku Nxuba Municipality. The Special Programmes Officer and co- Project Manager Lunga Khweletyeni B in Ngqushwa Local Municipality. At the Sipheleke Food Security at Mahlubini, the ADM described the visit as one of government's initiatives to give back to the communities. "We [Government] need handed over gardening seeds; whilst at the Siyanceda children's centre, the ADM to bring dignity back to our communities. We also need to take care by protecting ourselves from this handed over gardening tools; and at the Masamkelewe Project, the ADM handed over MESSAGES FROM SUPPORT GROUPS. anticipated newsmart cards rollout for EC could be expected from EC DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT "I am happy that ADM October 2013. came here to delivery services. We encourage the communities to seek for assistance from other government sectors. The assistance by ADM EC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "Our children must be spared from proves when we can work together we can do more. Development is the ills of illiteracy and this can be done by supporting developmental about accountability and we need to humble ourselves when working educational programmes such as the one that ADM is doing, " said Veliswa with other people" - Noluthando Ndela - Maxatanga. SPECIAL PROGRAMMES OFFICER EC DEPARTMENT OF HOME SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICES "We continue to received domestic AFFAIRS CHILDREN AND WOMEN PROGRAMMES MANAGER related abuse cases and mostly these involve women and children. We Thamsanqa Makhosonke encouraged people to utilize home affairs would like to encourage communities to continue assisting us by reporting services, more so women who may find themselves married to other people that abuse women and children", Constable Khombese BEDFORD COMMUNITY GATHERED AT A LOCAL HALL TO people without their knowledge. Makhosonke further added the much- advocated. 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ihtuk ihtakahpagN“ .AHSTMO AKAYNON ISEMISIRK-EW AZNOK IZIKISAMONU AMAMU UHPOLODOSAK OZELAYMU 1 AHPEHP IWK AKUSI...MDA IY EWNEYNUFILE ANUV EL UHTAHTISEL AGNOWI az.vog.elohtama.www AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY DELIVERS ABLUTION FACILITIES www.amathole.gov.za A cry for a decent living was a thing of the past when the Honourable Amahlathi Local Municipalities respectively. "The Reconstruction and Development their unacceptable living conditions," she explained. Mr Bilman Maphongwana and Executive Mayor of Amathole District Municipality (ADM) Cllr Nomasikizi Programme is a process that has phases and it is through forging social partnerships his family were among the 176 households that received new toilets from ADM. He Konza handed the people of Kolomana and Langdraai communities a new with our communities that we can improve, in totality, the living conditions of our was lost for words to describe his ecstasy, a feeling he regarded as a restoration of lease of life. people," said Konza. "This partnership helps us improve communication and to build his dignity, family and the people of Langdraai. The launch of sanitation projects in the rural villages of Nkonkobe and healthy working relations with the communities. We have trust in the Amahlathi Local Municipalities marked the restoration of human dignity for community chairpersons and structures to provide good leadership in facilitating "I would like to take this opportunity to thank Madiba for handing us the the people of Ngqikana village in Kolomana and Langdraai. This took place this alliance," she said. freedom we enjoy today. On this special day, I feel like a normal human being during a scheduled official handover of sanitation projects in November 2013. The handover of toilet units took place following the implementation of water, again," said a visibly emotional Maphongwana as he acknowledged the ailing electricity, back to school and disaster management projects in the former President, Nelson Mandela, for his contribution to South Africa's The handover is a culmination of ADM 60 days service delivery initiative which aforementioned areas. The implementation of these projects culminates from a democracy. was an integral part of the 2013 Mayoral Imbizo through which communities visit by ADM Municipal Manager Chris Magwangqana and then Strategic were engaged about upcoming projects as well as progress made on the Planning & IDP Portfolio Head Cllr Siyabulela Genu back in 2012. The visit sought Members of the Mayoral Committee, ADM senior officials, stakeholders from sector existing ones.. It also provides a platform for ongoing dialogue between to establish service delivery interventions that were necessary to change living departments as well as members of the media also attended the Mayoral Imbizo. conditions in these communities. Government and various stakeholders to forge social partnerships aimed at During the final leg of the Mayoral Imbizo the Executive Mayor visited villages of improving and fast- tracking service delivery. In her address the Executive Mayor thanked everyone for working patiently with Mente and Nkanga (both under Mnquma Local Municipality) to follow up on Du ring this period, the Executive Mayor handed over 176 decent toilet units to Ward Councillors, Ward Committees and other community structures to fast- projects currently taking place in those areas while announcing upcoming projects. the communities of Ngqikana and Langdraai situated at Nkonkobe and track and drive service delivery. "ADM chose the two communities because of WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A DISASTER HITTING YOUR AREA AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY Thembinkosi Thwala: 082 954 8550 and (043) 783 2347? EXECUTIVE MAYOR NOMASIKIZI LIST OF DISASTER CENTRES COMMUNITIES KONZA YOU CAN SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM: AND THE BENEFICIARIES LIST OF DISASTER CENTRES COMMUNITIES CAN SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM: OF LANGDRAAI. Amahlathi: Zukile Mcilongo- 078 569 9574 • Great Kei: Babalwa Silevu- 073 060 3583 Mbhashe: Sylvia Vellem- 073 900 5013 • Mnquma: Audrey Jones- 084 804 8884 Ngqushwa: Noluthando Nako- 076 418 0930 • Nkonkobe: Vuyokazi Jamda- 083 695 8170 ADM HANDS OVER VEGETABLE PRODUCTION TO EMAHLUBINI COMMUNITY Nxuba: Thembinkosi Mbali- 084 024 8225 Acting Mayor for the day and ADM Women’s Caucus Chairperson Cllr Thembisa Xundu-Kubukeli flagged ADM PROMOTES WASTE MANAGEMENT IN by Ngqushwa Local Ward Councillor Simthembile NKONKOBE AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY's Xele (L) and Emahlubini Chief Nosandi Mhlauli (R) Health and Protection Department ventured on a waste management promotion engagement in Nkonkobe Local Municipality with an aim to curb the challenge of illegal Xundu-Kubukeli mentioned that ADM is mandated to dumping in the region. support programmes of this nature. She also urged traditional leaders to work together to make sure that ADM Senior Environmental Pollution Control Officer, poverty is fought vigorously. Ayanda Mangqongoza said as an intervention, both municipalities partnered to promote recycling as well as In an effort of eradicating poverty and creating She said ADM has just introduced a Women Caucus as preventing further dumping. Mangqongoza said the job opportunities in our communities, Amathole a result a budget has been set aside to provide project has spin-offs that would benefit the local ADM Water & Sanitation Portfolio Head Cllr District Municipality handed over seed potatoes, programmes for women and children. communities. Mbulelo Bikitsha at the launch of the Waste carrot seedlings, cabbage seedlings and maize “This is a year long project, and will then be renewed Management Project in Nkonkobe recently. annually. The budget for this project is R 800 000, and the seed to the communities of Emahlubini Village in A visibly delighted Emahlubini Chief Nosandi Mhlauli people who will benefit from it are community members, Ngqushwa Local Municipality. The handing over said she had been of the understanding that this day as well as school children. There will also be a ceremony took place on 15 August 2013 and would come as they had contributed to the liberation of competition, which will be taking place on a quarterly basis, whereby the local schools of Nkonkobe will be was attended by a number of sector this country. The project started in 2010 with a group of competing against each other for a cash prize. The budget of this competition is R300 000," said departments in the province. 20 women. Mangqongoza. In her welcoming remarks ADM Acting Mayor Expressing her excitement about the project one of the One of the speakers, Waste and Air Pollution Management Officer Nozuko Fotoyi from the provincial Cllr Thembisa Xundu-Kubukeli voiced her beneficiaries Nolukholo said ADM initiative means a lot Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs stated that waste management as concern on the non availability of young people to them as "now we have something to work for". everyone's responsibility. "I am happy that school children have been included and encouraged to in the event as they are future leaders. participate actively in waste management," she said. She also stated that waste management encourages " We don't see youth joining our projects as we Simthembile Xele who is a Local Ward Councillor urged development, in the sense that it minimizes illegal dumping sites, and therefore creates ample space to build grow older now that makes us wonder who will the community to look after the project, as it is another houses. Waste Manager Unathi Madikane from Nkonkobe LM voice her gratitude towards ADM for launching take over projects of this nature," she said. way of reducing levels of poverty in the village. the project. AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY MRM CLOSES THE MANDELA MONTH IN MNQUMA Nowadays, in all corners of the country, people have spoken and continue to took the form of an intergenerational dialogue where the elderly and the speak about the breakdown in morality in our communities. While crime has youth were assembled together to exchange views on issues that cause and been the most commonly cited evidence, substance abuse has also taken lead manifest the collapse of societal moral fibre. "We need to show our concern among the youth."The youth and elderly people of this country are critical in about what is happening in our society. Among the youth the drug abuse has the rebuilding of the lost moral fibre. It is mainly the youth that continues to escalated. Older people are also using our young people to transport these abuse and threaten the social life of the elderly people," deems ADM drugs," said Janda. He further went on to call on parents to stand up and work Speaker Cllr Samkelo Janda. It has been eleven years since the national together with government and other organisations on the matter of launch of the Moral Regeneration Movement and it continues to strive to restoration of morals among the youth. On the issue of culture, Janda deemed provide a platform for cultural, religious and linguistic communities to the problem as also associated with the technology. "Technology is the great collaborate in addressing social ills that threaten the broader community's problem we have, because it show our youth other cultures, who instead of value system and norms. It is for this reason that the district MRM Executive creating tolerance and understanding of the other person, leads to them Amathole District Municipality Speaker Cllr Samkelo Janda headed by Cllr Janda gathered at Mnquma Skills Centre in Zithulele Township forsaking their own," he said before closing the day's event. with members of the district’sMoral Regeneration Movement at a closing function in Mnquma Skills Centre on 30July 2013 to observe the MRM / Mandela Month closure on 30 July 2013. The event PHOTO TAKEN BY SIPHELELE MANONA ADM TALKS PARTNERING WITH NKANGALA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY The South African Constitution and Intergovernmental Relations Framework respective councils. In line with the intergovernmental relations framework Act Act encourages co-operation among spheres of government as well as No.13, 2005, ADM will be exploring similar partnerships with other similar formulation of inter-sphere relations to share best practices among them. Led organisations to share its commitment of deepening local democracy and the by Strategic Manager Ronald Ralph Links, it is for this reason that Amathole advancement of a developmental government. District Municipality [ADM] visited its Mpumalanga counterpart, Nkangala to attend its Tourism Expo, and perhaps more important lay a foundation SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO MUNICIPALITIES towards a likely partnership between the two districts. The delegation engaged in discussions with their counterparts in the form of presentations on Autonomous stance of LM’s A matter which ADM Executive Mayor Nomasikizi various themes, including the similarities and differences between the two Konza alluded to as of great concern during an IDP Roadshow in Great Kei municipalities. Having laid the foundation for a probable partnership, Links earlier this year. Then, she strongly advised LM’s to carefully put into said the engagements between the two municipalities would focus on matters consideration their autonomous stance so as to enable smooth implementation relating to community development, local economic development, municipal Representing ADM at the Nkangala District Tourism Expo from of projects and service delivery by the district to the local municipalities for left: Viwe Madolo, Luvuyo Dondolo, Strategic Manager Ralph finance, youth development et al. “After the presentations there was a mutual the benefit of the communities. 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