CAPE TOWN - The controversy around efforts by disaster relief organisation Gift of the Givers to help residents of drought-stricken Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, seems no closer to a resolution.
Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman said costs incurred by the organisation include providing bottled water worth R5 million to residents, drilling 15 boreholes, having the water tested by international laboratories and bringing in a specialist geologist. Cape Talks' Pippa Hudson spoke to both Sooliman and Sputnik Ratau, spokesperson for the Department of Water and Sanitation.Ratau confirmed the Department of Water and Sanitation had transferred drought disaster funding to the Makhanda municipality, but said the department had no say about how the money is allocated.
A really good question!! To privileged Blacks?
Looted
To the dogs
Show me that cent
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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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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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Makhanda water crisis: No agreement to pay for aidThe municipality denies it had a deal in place to pay the Gift of the Givers for the work it did. Same old. Same old. For another 4 years. You get what you vote for and you vote for what you get. The people have another 4 years (making it 30 years) to wake up to the fact that the ANC is for the party - collective and not for the people. Tragic. No payment......'NO AID'....SIMPLE!!!!
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