Thu May 23 09:04:30 SAST 2013

Contractor goes to court over intimidation

Oct 12, 2012 | Frank Maponya Limpopo Bureau Chief | 31 comments

The owner of a construction company building a mall in Burgersfort, Limpopo, has lodged an urgent application to stop community leaders in the area from intimidating his employees and sub-contractors.

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Oct 12, 2012

Traveljunie

yes offcourse the ANC would be party to this, criminal is in their blood it is how they do things.
Why do people always resort to low life scum tactics to make money for which they are not entitled.
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Oct 12, 2012

!!!Sinudeity!!!

Good luck with that. Seems like doing business in his case, is like doing business with the mafia.
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Oct 12, 2012

mbondo

Why did they allowed this booer to operate there at the first place, whites in general should be stopped from doing business in SA at all. Black people should take over this contract and build that mall finish.
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Oct 12, 2012

!!!Sinudeity!!!

mbondo - Whites doing business in SA is what allows you to receive your montly grant dude.
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Oct 12, 2012

SHANDIS

#mbondo Do by mistake have any skills. Remember that equity audit that black managers are no yet placed at top manaegement, but in Limpopo they are, Thats y that province is full of problems. its beacuse of people like you
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Oct 12, 2012

SHANDIS

@mbondo
Do you by mistake have any skills. Remember that equity audit that black managers are no yet placed at top manaegement, but in Limpopo they are, Thats y that province is full of problems. its beacuse of people like you

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Oct 12, 2012

2shy2call

Ok I hear you its wrong it suppose to be done in a right way. But who did you pay money too? Show the proof of a deposit slip. Don't tell us you paid it cash and the was no receipt,who in the world of business can do that?

By the way you said your name is? Off course Barend Becker you are a lier. They might have told you about employing locals yes it make sense because the very same community will be supporting the mall.
Why must they not be part of the workers?

Damn B0er
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Oct 12, 2012

ApelMankotsana

@mbondo- That is irresponsible. How many bridges, roads and RDP houses built by Black owned and run companies have collapsed. Some few months there were reports that the Minister of Human Settlement has budgeted over R 4 billion rands to re-do the RDP houses built by BEE companies who are closely related to the ruling party. There were reports here in Limpopo that the bridges buil by SGL Engineering have collapsed within a year of them been built. The list is endless. Not every Black company is doing that but what we need is quality, irrespective of the colour.
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Oct 12, 2012

!!!Sinudeity!!!

2shy2call - Haters will hate.
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Oct 12, 2012

!!!Sinudeity!!!

Yet again, its up to the bo3r to provide work for local communities :P
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Oct 12, 2012

mbondo

When , where and how have you ever heard a booer talking positive about anything black , let alone black government. They were talking bad about Nelson Mandela even though he was singing peace and intergration and protecting their business but still wanted to blow his brains out. Whether the black man is doing good or bad , whites and I mean all whites will always talk negative so I am not worried about them whinging. All their business should just be shut down and blacks take over finish. These guys in Limpopo they're doind a finest job by kicking this booer out.
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Oct 12, 2012

Credo

He said the leaders then demanded R105,000, which would be divided among them, for protection from any unprotected strikes.

On September 3, he said, Tjatji, Masete and Mabusa demanded a further R105,000 to "close the chapter"
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Read carefully and ABSORB !!!!!

These are the type of people that you vote for time after time !
In doing so, you the voter, give them the power to be corrupt !
In doing so, you the voter, are just as bad as these corrupt people !
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Oct 12, 2012

!!!Sinudeity!!!

mbondo - *yawn*
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Oct 12, 2012

mbondo

@Credo
So tell me clever Credo , what is the alternative to this so called corrupt type of people.
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Oct 12, 2012

mbondo

@Sinudeity
Yes yawn booer boy, I want you to live longer to see lots of things changing. You aint seen nothing yet.
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Oct 12, 2012

Credo

@ mbondo

''So tell me clever Credo , what is the alternative to this so called corrupt type of people.''
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Honest people with high morals and integrity ! It is that simple !

I, personally have never ever voted in my entire life for any party, because I would never be able to live with my own conscience knowing that I voted for a bunch of dishonest and corrupt politicians !

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Oct 12, 2012

DrunkenMaster

When will these ANC hooligans and hoodlums stop all this corruption.
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Oct 12, 2012

mbondo

@Credo
Tell me again , in this day and age where do you get these so called honest people with high morals and integrity. Where would you start looking for this kind of breed?
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Oct 12, 2012

Credo

@ mbondo

''......in this day and age where do you get these so called honest people with high morals and integrity. Where would you start looking for this kind of breed?.....''

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The best place is to start with yourself ! Be honest in every aspect of life and people will eventually notice this and respect you for what you are.
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Oct 12, 2012

cocolucho

Yho guys, whats with all the hate and racism! Is this guy not providing jobs for people or are you hating because he's white?
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Oct 12, 2012

MommaC

R210 gs for protection against strikes? For why? This isn't even an attempt at covering up a bribe. Blerrie skelems
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Oct 12, 2012

warry

Speechless, this is my home town. Am so surprised. I usually say poor people are a business in a profitable one to politicians. So these guys are doing Labour brokering at the expense of the poor workers. The councilors should be fired from the municipality and their houses and properties confiscated.
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Oct 12, 2012

Traveljunie

@mbondo. man you are no better than the scum that extorted money from this guy. Your generilisations makes you look like a complete cretin and imb!cile.

How did you ever manage to get hold, type and work a computer with your racist, illiterate mentality and utterences you post here? Your post seem more fit for a school kid.
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Oct 12, 2012

Credo

@ All

''''''''When , where and how have you ever heard a booer talking positive about anything black , let alone black government. They were talking bad about Nelson Mandela even though he was singing peace and intergration and protecting their business but still wanted to blow his brains out. Whether the black man is doing good or bad , whites and I mean all whites will always talk negative so I am not worried about them whinging. All their business should just be shut down and blacks take over finish. These guys in Limpopo they're doind a finest job by kicking this booer out.''''''''

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Typical comment made by a moron who will remain a MORON forever !!!'

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''''''All their business should just be shut down and blacks take over finish. These guys in Limpopo they're doind a finest job by kicking this booer out.''''''''

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The problem in this country is that we have people with your kind of SICK MENTALITY in leadership positions and in government !


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Oct 12, 2012

Mrazane

@Mbondo - That would be the collapse of the nation and the economy

I don't understand why there isn't a case of extortion filed.
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Oct 12, 2012

cocolucho

@mbondo
You're a raci$t imbecile. I bet that you work for a white person!
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Oct 12, 2012

Blackstone.lebs

@Sowetan: this story, like many others is lacking in content. The contractor's affidavit cannot make up the whole story. Make a trip to Burgersfort and find out the following:

1. Did Malepe deliver on his mandate of sourcing a labour force that's evenly distributed in the community or he only sourced his supporters?
2. Why did the contractor even engage the other "leaders" if there's a liaison officer in place who should handle such matters?
3. What do workers on site say about the cause of this "strike"?
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Oct 12, 2012

Letjatji

People from sekhukhune are always fighting and causing problems.Is either they are fighting for platinum mining rights or for traditional leadership.What surprises is that even educated people behave brainless.Is this why sekhukhune monarchy is there on paper and the the grandsons are always sitting in court fighting to be kings.Let the investors finish their job.All of you dont have money otherwise u could had build that mall.U r money laundering and that is 15 years.
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Oct 12, 2012

Zee_R

Poor Mbondo - would you like some help getting that chip off your shoulder? It is people like you that spread racial discord in a country that can ill afford it. If you don't like it here - why don't you pack your bags and leave. I for one think the country would be better off without people like you
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Oct 15, 2012

Vhamsanda

This is the most rediculous development ever seen. Three malls within a redius of 5 km ?
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Oct 22, 2012

alonso

@-Mbondo, you are a stupid grownup that must just be left alone to drawn in you racist thinking. We can ill afford to have people like you in this country who don't know what is it to be a citizen.

@Vhamsanda - you right to be supprised but rediculous you are wrong and out of order. You need to visit this town to understand what is going on. There should be more malls because this town cannot be build like Joburg or Petori. There is lot of money going around in this area that the malls being build wont be enough to cater for what is coming. You have ten mines operating in this small area and there still another 15 planned to open in the near future. Wait until you see burgersforth merging with Lyndenburg then you will understand.
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