May 2010 - Drakenstein municipality

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Drakenstein water quality and management win top awards The Paarl, Saron, Hermon and Gouda systems achieved ratings in excess of 95% reflecting managing drinking water quality with excellence (Blue Drop Status). system. The achievement of being awarded Blue Drop Certification status for four of the water supply systems. The Wellington and Simondium/ Pearl Valley systems achieved ratings in excess of 92% reflecting very good drinking water quality management. The Bainskloof system achieved a rating of 72% reflecting good drinking water quality management. Drakenstein Municipality performed remarkably well in the 2010 assessment in that: Every water supply system improved its score from the previous year. Even the lowest water supply rating is well within the rating of a “Good drinking water quality management The water supply systems performance ratings serve as assurance to Drakenstein community that their drinking water quality and water quality management proces-ses is of a very high standard and that it is safe to use tap water. This also confirms Drakenstein Council's commitment towards continued system improvements to ensure high drinking water quality standards to the communities. These achievements were furthermore made possible due to special concerted efforts and commit-ments by the technical team from the Water Services Section and support units within the Directorate Infrastructure and Planning- Services. OPENING. Drakenstein Municipality Executive Deputy Mayor, Councillor M.W Nothnagel was given the honour to officially open Miqlat's Sport and Learning Centre in Paarl East and the gymnasium equipment was sponsored by Virgin Active. Here (centre) the Deputy Mayor, Councillor M. W Nothnagel is testing one of the many gymnasium equipment and with him are (from left), Lali Lombard (Miqlat Office Bearer), Ross Faragher Thomas(Managing Director of Virgin Active Health Clubs), Haneli Koeglenberg (Miqlat) and Hester Veldsman (Paarl founding member of Miqlat). Celebrate Water Week with song and poster competition Drakenstein Municipality’s Civil Engineering Services Department held their Annual Water Week Song and Poster Competition on 20 and 21 April in Paarl Town Hall as part of Water Week celebrations. Initially 22 schools entered the competition but unfortunately some schools withdrew from the competition. The competition was open to all Primary Schools in the Drakenstein area and the theme for this year was “Working together we can save more”. Learners had to create their own posters that had to address the above mentioned theme and one entry per school was accepted. Schools that entered the song competition had to write their own songs or lyrics which also had to address the theme for this year and they have performed over the two years. The competition was divided into two categories, namely Grade R -3 and Grade 6. In the poster competition for Grade R -3, Pauw Gedenk Primary was in the first place, Paarlzicht Primary second and Nederburg Primary third place. Hillcrest Primary was in first place, Charleston Hill second and Drakenstein Primary third in the poster competition for Grade 6. In the song competition for Grade R -3, Courtrai Primary was first, St. Albans and Paarlzicht Primary second and Charleston Hill Primary third. Drakenstein Primary was in the first place, Paarlzicht Primary second and Wagenm Primary in the third place in the song competition for Grade 6. WATER WEEK. Drakenstein Municipality’s Civil Engineering Services held their Annual Water Week Song and Poster Competition on 20 and 21 April, in the Paarl Town Hall. Here is Drakenstein Primary, the winners for Grade 6 Song competition with (from left), Maggel van Wyk (Drakenstein Primary Teacher), Cindy Prins (Engineering Technician), Danny Le Roux (Technical Assistant), Leon Coetzee (Executive Director: Infrastructure and Planning), Councillor JT Basson (Mayco member and Portfolio holder: Finance), Deon du Plessis (Head of Department: Civil Engineering Services) and (far right) Andre Kowalewski (Engineer: Water and Sewerage Services).
From o ur Municipal Manager All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible -T.E. Lawrence Together we can make it happen Drakenstein Municipality opened a public participation process recently, in the form of Road Shows, for the public to give inputs and comments on the Drakenstein Municipality's Draft Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2010-2011 and Mid- Term Budget Review 2010-2013. This Road Shows, during April, was intended to promote the involvement of the entire Drakenstein Municipality and its citizens in finding solutions to achieve good long-term developments and to give meaning to all municipal activities. All those comments will be incorporated into the final IDP and Budget. The success of this process depends on concerted efforts of Municipal Officials, Councillors and the entire citizens of Drakenstein. On 31 March 2010 a public launch was held at the Thusong Service Centre: Mbekweni as an official opening of the Road Shows. This launch was attended by Municipal Officials, Councillors, Members of the community as well as Sector Departments. Amongst Sector Departments were Representatives from South African Police Services, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Labour, Department of Social Development, Department of Correctional Services, Department of Education and Department of Transport and Public Works. The community of Drakenstein was invited as kea stakeholder in the review process of the IDP and Budget and as part of the working group of both planning and implementation. Sector Departments were invited to strengthen democracy and improve Inter-governmental Relations within the different Spheres of Government, realising the fact that the aim of all spheres of Government is to achieve and maintain a developmental society. This platform is also opened for interaction between the Municipality and sector departments around the Municipal Area to ensure that when they do planning they take into account the IDP of the Municipality. The Executive Mayor, Councillor Charmaine Manuel, delivered a keynote address, reflecting on the political perspective with regards to public participation. The Draft IDP 2010- 2011 and Mid-Term Budget Review was also presented as key concepts and area of focus during the Road Shows. Drakenstein Municipality's vision is “working together to create a place of opportunity” and this launch was centered on this vision with the idea that, together we can make it happen. One of the strategic priorities of the Municipality is to ensure good governance, by an assessment of activities continuously to ensure that proper standards are maintained. Through those assessments, new ideas and innovations are created to improve the approach. A turn around was made in ensuring that the relevant message is carried out to different communities in a more friendly and understandable manner. Community- Based Planning (CBP) methodology was adopted as a simpler form of inter-action with the public. CBP is a forerunner to the IDP. The CBP approach ROADSHOW. Here at the Launch of the IDP and Budget Review Roadshow are (from left) Zolelwa Zwedala (IDP Officer), Ronetia Cupido (Strategic Planning Administrator), Nomfundo Ndolela (Strategic Planning Manager), Rothlin Francke (Development Facilitator) and Nopinky Spogter (Ward Development Administrator). was also presented during the Road Shows. A specific legal process requires municipalities to monitor and review the achievements of the implementation of the IDP, assessing municipal performances against organisational objectives as well as delivery of basic services. It has also been stated by the Municipal Financial Management Bill of 2001 that there must be a strong linkage between review of IDP and Annual Municipal Budgeting process. The Municipal Systems Act, 2000 further states that the communities must be afforded an opportunity to review their needs and to make possible changes to the priorities listed in the Municipality's IDP. If you may wish to contact us, contact the Manager: Strategic Planning Unit: Nomfundu Ndolela; 60 Breda Street; Tel- 021 807 6219; Fax- 086 601 4098; E-mail- idp@drakenstein.gov.za or nomfundon@drakenstein.gov.zaor visit our municipal websitewww.drakenstein.gov.za. Here are the Drama Group Primiere Attraction at the Launch of the IDP and Budget Review .
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