Tag Archives: Allen Paulse

The not-so-secret Webber Wentzel investigation into Oudtshoorn

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Today’s Council meeting in Oudtshoorn is likely to be scandalous. But controversy is all the town knows, so maybe it’s business as usual, as it has been the past decade. It’s a neverending political ‘sex’ scandal. The ANC screwed the town. Then the ANC and DA, together, screwed the town. Then the Western Cape Government screwed the town. Now the DA and the Western Cape Government, together, are doing the screwing. When the Public hasn’t given permission to be bent over, there’s no pleasure, only rape. MACPHERSON & LE ROUX … Read the full article…

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Secret Recording: Ex-DA boss James Selfe interfered in Oudtshoorn

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Another secret recording, this time of Lieutenant Colonel James Selfe. He’s the third big Democratic Alliance (DA) name to be involved in illegal, political interference in Oudtshoorn. If you don’t know who he is, you don’t understand the forces that control the DA and, especially, the Western Cape. I previously labelled him as the Mafia Boss of the DA. Although Zille had a fight with him, and she has taken his position as DA Federal Executive Chair (DA FedEx), he obviously still plays a major role in the party. He’s … Read the full article…

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Eden District’s Municipal Managers Earning R9million Annually

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This week, Die Burger shocked its readers with an article claiming that the Municipal Managers of the Western Cape were being overpaid by millions of rands. The blogosphere was soon quoting it and attention in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay was avid and comments explosive. Bitou’s Allen Paulse topped the local red list by earning R564 555 p/a more than is permitted. Knysna’s Lauren Waring was R203 633 over the top. The situation cooled slightly when James-Brent Styan, the Spokesperson for Anton Bredell, the MEC for Local Government in the Western … Read the full article…

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Knysna & Plett’s Outrageous Municipal Salaries

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Yesterday, Die Burger dropped a bomb on the Western Cape’s claim to good governance and austerity with an article entitled ‘Verdien ‘Miljoene te Veel’ (‘Earning Millions too Much’). They were referring to the fact that the majority of Municipal Managers have been awarded salaries far in excess of what they are suppose to receive according to national guidelines. In Eden District, where many of my readers stay, these are the amounts in excess of good governance:

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Adam van Rhyner Comments on His Disciplinary Hearing

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This is a media release, issued at 6pm last night, July 19, by Bitou’s Deputy Mayor, Adam van Rhyner, regarding Bitou Municipality and his COPE disciplinary hearing: All hope that I will receive a fair disciplinary hearing was finally destroyed Thursday night, July 17, in what can only be described as a travesty of justice. I had no choice but to ask that the matter stand down in order for me to approach the Court for an interdict against the continuance of these proceedings. In a last attempt to avoid litigation, … Read the full article…

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Communication Breakdown Continues in Plettenberg Bay

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Municipal Manager Allen Paulse have downplayed the situation that almost resulted in the disconnection of the communications channel for Emergency Services in the Bitou Municipal Area. Henry Eybers, the owner of Garden Route Communications (the company that cut the channel as a result of unpaid monies by the embattled municipality) has responded. I share with you both of their letters: Allen Paulse’s Newsletter Disconnection of communications channel for Emergency Services in Bitou Municipal Area Recent media reports created the impression that Bitou Municipality placed life and property at risk when … Read the full article…

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Bitou Municipality's Emergency Services' Radios Shut Down After Failure to Pay Accounts

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The 2-way radio services which are used by Bitou Municipality’s emergency services were switched off on Friday after the municipality failed, repeatedly, to pay their bills. Henry Eybers, the owner of Garden Route Communications, has struggled to get payment for the services he has provided. He says that only 3 monthly payments were made over 18 months. He did not make the decision lightly and only after repeated, failed attempts to sort the matter with higher-ups such as Mayor Memory Booysen and Municipal Manager Allen Paulse. The Bitou Municipality’s failure … Read the full article…

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ANC's Lawyer Responds to Bitou DA

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When COPE’s Adam van Rhyner took his swing vote away from the DA and gave it to the ANC, he was intending for the ANC to take over the reigns of power in Bitou. But the Speaker, Annelise Olivier, denied their right, under Section 29, to call the Special Council Meeting that would have undoubtedly transferred power. That led to a whirlwind of accusations and court action the past 4 days. In ‘Bitou’s Speaker’s Court Action Details’ i shared with you the DA’s argument for why the meeting should not be … Read the full article…

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