WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2008-04-18 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[And the rest of us face massive price increases for so much while said dirtbag wastes our money. Jan]
Provincial Social Development Minister Meshack Radebe has continued using the state-funded helicopter to ferry him from his home in Hammarsdale despite strong criticism from his fellow residents and opposition parties.
Radebe, who this week said that the helicopter only picked him up from his home when he attends pressing matters such as disasters, was on Tuesday fetched from his home to attend a soil-turning ceremony in Nkandla.
Hammersdale residents blew the whistle on Radebe, saying that the loud noise of the helicopter was having an adverse effect on schools and residents.
Addressing thousands of people who attended the sod turning ceremony of the multi-million-rand one-stop-shop development centre in Nkandla on Tuesday, Radebe admitted he had been fetched by a helicopter from his home.
| ‘I was picked up by a helicopter from my home and it will drop me off at home’ |
The function was also attended by African National Congress President Jacob Zuma.
“I was picked up by a helicopter from my home and it will drop me off at home. It is within our rights to hire helicopters to do our job,” he said.
The Inkatha Freedom Party has raised concerns that flying a helicopter in the residential area like a township did not only cause noise for the residents, but also posed risks.
Other local ministers, including Premier S’bu Ndebele, board their hired helicopters from Virginia Airport, Oribi Airport or Durban International Airport.
Radebe say there is nothing wrong with being fetched from his home, adding that the issue is being blown out of proportion by his enemies.
“It takes a few minutes for the helicopter to pick me up. I will continue using it no matter what they say because I use it for work purposes,” he said.
Radebe, who was reportedly in President Thabo Mbeki’s camp when the bitter campaign for the ANC presidency started, said it was not true he was unveiling projects in Nkandla to please Zuma.
He surprised many people when he pledged more than R20-million towards the Jacob Zuma Education Trust in December.
“The allegations are not true. My department delivers service to all parts of the province. If people of Nkandla need help I will come, no matter what people say,” he said.