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Media key in nation building Media key in nation building

Media key in nation building

Jun 23, 2015 Mangaung Metro No Comments


The media should refocus its efforts from simply passing on information to its audiences about events and other developments to ensuring that it involves the people in coming up with the material so that they understand the issues and effectively contribute towards coming up with solutions, Mangaung Metropolitan executive mayor Thabo Manyoni said.

Manyoni said the media should be taking the leading role in empowering the people but it was falling short of fulfilling their basic function of keeping people adequately informed.

Addressing the first Free State Community Radio HUB elective conference held in Bloemfontein last weekend, the mayor said as set out in the country’s constitution, it was important for particularly the community media to shift its attention towards getting the communities in which they operate, to promote diversity and build an inclusive society where no one feels alienated or segregated against.

“From the look of things, I can safely say enough has not been done by community media to educate our people,” said Manyoni.
He said the social ills experienced by society today such as the high usage of illicit drugs, alcohol and violent crimes against women and children were an indication that community was not well empowered to protect itself such vice.

“It is important to address these crucial matters in building better communities,” he added.

Manyoni said such behavioural patterns were an indication that enough was not being done to empower people to make informed decisions that are not only unfavourable to themselves.
Turning to the recent xenophobic attracts, the mayor said the unfortunate events clearly demonstrated a lack of knowledge among ordinary South Africans about the country’s neighbours and the support they gave to the country during the days of the struggle.

“We helped paint our country in negative light,” said Manyoni, adding that it was the role of the media to educate people especially at grassroots level due to the immediate contact it has with the community.

He condemned the deaths of the foreign nationals who died during the attacks saying it should not be allowed to happen again.

The mayor also said the proliferation of the Izikhothane or Skothane culture was another indication that communities still had a lot to learn.
The Izikhothane practice refers to South African showmanship or dance battles in which individuals or groups of individuals compete against each other in front of large crowds to determine which party is wealthier.

The ‘battles’ are performed using material items such as money, mobile phones, clothes or alcohol. In most instances a battle is won by the intentional destruction or wastage of one’s own expensive items in order to demonstrate the lack of concern for such material possessions due to the ability to afford more of the same.

A competitor’s chances of victory are improved by having items that are more expensive than those of their opponent.
“It is your responsibility through positive dialogues to transform the minds of our people and ensure that they become responsible citizens. But it’s only through education that this objective can be achieved. The time to take your rightful place in our own communities is today,” said the mayor.

Manyoni however said that he was not passing on government responsibility to the community media but was simply suggesting ways of promoting dialogue among the people so that they can work together in developing their communities.

“We need to lead by example as leaders. Though we have done well, it is still not enough and more should be done to ensure that our people are knowledgeable and ready to take the country forward, without discriminating against any race,” he concluded.

Residents back proposed merger Residents back proposed merger

Residents back proposed merger

May 19, 2015 Mangaung Metro No Comments

Residents of Heidedaal Township in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality have welcomed the proposed merger of the city with Naledi Local Municipality, saying it could bring more opportunities to the city as it will have a bigger budget.

At a public hearing held in the township on Thursday, residents were optimistic that the merger would result in improved services as the city would be having a larger revenue base and a bigger budget with which to implement projects.

Heidedal has a population of about 9 000 people and it is one of the most impoverished areas in the metropolitan. Substance abuse and gangsterism are rife as most of the unemployed youths resort to crime to pass time. The township is also plagued with an acute housing shortage.

One of the councillors from the township Joan Peterson said she hoped that the incorporation of Naledi into Mangaung would improve the economic and social life in this township as the city would be operating on larger budget.
“This means our municipality will be bigger and our budget will also increase,” said Peterson.

“People from here will be able to receive the services they need such as more houses and jobs. We are hoping that we will also be gaining the needed skills from this new municipality,” added Peterson.
The main towns in Naledi include Dewetsdorp, Wepenaar and Van Standensrus.

City authorities are also considering incorporating Masilonyane Local Municipality which has also been struggling to deliver basic services to residents. The municipality which lies to the north of Mangaung is made up of the towns of Soutpan, Brandfort, Theunissen, Winburg and Verkeerdevlei.

Petrus Mela, 35, who is presently working under the community works programme cleaning parks and roads says he wants to see more opportunities coming to the city so that he can earn a better salary.
“The only way for our metro to get bigger is absorbing other municipalities especially those that are struggling financially,” said Mela

“That is how bigger metros like Johannesburg grew. Presently, I only receive a stipend of R1 000 a month but if Mangaung expands, my salary will also improve,” he added.
Elizabeth Scheepers, 65, has lived in Heidedal for most of her life and says she wants to see more development in Heidedal in the form of better housing and more jobs.

“We are happy and we welcome people from Naledi,” said Scheepers.

“We hope that our municipality will now be able to help us with what we need especially jobs for our young people. In this area young people and families struggle to make ends meet but hopefully that will pass,” added Scheepers.

But other residents were worried that the metro’s budget could be constrained as it will be spread over a larger municipality. They argued that the fact the municipality could not carry its own weight now means it will simply become a burden to Mangaung.

“We are not working, we need houses and we take on other people with similar challenges… This is worrying,” said one resident.

“Yes it will extend our boundaries and make our municipality bigger, but will it provide everyone with their basic needs?” the resident added.

Similar public meetings have already been held in Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo.

Metro tackles water challenges Metro tackles water challenges

Metro tackles water challenges

Sep 2, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

Disruptions to water supply in and around Bloemfontein are set to be a thing of the past with the official opening of a multi-million-ran water reservoir by Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality executive mayor Thabo Manyoni last week.

A total of 48 000 households in the metro will now benefit from an uninterrupted and regular supply of water.

The project, which started in 2011, was initiated in order to ease the water shortage challenges that were a frequent occurrence for the residents of the nearby Phahameng township, among others.

It was also intended to ease the pressure on the water supply system, especially on weekends when everybody was home and using water for a variety of needs.

Built at a cost of R42-million, the project saw scores of locals being employed to work on site and to build the fencing around the reservoir to keep it safe from vandals.

At full capacity the reservoir is built to contain 42-million litres of water ready for use by the locals.

During the official opening, Manyoni said the project will assist communities which had in the past been dogged by acute water shortages.

“It is also going to be used to supply water for new developments that we have already agreed on, such as the Vista Park 2 and 3 developments, as well as the Kenneth Motshabi township development, which is known as Dinaweng,” he said.

Manyoni said the development was in line with his administration’s drive to better the lives of the poor and to make true on the promises of the ruling party during the past elections.

“Water is life, and it is a constitutional right of our people, hence we embarked on this project to make sure our people have their dignity restored through the provision of this important, life-giving lubricant,” said the mayor.

Officials on the construction site said the reservoir was at almost 45 percent full – and that by the end of this week it will be 100 percent full.

Metro municipal manager Sibongile Mazibuko said the final water tightness testing for the reservoir will be conducted before the end of this month.

She said a new bulk line supply pipeline will take water from the reservoir to the areas of Hillside View and Turflaagte.

“The pipeline consists of an 800mm diameter pipeline, approximately 8.3km in length,” Mazibuko said.

She added that the facility will be fenced off to minimise chances of vandalism – and that a telemetric system will ensure that the water is not contaminated in any way.

Phahameng resident Mampho Mokebe said the reservoir will ease her troubles as she goes about her household chores.

“The sad thing about the water here was that it was never sufficient when you wanted to do your laundry and spring cleaning,” she said.

“Now one can be assured to start and finish one’s cleaning and washing with no water shortage hiccups.”

The project, which at its height provided employment to almost 80 people, is also meant to assist the metro in eradicating the VIP and bucket toilet systems.

Mangaung boosts waste water treatment Mangaung boosts waste water treatment

Mangaung boosts waste water treatment

Sep 2, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality’s drive to eradicate VIP and bucket toilets has necessitated the extension of the capacity of the waste water treatment plant at Sterkwater to handle more volumes of waste water for treatment and purification at any point in time.

The facility will now be able to handle a volume of 20 kilolitres of waste water, unlike in the past when it only carried 10 kilolitres.

It was officially opened by executive mayor Thabo Manyoni during a site inspection tour last week.

Having cost Mangaung R33.5-million, with R21.5-million of this spent on civil construction work and the rest on mechanical and electrical equipment, the development will benefit at least 38 000 households in the metro.

“As one of the fastest growing cities in the country, it has become imperative that we revisit our infrastructure so that it is able to accommodate the population here, as well as plan for future developments which will also require water,” Manyoni said.

He said the metro was determined to improve the quality of life of the people of Mangaung and to keep their toilets flushing and their taps running.

Manyoni, however, called on residents not to block the system by using newspapers and other undesirable objects to cleanse themselves following a visit to the bathrooms.

“That would be a major problem that would render the system unable to function the way it is intended to,” he said.

The new facility is fitted with new ponds, a biological reactor, two clarifiers as well as a chlorination tank.

The extension of the facility will continue in the next two financial years to add 20 to 30 more kilolitres of water to the capacity of this facility.

Mangaung selects team for elderly games Mangaung selects team for elderly games

Mangaung selects team for elderly games

Aug 7, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

The elderly in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality towns of Thaba Nchu, Botshabelo and Bloemfontein got down to serious competition on Wednesday afternoon as they battled it out for places in Team Mangaung.

This is the team that will represent the region at the Provincial Elderly Games – for those who are 60 and above – to be held in Hoopstad from September 8 to 10.

Should the metro team be successful there, they will represent the Free State province at the national elderly games tournament that will be hosted in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, from September 27 to October 1.

Free State provincial sports, arts and culture director Zola Thamaye was at the Mangaung trials to ensure regulations were not flouted and that only the best elderly athletes were selected.

A health help desk was set up to check on the fitness of the oldies before they could take part in the different sporting codes.

The competing “old timers” first took a general warm-up walk and stretches before taking on their opponents on the tracks.

Sixty-five contestants were from Botshabelo, 62 from Thaba Nchu, while Bloemfontein had 66 representatives at the trials meet.

Kantoor Nkoane, a project manager for the tournament, said the qualifying games were “deliberately open as it should be evident to all that no short cuts involving favouritism and bribery to earn a place in Team Mangaung would be tolerated”.

He said the only sporting code for which no elimination games were conducted was football, since Bloemfontein had no regional challengers in the “beautiful game”.

Nkoane however said in Hoopstad the football team will compete because there will be challengers from other regions.

Apart from football, the oldies will also participate in ball relay, ring the stick, rugby ball throw, passing the ball, duck walk, goal shooting, Jukskei and pegging washing pegs.

Mohotsiwa Mathopa, chairperson of the Mangaung Metro Senior Citizens, hailed the qualifying elimination games as having been “fun, free and fair”, and vowed that Team Mangaung would perform well in Hoopstad.

“Our guys are strong and healthy, and we certainly aim to go all the way,” he said.

Clothing bank change lives Clothing bank change lives

Clothing bank change lives

Jul 28, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality has donated clothing items to 250 people in Bloemfontein’s Phahameng Township.

The items – sourced from the clothing bank initiated by executive mayor Thabo Manyoni in 2012 – included shoes, shirts, dresses, skirts, trousers, jackets, socks and hats.

“We are clothing the poor . . . and restoring the dignity of people who feel the world has forgotten about them,” Maditaba Matsoetlane, a member of the Mangaung mayoral committee, said after handing out the donations on July 24.

“We saw a need of clothing among our people and in 2012 we initiated the clothing bank concept as the municipality to make sure our people who are in need get the help they require to lead normal lives,” she added.

Among the beneficiaries in Phahameng were child-headed families, single and unemployed mothers as well as senior citizens who have no one to fend for them.

Some residents from Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo have also benefitted from the clothing bank.

“We help in every instance where people have been affected by factors such as fires destroying their homes and belongings,” Matsoetlane said.

“We work through the reports we receive from ward councillors and step in by providing clothing for the victims.”

Maggy Ntsane, aged 34, an unemployed single mother of three from Phahameng, said the clothing donation came at a time when she needed it the most.

“With three children in winter and the lack of warm clothing, this donation could not have come at a better time and I’d like to thank our Metro for thinking of the plight of the less fortunate,” she said.

“The donation will go a long way towards making my load easier as I can now focus on getting them food instead of stressing about what they would wear.”

Granny Mathabo Mofokeng, 73, said the jacket and neck scarf she got will keep her warm enough to stand in a long line to collect her pension at the end of the month.

“I won’t be shivering anymore . . . the cold can kiss me good-bye because now I have just the thing for it,” she said.

Manyoni promises to clear Mangaung slums Manyoni promises to clear Mangaung slums

Manyoni promises to clear Mangaung slums

Jul 22, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

In two years’ time there won’t be anyone living in a shack within the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, executive mayor Thabo Manyoni has promised.

He made this undertaking on his visit to the sprawling Chris Hani informal settlement on the outskirts of Bloemfontein as part of the local authority’s Mandela Day activities.

The municipality is already formalising the Khayelitsha slum, also in the Free State provincial capital, where shacks are being replaced with neat brick-and-mortar houses.

“We want each parent to be able to leave their children an inheritance of a house on departing from this earth,” Manyoni said, in an address to scores of residents he met on his tour of the Chris Hani settlement last Friday.

“It will be all good knowing that our children stay in houses they can call their home when we are no longer around to fend for them,” he added.

The mayor was accompanied on the tour by officials from the budget airline Mango which has several domestic flights to and from Bloemfontein.

Social soccer and netball matches pitting teams assembled by Mango played against Chris Hani residents to mark the occasion.

There were also jumping castles for the amusement of children, while 300 small garden buckets and spades were handed over to children as gifts by the airline.

Mango’s Lebo Monamotsane said the airline was very excited to partner the municipality in celebrating Mandela Day – marked every July 18, on the late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela’s birthday, as a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world.

She advised the young ones to emulate democratic South Africa’s first president by taking their studies seriously and striving to do good at all times.

“Be the change that you want to see in the world . . . if you want a world in which people support each other, be the first to support others,” Monamotsane said.

The ward councillor for the Chris Hani area, Masabata Matsemelela, said she was humbled that Manyoni had chosen to visit her area as part of his Mandela Day activities.

“His presence here, in the true spirit of Mandela, gives us hope that the challenges that we face will certainly be attended to,” she said.

“Our kids here still do not have a school and have to travel long distances to nearby ones, and our roads are also not up to scratch. However, we are hopeful that this will be an old story soon.”

Earlier on Mandela Day, Manyoni had visited the statue of Madiba on top of Naval Hill in Bloemfontein where he laid wreaths.

“To mark this great South African, people worldwide are celebrating his birthday today – it has never happened with anyone and it will take a very long time before it happens again,” the mayor said.

The mayor said Mandela, born and bred in the village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape province, became a famous and loved international statesman despite his humble background.

“Where you are coming from should never be a determining factor about what you can achieve in life,” Manyoni said.

“And it does not mean you cannot overcome challenges and turn your life around – take it from Mandela.”

Mangaung hosts national table tennis tourney Mangaung hosts national table tennis tourney

Mangaung hosts national table tennis tourney

Jul 3, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

More than 600 athletes from across the country and beyond borders are expected to descend on Bloemfontein for the South African Junior and Senior National Table Tennis Championships that the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is hosting at the Tempe Military Base from July 6 to 12.

The annual tournament will also see 15 teams taking part.

Acting Mangaung mayor Papiki Moeng, who is also head of planning in the metro, said during a press briefing on Thursday the hosting of the tournament in the Free State capital would help establish the city as the country’s sporting mecca.

“It has the potential of growing our economy,” he told reporters.

“The teams coming here will have the latitude of visiting Naval Hill, our attraction site which is home to the Mandela statue, home to the first digital planetarium and the world-class restaurant situated at the top of the hill.”

Moeng added that those coming for the table tennis gala might also want to visit the historical Waaihoek Church in Mangaung where the ruling African National Congress party was founded in 1912.

Table Tennis South Africa national president Joe Carrim said the tournament was brought to the Free State province based on a conscious decision to rotate the championships rather than hosting all major events in the big cities such as Cape Town and Johannesburg.

The tournament in Bloemfontein would also have an international flavour, with participants from neighbouring countries expected to compete.

“We are even going to have teams from Botswana and Namibia coming to participate in the tournament,” Carrim said.

The Free State provincial government’s director of sports, Zola Thamaye, said her office was working hard to ensure all sporting disciplines, including table tennis, thrived in the province.

“We are particularly proud to be associated with table tennis,” she said.

“As the department, we will work to make sure that the sport is played in all the 82 towns in the Free State province.”

Thamaye added that the provincial government was through its Free State Sports Science Institute providing state-of-the-art facilities for sportspeople to excel.

Mangaung prioritise infastructure development Mangaung prioritise infastructure development

Mangaung prioritise infastructure development

Jun 6, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (MMM) held its R5,924-billion operating budget vote for 2014/2015 financial year during a special council sitting held at the Kaizer Sebothela Stadium in Botshabelo, Free State Province on Thursday morning.

In his foreword address to the gathering, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality executive mayor, Thabo Manyoni, said the budget vote comes in the middle of his term of office and that it will afford his administration an opportunity to get every citizen in the metro to partner the MMM in building a Mangaung “that is globally safe and attractive to live, work and invest in.”

Manyoni said coming into office in 2011, just few months after the then minister of co-operartive governance Sicelo Shiceka had introduced the Local Government Turnaround Strategy (LGTAS) – meant there was an admission throughout South Africa that the local government as a whole was in distress.

“Such indicators included among others political and administrative instability,” said Manyoni, adding that these challenges characterized newly established metropole of MMM, which was elevated from being a local municipality to a metropolitan council in about the same time.

Manyoni said his office has moved swiftly in addressing these challenges in only the two and half years he has been in office.

“The core content of this mid-term report, therefore, is the formidable progress we have made in pursuit of these priorities. Significantly, with regard to both political and administrative stability that ranked as a priority, we have moved significantly thus far and this has given us impetus for accelerated performance on all fronts of local governance,” said Manyoni.

He said the time was now to push the frontiers of poverty backwards and to accelerate service delivery to the poor.

Manyoni said for the 2014/2015 financial years the MMM is going to spend R454-million on social packages for the needy, up from the 2012/2013 allocation of R227-million.

He said from 2011 about 38 000 households in the MMM were getting a “basket” of free services of water and electricity.

On top of this the MMM was working at eradicating the approximately 45 000 VIP latrines systems, with most in Botshabelo, to the tune of R2.5-billion in the coming six years.

He said R30-million will be used to implement its integrated public transport system, which includes the introduction of a bus in transit system similar to ReaVaya in Gauteng, which will be known as “Hauweng” in the Free State province.

“A further R127-million will be used to build a new bulk water supply for Sterkwater – R130-million will go towards the upgrade of the Bloemspruit Waste Water  Project,” said Manyoni.

A further breakdown of the budget include the allocation of R10-million for the rehabilitation of road B3 in Botshabelo, while R29-million will go  towards the upgrade of the routes in Maphisa section in Mangaung.

Manyoni said R23.2-million will go towards the upgrade of the road 350, which leads from section D in Botshabelo towards the local cemetery.

On refuse removal, Manyoni said R20.2-million will be spent on creating a new transfer station in Thaba Nchu, and R33.4-million will go towards electrification of 3306 households.

“The city will also invest R4.4-million to instal highmast lighting in Rocklands, Bloemside, Phelindaba, Namibia, Freedom Square, MK Square, Turflaagte and Khotsong.

R80-million will go towards the creation of swimming pool at ThabaNchu Mmabana stadium, upgrading Selosesha, Botshabelo and Billy Murison stadiums.

“There will also be a rehabilitation of Freedom Square Sports Centre, the building of a multi-purpose centre in Grassland 2, and the construction of Johnson Bandile Stadium,” said the  executive mayor.

The budget vote was also attended by Free State education MEC Tate Makgoe, as well Finance MEC Elsabe Rockman. There were also officials from the business fraternity and non-governmental organisations.

Hi-tech phone for blind councillor Hi-tech phone for blind councillor

Hi-tech phone for blind councillor

May 15, 2014 Mangaung Metro No Comments

Visually impaired Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality councillor Thandi Jacobs will now be able to communicate with her constituency and participate fully in council matters courtesy of a special I-pad handed to her by mobile network company Vodacom at the council chambers on Thursday afternoon.

Jacobs has been a councillor for the past 10 years and has been struggling to communicate effectively with other council members and the public because of her disability.

Now all this is going to be in the past as she will be trained by Vodacom Product Specialist, Allan Fitzpatrick, to use the phone that has been specificially put together for her benefit.

Allan explained that a voice prompt on the special phone will tell Jacobs the letters she types, read her emails and will also help her send and receive messages.

“When she types a letter the phone will tell her what letter she types, and it will also tell her if the letters she type are in capital form or not,” said Allan

He said the phone will also tell Jacobs which sections of its applications she is in as well as guide her on what she needs to do to access other services.

The handing over ceremony of the special, talking phone was also attended by the head of planning in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Papi Moeng.

He said it was a good gesture that Vodacom is not only supporting sports but has also gotten involved in the care of the vulnerable members of the society.

“Councillor Jacobs was born blind, and has been serving the municipality for the past decade navigating through serious communication with her constituency and fellow councillors; this new phone will definitely help in making her working life easier,” he said.

Riaan Welgemoed, the Key Accounts Manager at Vodacom, said his company is excited to have been able to assist Jacobs to do her work more effectively.

“Ms Jacobs will get full training to bring her up to date with the functions of the phone,” he said, adding that the giant cellular company is always aligning itself with community upliftment programmes and views the donation of the special phone, fully sponsored by the company, as indicative of this commitment.

In passing her gratitude for the donation, Jacobs said it had left her speechless, choosing to say she thanks God for the good gesture from Vodacom.

“I really do not know what to say, I thank God for this, and Vodacom for accommodating the disabled like myself,” she said.

She said the donation means she can now fully participate in the running of council affairs, and be able to communicate with her constituencies.

“With this donation people with disabilities are on board, and can now be active players in the larger scheme of things,” she said.

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