10 May 2013

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 49 (1)(a)(i) of the Local Government:  Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004), hereinafter referred to as the “Act”, that the Supplementary Valuation Roll for the period 8 January 2013 to 26 April 2013 is open for public inspection at the Valuation Department, Jim Summers Hall, Schmidtsdrift Road, at Customer Services at the Civic Centre in Bultfontein Road,  or on our website at www.solplaatje.org.za, from the 14th of May 2013 to the 12th June 2013.

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02 May 2013

All bidders that did not attend the compulsory briefing session on Thursday, 25th April 2013 for the abovementioned tender will be allowed a second opportunity.
Please contact Bigen Africa, Mr Piet Steyn 051-423 1423 during office hours. It will be expected from the bidder to travel to Bloemfontein and therefore arrangements (Date & Venue) to be confirmed.
The meeting MUST take place not later than Monday, 6th May 2013. 

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18 Apr 2013

We are currently reviewing processes to improve our current data base maintenance and updating program.  The newly appointed Demand officer is focusing on issues such as work flow, time schedules, administration such as filing and filing systems.  The Demand Manager is finalizing our procurement plan template.  We have customized it to comply with the requirements of Circular 62..    

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13 Mar 2013

In pursuant to the upgrading of our additional 80MVA electricity supply from Eskom, we have received notification of a supply interruption to electricity planned for Sunday 17 March 2013 from 8:00 am to 16:00. This will affect our ability to pump water from Riverton to Kimberley during that period as this will affect the Riverton area including Ashburnham and  Mint Village. We will subsequently be  starting to conduct controlled water  shut downs from tonight, Wednesday 13/3/13 until Sunday 17th March 2013 to increase  our reserves at Newton Reservoir. This is being done in order to minimise the impact due to the supply interruption at Riverton on this particular day. This interruption will allow us to  make repairs on our water mainline between Riverton and Kimberley while the pipeline will be out of service. However supply will continue to be available during the day throughout including on Sunday in the city and we would like to apologise for the inconvenience.    

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21 Feb 2013

With an exciting lineup and gratifying entertainment the second quarter of 2013 is sure to kick of with a bang, the star studded 2013 Diamonds and Dorings Festival its sure to have every music lover's mouths watering with the likes of our Xhosa Diva that has just stolen our hearts since her debut, Zahara, the most enjoyable group to ever hit the center stage Mafikizolo, The electrifying song bird Lira and lets not for get the eclectic tones of Mr Phiri himself as he takes to stage with the renowned Stimela and a whole lot more. This ladies and gentlemen is one to write home about, dont get hit by the proverbial "Be there or B square", so put on you dancing shoes, and visit you nearest computicket for booking, because all roads lead to “Langleg”   

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21 Feb 2013

 The following is reported in terms of Chapter 1 Section 6 (3) of the Supply Chain Management Policy for period 1 October 2012 to 31 December 2012.
•           Implementation of the Supply Chain Management Policy

All aspects of the policy was adhered to.  A very satisfactory audit report was received indicating that the policy was implemented with all required internal controls up to standard.

•           Confirmation of Implementation of Delegated Powers

It can be confirmed that all delegated powers from Council are implemented to comply with responsibilities in terms of chapter 8 of the Act (MFMA).  All procurement is done on updated, approved delegations and sub-delegations.

This was also confirmed by the Auditor General during their audit.

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19 Feb 2013

All Residents and Businesses that are receiving electricity from the Ashburnham substation are advised of a scheduled interruption on  Sunday 24th  February 2013 as from 08h00 to 10h00. Our Electricity division will be installing jumpers to supply one of the new 30MVA transformers at Ashburnham Substation. This work forms part of the electrical infrastructure upgrade that the Sol Plaatje municipality is currently busy with. The areas that will be affected includes: Kimdustria, Casino and Golf Club,  Mint Village,  Moghul Park,  Floors, Colville,  Gemdene, West End,  Kimberley Engineering Works, Kimberley North, De Beers and the area in and around the Transvaal Road Police Station.  We would like to apologize for the inconvenience as a result of the interruption.

07 Feb 2013

With the rain storms that we had over the past weekend, several of our  electricity Sub Stations in Greater No. Two, Five April, Wit Dam, Magashula Street, Pakati  Street and  Galeshewe  Substation were affected by lightning strikes. This also resulted in more than five hundred circuit breakers tripping, leaving an equal number of households without electricity. Since that same moment our teams from the electricity division has been busy around the clock to restore electricity to the different households. The process has been speeded up as much as  possible and we would like to appeal to the affected residents to please bear with us we attending to the matter. We currently busy around areas Bloemanda and Mphela Street including.

The municipality is exempted from liability due to acts like these that are beyond human ability, especially lightening strikes.

The Sol Plaatje Municipality would like to notify residents of a planned electricity  shut down  on Wednesday, 23th January 2013 and Thursday 24th January 2013 at our Kesiamang Street substation in Galeshewe to remove the substation out of the school premises on to the municipal property. The expected time of the shutdown will be from 08:00 till 16:00 for both days. The area around the  Tlhomelang School  will be affected but the shopping complex will not be affected. The management of the Municipality would like to apologise for any inconvenience that may be caused by these shut downs.

Thanking you