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PRESS RELEASE
INFORMATION |
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Tlokwe City
Council performs
exceptionally,
Scores high in
Blue and Green
Drop Awards |
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Tlokwe
City
Council
has for
the
third
successive
year
retained
its blue
drop
status
and was
thus
awarded
a
platinum
status
in this
regard.
At the
same
awards
ceremony
Tlokwe
also
received
a green
drop
award.
The blue
and
green
drops
are
regulatory
systems
through
which
the
Department
of Water
and
Environment
monitors
the
status
of
drinking
water
quality
management
as well
as the
maintenance
and
management
of waste
water
works
respectively.
The
awards
were
presented
at the
3rd
Municipal
Water
Quality
Conference
held in
Cape
Town
from
June 27
to July
1, 2011.
Tlokwe
City
Council
occupies
the
first
position
in the
country’s
top ten
best
performing
municipalities
under
the
green
drop
category.
The
municipality
also
obtained
the
first
place in
the blue
drop
category
in the
North
West
Province
and the
sixth in
the top
ten list
of the
country...... |
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From Left to
Right: Mr.
PC
Labuschagne,
Manager of
Community
Services;
Mr. JF
Kleinhans;
Mr. K E
Mogoemang,
MMC for
Infrastructure;
Ms. I Stoltz,
MMC for
Community
Services;
Mr. B Nell,
Chief
Chemist; Mr.
L Mafojane;
Mr. C de
Jager; Mr.
Mathebe
Mokae and
Mr. L Carson |
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Tlokwe Local
Municipality
Wins the Arbor
City/Town Award
– 2009 |
Tlokwe City
Council has won
the 2009 Arbor
City Award. The
Department of
Agriculture,
Forestry and
Fisheries has
awarded the
municipality
this status
because of its
work in greening
particularly the
formerly
disadvantaged
areas through
the creation of
community parks
and the planting
of trees.
Consequently,
this year’s
annual national
arbour week will
be a high
profile event
and will be held
in
Potchefstroom’s
Chris Hani Hall
on the 7th of
September where
the minister of
DAFF, Ms. Tina
Joemaat Petersen
will formerly
hand the award
to the Executive
Mayor Councilor
Maphetle
Maphetle.
The Arbor
City/Town Award
(ACA) is a
greening
competition that
was introduced
by the erstwhile
Department of
Water Affairs
and Forestry in
conjunction with
the Institute
for Environment
and Recreation
Management
during 2002..... |
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Blue Drop Award
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Tlokwe City
Council has for
the second
consecutive year
in a row
retained its
Blue Drop Status
for the quality
of drinking
water and water
quality
monitoring.
The
Award Ceremony
was held in
April 19, 2010
at the ICC
Durban during
the 2010
Conference of
the Water
Institute of SA.
The glittering
occasion was
attended by the
following
employees and
councilors of
the municipality Cllr Oupa
Mogoshane from
the Department
of
Infrastructure,
Pieter
Labuschagne,
manager of
Community
Services, BCK
Nell also from
the Department
of Community
Services as well
as Kleintjie
Kleinhans from
the Department
of
Infrastructure..... |
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Another Blue
Drop for Tlokwe
City Council as
some
municipalities
drop off the
elite status |
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Tlokwe City
Council has for
the consecutive
year in a row
retained its
Blue Drop Status
for the quality
of drinking
water and water
quality
monitoring. The
Award Ceremony
was held in
April 19, 2010
at the ICC
Durban during
the 2010
Conference of
the Water
Institute of SA.
The glittering
occasion was
attended by the
following
employees and
councilors of
the municipality
Cllr Oupa
Mogoshane from
the Department
of
Infrastructure,
Pieter
Labuschagne,
manager of
Community
Services, BCK
Nell also from
the Department
of Community
Services as well
as Kleintjie
Kleinhans from
the Department
of
Infrastructure.
The Department
Water Affairs
introduced
incentive based
regulation of
the South
African
Municipal
drinking water
business in
2008. The second
Blue Drop Report
2010 is the
result of
detailed
assessments
conducted on 787
municipal water
supply systems
and related
services since
November 2009.
South Africa’s
drinking water
quality is
regarded as
adequately
managed by world
standards due to
the high levels
of compliance
that have been
recorded against
the set national
standard (SANS
241:2006)... |
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National Arbor
Week |
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Tlokwe City
Council will
host the
national event
to mark the end
of the week long
celebration of
the arbor week.
Billed for the 7
of September,
the high profile
event will be
addressed by the
national
Minister of
Agriculture,
Forestry and
Fisheries, Ms
Tina Joemaat
Petterssen as
well as the
Premier of North
West, Ms.
Maureen
Modiselle.
The event, to be
held at the
Sarafina
Community Hall
in Ikageng, will
also be occasion
for the minister
to officially
the present
Arbor City Award
recently won by
Tlokwe City
Council for the
greening work it
has been
undertaking in
the local
disadvantaged
areas
particularly.
National Arbor
Week in South
Africa is a time
when South
Africans of all
ages are able to
celebrate the
beauty and
importance of
trees in
particular and
the greenery in
general.
People from all
sectors of the
community are
urged to get
involved and
thousands are
educated and
made aware of
the benefits of
the many
different
aspects of
forestry and
green plants in
community
environments..... |
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Vuna Award |
Striving for
serving our
people with only
the best had
always been our
goal. The
Potchefstroom
City Council is
applying the
knowledge
and the
expertise of our
local academic
institutions in
implementing
government
policies for
fighting poverty
and the
provision of
basic services
to our people.
Batho Pele
principles are
our daily slogan
in the
transformation
of humongous
services
rendered in this
city, We are
running our
finances on
sound
foundations and
this assists a
lot in
accomplishing
more than we
bargained for.
Our community's
commitment in
paying for the
services
provided have
been increasing
monthly...
All these
factors have
assisted the
Potchefstroom
City Council in
meeting all the
requirements of
being one of the
best
municipalities
in the country.
A proof is when
we won the
provincial leg
of the Vuna
Awards for
Municipal
Performance
Excellence in
2003 in the
North West
Province.
This
had encouraged
us a lot that we
strive for the
national prize
and
unfortunately we
missed it by
inches. We are
the best and we
hope that this
municipality
will be counted
up on the list
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