Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that according to the Volksblad of 17 November, Dr Benny Malakoane, CEO of Bloem Water, stated that Bloem Water and the Mangaung Metro are in joint planning discussions on the possibility of an alternative water pipeline from the Gariep Dam, South Africa's largest dam, to the metro, one that would provide sufficient water to the Mangaung Metro for the next 40 years;
2) notes that this pipeline of over 100 km, which will stretch from Leeukop to possibly as far as Grootvlei, could cost as much as R1 billion and would include the upgrade of the water purification plant at the dam;
3) further notes that the current 110 km pipeline from the Welbedacht Dam to Bloemfontein is well over 40 years old and breaks regularly;
4) realises that the estimated replacement cost of this pipeline, which provides Bloemfontein with 1200l of water per second, will be in excess of R1,2 billion;
5) acknowledges that the water purification network at Maselspoort and at the Rustfontein Dam will have to be upgraded to increase its capacity by at least 40 to 45Ml of water per day, at a cost of R100 million; and
6) acknowledges the initiative shown in planning for the future needs of Mangaung and calls on the national department to assist with the planning process and the funding needs for "Project Water for Mangaung 2050".
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council-
1) notes that the DA-controlled City of Cape Town recently announced with great fanfare that it will be hosting the Heineken Cup rugby game between the English club Saracens and the French club Biarritz at Cape Town Stadium on 14 January 2012, having entered into negotiations with the CEO of Saracens;
2) further notes that the City's negotiations took place behind the backs of the South African rugby authorities and in particular the Western Province Rugby Football Union without first consulting them and only at a later stage, while the negotiations were being finalised, was confirmation obtained that the SA Rugby Union, Saru, had sanctioned the match; and
(3) acknowledges that the DA-led City of Cape Town's deliberate attempt to sideline the provincial rugby authority once again reveals the dark side of the DA and the extent to which it will go in its burning desire to get publicity, and condemns this behaviour of the DA and the City of Cape Town in the harshest terms.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that, according to the DA's wasteful expenditure monitor on wasteful expenditure on expensive cars, hotels, lavish parties and more, the cost to the fiscus has been nearly R5,5 billion in recent years under the ANC-led government;
2) also notes that public money needs to be spent more wisely if we all have the goal to expand the economic opportunities for our people;
3) further notes that government therefore needs to create rational spending practices and controls in all departments at national, provincial and local government level;
4) acknowledges that timeous success in this goal of implementation, monitoring and evaluation will be of huge benefit to the whole country; and
(5) debates the subject of wasteful expenditure and its effect on the fiscus.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council -
1) notes the signing of a "peace treaty" in Hanover Park, at which members of the Americans and Mongrels gangs agreed that they would stop violent crime for the sake of their communities;
2) further notes that the "peace treaty" was brokered as a result of the extreme concern and apprehension regarding the escalation of gang violence in the Cape flats, leaving residents and children at the mercy of violent and heartless thugs who have shown an utter disregard for the law to protect their drug territory; and
(3) takes this opportunity to congratulate the two former gangsters who brokered the peace accord and calls on the police to wage a war against gangsters and criminals who have taken over our streets and instilled great fear in our people and pushed them to live behind high walls and barbed-wire fences.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA: That this Council -
1) notes that the Oudtshoorn Local Municipal Council is failing to hold any council meetings;
2) also notes that this has resulted in the minutes of committee meetings piling up because they cannot be approved by a council meeting;
3) further notes that this type of action by the Oudtshoorn Local Municipal Council under the ANC administration is hurting the taxpayers of Oudtshoorn because services cannot be delivered properly; and
(4) requests the Ministers for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Western Cape and in national government to intervene in the council's administration and help the local municipality to deliver services on time.
Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That this Council -
1) notes the findings of the Public Protector in her report released last week that the DA-controlled Midvaal Municipality in Gauteng had, amongst other transgressions, breached financial and administrative policies; that it had failed to comply with the prescribed debt management and collection procedures; that certain property transactions were unlawful; that the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework had been violated; and that a law firm owned by a DA official had acted as official attorneys for the municipality for several years without going through the proper tender processes;
2) further notes that the preliminary report of the Special Investigating Unit reveals that they are also investigating the council on allegations of procurement irregularities, irregular staff appointments, the abuse of travel and subsistence allowances, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and irregular indigent processes; and
(3) takes this opportunity to condemn in the harshest terms these unlawful actions of this DA municipality while it persists in misleading the public, and calls on Gauteng's MEC for co-operative governance and traditional affairs to invoke the provisions of section 139 of the Constitution.