Tag Archives: Michele Gratz

No bullshit please, will the real Mayor and Municipal Manager step forward

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This is my letter questioning Knysna Mayor Elrick Van Aswegen and Municipal Manager Louis Scheepers regarding the alleged theft of fire donation cash, staff suspensions, kickbacks and other fraud. I begin with the political battle background to today’s important Council Meeting. Today will be the third Special Council Meeting in three weeks in my beautiful yet politically scarred town of Knysna. The crisis of morality and corruption there has become symbolic of DA dirty tricks and Public betrayal. The DA deliberately became opposition, created a crisis, and then tried to … Read the full article…

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Revenge? Two more suspended at Knysna Municipality

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The answer is “yes” to Knysna-Plett Herald’s front-page headline last week, “Is Knysna Imploding?” Following the suspension of Knysna Municipal Manager Sitembele Vatala, two more employees have been suspended. They are Avitha Jagaysor (Senior Manager Financial Management Services) and Bryan Campher (Project Management Unit Officer for Technical Services). Did they do wrong or is this revenge? That’s the question being asked by fellow staff members working in the same toxic environment. I cannot determine their guilt without the facts but there’s bigger context to consider, and an important moral question. … Read the full article…

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Why are you beating your wife until there’s blood on your Gucci shoes?

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The cowardice and apathy of my corrupt town hurts. If Hitler dropped bombs on us, we’d send Whatsapps saying, “I love the sound as they fall from the sky?” Tomorrow, I’ll be publishing an important sequel to the ‘Plot Against Knysna?’. As feared, the situation has deteriorated. There are more villains involved, on both sides. There are so many needing punishing but some must be pushed to the front of the queue. Thursday is D-Day for us – the takeover of Knysna is scheduled. The DA and their puppets are … 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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Throwing insults like tear gas at Knysna

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As follow-up to the ‘Plot Against Knysna?’, and previously unanswered questions, I emailed several of the powerful people backslapping themselves during the crisis they’ve helped create. Specifically, that’s Deputy Mayor Aubrey Tsengwa, Municipal Manager Michele Gratz, DA Councillor Peter Myers and DA National Federal Finance Chairperson Dion George. I ccied Knysna Communications Manager Christopher Bezuidenhoudt whose best skills are not answering and ensuring that every administration hires him, even if they have to change his role. “It’s suspicious that the DA, ANC and municipal officials are holding hands in the … Read the full article…

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The sheep are pimps in Knysna (pronounced ‘Nice-Naai’)

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And now it’s time for an unpopular blog… Knysna is a never-washed dildo for a never-ending brothel of corrupt politicians and officials. The batteries may have died this week but echoes of sadomasochist orgasms continue to kill seahorses and loerie birds. Poodles on Leisure Isle bark, “Lead the way,” as the last elephant runs for its life through a forest of thorns. Soon all that will remain are useless citizens too dumb too fight. The poetic expression of pain, “Cry the beloved country,” belongs here. But not for vile misuse … Read the full article…

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The Plot Against Knysna?

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Is there a plot against Knysna? Are property developers and the Democratic Alliance involved? Why hasn’t there been punishment for municipal officials that made property worth R60-million vanish from its books? Is the town experiencing “shock doctrine” during the coronavirus lockdown? Will the baddies win, and will cover-up be complete if the town is placed under administration? Knysna is at a crossroads so important and scary that I broke my silence and fears to contact people there. Getting to the bottom of this may not be possible for me alone … Read the full article…

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