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Secret recording of DA bigshot Anton Bredell planning overthrow of town

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BREAKING NEWS: I was sent a secret recording of Anton Bredell planning the overthrow of the town of Oudtshoorn. Bredell is the Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. It’s a powerful position he’s long held. But he’s more than that. And his scandalous history involving Public property suggests that he’s protected and invincible.   He and Alan Winde were considered to be ex-Premier Helen Zille’s right-hand men. When she left, Alan Winde took her place, Bredell remained where he was, and she assumed the most … Read the full article…

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Knysna’s CFO Mbulelo Memani must go too!

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Municipal Manager Louis Scheepers and Mayor Elrick van Aswegen. You haven’t responded to my questions and evidence regarding corruption and maladministration. Consequently, I’ll squish these new BIG ISSUES into bullet points that the Public can also quickly understand. These are further reasons for you to consider my demand that CFO Mbulelo Memani must go! Were we robbed of the emergency fire donation money? If not, provide an accounting for the past 3 years, and a bank balance statement for today, 15 June 2020. Explain why the money wasn’t used on … Read the full article…

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Dear Mayor Ricky, who will you be now?

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Dear Mayor Ricky van Aswegen. On the first anniversary of the Great Knysna Fire, I wrote a letter to Mayor Mark Willemse. It was his first day in office, and he’d chosen you to be his Deputy. It was also a letter to you, which is why I ended with: “Elrick van Aswegen, or Ricky as we know you, I’m hoping you’re reading this letter too. As the new Deputy Mayor, you need to be the rock for Mark. You have more experience in that Council than any other. You … Read the full article…

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Fraud allegations against Knysna ANC Deputy Mayor and Chief Financial Officer

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Knysna Municipality is a battle zone. It’s full of the ghosts and the bleeding. In between are skeletons. The latest of many to be unearthed are allegations of corruption against Chief Financial Officer Mbulelo Memani and ANC Deputy Mayor Aubrey Tsengwa. The author in the 4-page letter below is (now suspended) Municipal Manager Sitembele Vatala. Vatala is scarred by complaints too. However, here it must be explained why Memani wasn’t suspended and investigated by an independent contractor. It must be uncovered why, instead, Vatala was suspended. There is also no … Read the full article…

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This is what we still don’t know about the Knysna Fire, and why it’s affecting us today

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WE SURVIVED THE GREAT KNYSNA FIRE We are the survivors. With help from friends and strangers, we got through the worst fire in our country’s history. Some of us did our best to help too. We are rightfully emotional, especially for unresolved issues. It is assured that we are experiencing mixed memories on its third anniversary (June 7). Kindness is godsend, anger is not… SOUTH AFRICANS RUSHED TO HELP US 2017 must be remembered for our dead and damaged but also for the praiseworthy way South Africans, from every province, … Read the full article…

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