Carletonville se Polsiestasie is vervalle, want die geld vir die onderhoud van die reuse kompleks, is op Nkandla spandeer!!! Sx Carletonville SAPS carries the cost for Nkandla Kaya FM News investigation into why Carletonville police station was abandoned by its staff has led us all the way to President Jacob Zuma’s homestead 566km away in Nkandla. The community of Carletonville on Gauteng’s West Rand, lost out in the reallocation of funds when the Department of Public Works moved money away from the Dolomite Risk Management Programme that was meant to shore up the foundations of government buildings. One such building was the sprawling SAPS complex in Carletonville that consists of barracks for single officers, homes for married officers, a massive police garage, a coroner’s office along with a charge office. The entire premises have been left in ruin for over 6 years. Vandals have looted and gutted the government owned property. The buildings were abandoned by its staff when sinkholes started forming on the property due to it being built on dolomite. Starved of funds to maintain and repair the building, the Department of Public Works (DPW) were more concerned with the reallocation of the funds to Nkandla than seeing that Carletonville’s police station – which serves a population of 23 000 – was in proper working order. Some underground repairs have been done in the last 6 years, but no time table has been given for the rest of the repairs. In a statement DPW said that the repairs were complex and took time. The DPW also gave no clear indication as to what line item in their budget reflected their commitment to fund to the maintenance and repairs of the police station. Independent experts Dr Eduard Vorster Geo-technical Engineer and Tony A’Bear an engineering geologist both said the rehabilitation of a site hit by dolomite should take no longer than one month once commissioned and technically there is no need to wait 6 years. Going through publically accessible documentation (The Public Protector’s report, DPW Budgets, DPW presentations before parliament and the annual reports of the DPW), Kaya FM News has traced a path of inflation of budget allocations in the DPW in different projects only for it to be moved to the already overinflated Nkandla project. Community leader Abe Malefo was not initially aware of the police station being abandoned, but felt that Carletonville has been neglected by government and this is clear evidence of it. “We are the most neglected area in Gauteng” The officials overseeing the construction in Nkandla are now facing internal censure for their part in the overspending, but Kaya FM News contends that the misappropriation starts further up the chain in the budgeting process and shifting of resources away from programmes that would meet urgent needs in communities. The Public Protector’s report with regard to security upgrade of President Zuma’s private residence revealed that R20million of funding was reallocated from the Dolomite Risk Management Projects in the Dept of Public Works. The Report went on to say that this programme was under funded. This is only the tip of the Iceberg. Further investigation by the Kaya FM News team has shown there are multiple layers to this story.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:53:47 +0000
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