The Gift of the Givers is withdrawing from Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. Courtesy ofJOHANNESBURG - Charity organisation the Gift of the Givers says it will not be taking the Makhanda municipality to court.
It had been called in to help with the water crisis in the area, but now promises to focus its resources on those in need.Gift of the Givers says that the Makhanda municipality promised it over R23-million for work it did in the region.Founder Imtiaz Sooliman said the charity gave the Makhanda municipality a blueprint on the way forward, costing approximately R23 to R30-million.
He said the municipal council said they would not be able to afford the plan on their own, but would petition government to
The ANC officials responsible for the mess in Makhanda couldn't give a toss about shafting GiftOfTheGivers, because their jobs are safe no matter how incompetent they are, as they know they can depend on voters to keep their party in power!
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Municipality says Gift of the Givers undertook work in Makhanda ‘entirely on risk’The NGO says it was screwed over to the tune of millions, while the water department and municipality appear to have officially washed its hands of responsibility. bunch of thieves let the people suffer because they voted for thieves
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Department says Makhanda reports ‘not true’, then throws Gift of the Givers under municipal busThe NGO says it was screwed over to the tune of millions, while the water department appears to have officially washed its hands of responsibility.
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Gift of the Givers to withdraw from Makhanda after spending millionsAfter drilling boreholes and providing water to the town for three months, other companies were paid instead of the organisation, forcing them to leave. I don't blame them. They've done so much there already. Now local government must step up. I wish I could just pack my things n leave this country.😭 Fill the boreholes you drilled with cement - typical MYANC thievery at work - how can someone be paid for another’s work?
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Gift of the Givers pulls out of dry Makhanda, says other companies paid for its workGift of the Givers spokesperson Imtiaz Sooliman says while the organisation maintained an amicable relationship with the municipality, the government edged it out of millions of rand spent during the height of the water crisis in Makhanda. kaveels Good. kaveels Excellent kaveels ANC should start high academics in these towns where poverty is the champion
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Why Gift of the Givers withdrew services from Makhanda after spending R15mMakhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, faces a major water crisis. Gift of the Givers had stepped in to help the municipality.
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Makana: Gift of the Givers knew 'risks' in doing water work for Makhanda | IOL NewsThe Makana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape said that Gift of the Givers had undertaken to do work entirely 'on risk' in water scarce Makhanda. Dis nou wat n mens n gegewe perd in die bek kyk noem. Obviously the R10 mil already has a boss. A cadre boss. Gift of the Givers discovered water and the government is now stealing their discovery, just like they are stealing your taxes and land. Of course they knew the risks,but the pullout is not about not being paid but rather the payment of 'local suppliers' for work done by GiftoftheGivers ... it's about principal of the matter.
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Gift of the Givers knew the ‘risks’ in doing water work for Makhanda, says metroThe NGO says it is out of pocket to the tune of R15m, and the municipality appears not to care. Disgusting!! GOG did all the work... wow im really baffled at the ungratefulness of this municipality. Wow. Just wow. I'm speechless.
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Gift of the Givers pulls out of Makhanda - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.Disaster relief organisation, the Gift of the Givers, has withdrawn from Makhanda in the Eastern Cape after assisting the drought-stricken city with water sourcing. is this a front for our StateSecurityRS MYANC so sad to see that a South African relief agency pulling out of a town when the town is in dire need of water GiftOfTheGivers Corruption
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'There were no guarantees,' says municipality at odds with Gift of the Givers over paymentWhen the Gift of the Givers drilled boreholes at Makhanda in the Eastern Cape to assist with the supply of water to the drought-stricken town the NGO did so of its own accord. They helped out when the people of Makhanda had nothing! Its called a gentlemans agreement. From what I can gather the Municipality were given R25m by the dept. They can pay GoG the R15m easily.
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Gift of the Givers' money 'paid to companies that did nothing'Gift of the Givers, the organisation which drilled a number of boreholes in the Makhanda Municipality to alleviate the water shortage in the area, announced on Wednesday night that it had withdrawn its services from the area. What would happen if the press actually reported more positive news... because there’s a lot of positive things happening
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Gift of the Givers 'not paying too much attention' to new video of abducted SA photographerGift of the Givers said on Tuesday it is aware of a new video showing SA photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed pleading to be rescued from his captors.
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