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ILLEGAL: One of Moqhaka municipality's vehicles that are allegedly used every day with expired license discs. The controversy-ridden council says it is doing something about the issue. PHOTOs: VATHISWA RUSELO

This time the municipality is accused of allowing employees to drive municipal vehicles on public roads without licence discs.

Among the vehicles are traffic vehicles and a fire fighting vehicle. Some of the vehicles' licence discs expired in 2009.

The situation is affecting the delivery of services such as rubbish collection because workers do not want to drive the unlicensed vehicles.

Earlier this year the municipality came under fire when it was revealed that it had built scores of unenclosed toilets for poor residents. Last month the controversy-prone municipality was in the spotlight again for allegedly misusing more than R9million of taxpayers' money to benefit organisations including Premier Soccer League clubs.

The expense was incurred in 2007 in a bid to promote Moqhaka council's tourism extravaganza. The event was supposed to draw international personalities like Tiger Woods to play golf in Kroonstad, but it bombed out.

Last week a Sowetan team in Viljoenskroon - which is under Moqhaka municipality - saw a marked traffic vehicle without a licence disc parked outside a surgery.

Other vehicles without licence discs, including trucks, were parked at the municipal compound. Workers said they were no longer prepared to drive the vehicles because they were given traffic fines.

"It is sad that we are being fined for vehicles that we don't own. It is even worse that the same traffic officials who issue the fines are using unlicensed vehicles themselves," said a worker who did not want to be identified for fear of victimisation.

"We are scared we might lose our jobs because we do nothing the entire day. There are no services that we render to the community," another said.

Municipal spokesman Khojane Madiba said they were aware that some of their vehicles' license discs had expired "but we are doing something about it".

"Two weeks ago municipal manager Simon Mqhwathi appointed someone to deal with the matter," he said.

Madiba denied that service delivery had been affected.

Road Traffic Management Corporation spokesman Ashref Ismail said those workers driving unlicensed vehicles are breaking the law and should be charged in terms of the Road Traffic Management Act.

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Dec 13, 2011

DECRINDSA

thats what happens with deployment, all the incompetent ANC loyals get the jobs and screw up wasting our tax money.
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Dec 13, 2011

ApelMankotsana

This is one of the municipality which was supposed to have been put under administartion...but because the municipality does not pose any political threat to the survival of the Kangaman, it does not.
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Dec 13, 2011

MuAfro

Some people are just stupid and very dumb.

The municipal manager must just appoint some one responsible for vehicle maintenance, insuarance, replcement, movement monitoring and disc licenses.

Simple thing.
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Dec 13, 2011

Balobedu

ANC led government is embarrassing themselves. What a stupid joke done by the ANC deployee Municipal Manager. They must leave all the municipalities to be led by DA. ANC deployee they don't even know simple job. Shame on ANC. ANC have looted Mzanzi's resources and they are tired. I don't understand why the ANC is controvercial each and every day. ANC is tired leading S.A. Guys, let's vote ANC out in the next elections. i call on all S.A. citizens to vote for DA, because they can deliver service to people regardless of race, gender, religion etc. Viva Hellen Zille Viva. Viva Lindiwe Mazibuko viva. Viva DA viva. forward with DA forward.
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Dec 13, 2011

Mosquer

Today's scripture:

I Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.

The apostle Peter wrote these words to the suffering saints of the early church about A.D. 63-64. These were Jewish believers who were experiencing intense suffering, persecution and “fiery trials,” not because they were doing something wrong, but because they were living out their faith in humility and righteousness. Peter encouraged them to live above reproach and reflect a spirit of Christ-likeness. Even though their situation could have caused them to worry constantly, he told them, “cast all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you.”

All of them? Surely Peter couldn’t have really expected those who were being beaten, imprisoned and even killed to stop worrying. But that’s exactly what he meant. The Greek text indicates that Peter encouraged them not just to give their worries over to God one by one as they came up, but to make a commitment to cast, or “deposit,” their whole future on God and not to worry about what would come. The Amplified New Testament puts it this way, “Casting the whole of your care—all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all—on Him; for He cares for you affectionately, and cares about you watchfully.”

David encouraged the same type of commitment in Psalm 55:22 when he said, “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”

If past hurts, disappointments and/or abuse hinder your ability to trust your loving Heavenly Father, please take the time to get to know Him as He really is. Consider a Bible study or some Christian counseling to help you learn to trust the One who loves you far more than anyone else ever could. Don’t let that lack of trust keep you in the grips of anxiety.

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Dec 13, 2011

MuAfro

Mosquer
Today's scripture:

I Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.
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Amen to that brother
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Dec 13, 2011

jacksprat

The useless anc cant even run a metro or municipality and people vote for them to run their lives!! The alram bells are ringing louder and louder that the anc are not good for SA and need to be voted out and not even be voted as opposition!!
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Dec 13, 2011

maditaba

"Tiger Woods to play golf in Kroonstad" LOL !! LOOOOOOOL!!

"Were aware that some of their vehicles' license discs had expired "but we are doing something about it"."Simon Mqhwathi appointed someone to deal with the matter," he said."
One would think they are talking about some thing serious like power supply or disease outbreak.
U can't even blame Bantu education for this one. Ga ba sa itira, ba loilwe
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Dec 13, 2011

MuAfro

"Were aware that some of their vehicles' license discs had expired "but we are doing something about it"."Simon Mqhwathi appointed someone to deal with the matter," he said."

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The worst stupid thing I have ever heard. And yet you want to bring Tiger woods to your municipality. What a big joke.
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Dec 13, 2011

Nqestar

It does not make sense to appoint someone to deal with a matter when there is someone appointed to do the job. The person must be suspended and face a discliplinary committee. This is a problem of appointing people without skills and not train them also a problem of nepotism. Some of these people are ill discipline, they leave their work during working hours and go and drink alcohol thus they do not have time to do their work.
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