Draft 2018/19 Annual Report Oversight Report
The Association’s Oversight Report for the Draft Annual Report has been submitted to the Bitou Municipal Manager, Western Cape Minister of Finance, and Auditor-General. Date: 23 February 2020 Dear Sir, It is our understanding that the purpose of the annual report process is to report on the executive management of the municipality by producing an honest […]
LAST WICKED TO FALL…
They say there is no rest for the wicked but, in this case, just how wicked are the rest? Not a lot, if the forensic report is anything to go by. This is a comfort. It confirms what most residents of Plett know from experience – Bitou staff may sometimes be short on skills but, […]
TWO TIMING AND DOUBLE DATING
Who does Mayor Lobese work for? Well, we know he works for Bitou, but does he – or did he – work for someone else at the same time? In 2015 a whistle-blower reported on the Presidential Hotline that he was two-timing at an undisclosed municipality in the Eastern Cape. Tasked to uncover the truth, […]
OF CARS AND GUARDS
In common with the rest of us, the Mayor, our Peter Lobese, needs to go places. But transport is a problem for him. He refused to use the car first assigned to him because he believed it was the home of spirits, and the car he ultimately accepted was smashed up by his driver. This left […]
THE MAYOR AND THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
The generous heart of Peter Lobese, the Bitou Mayor, extended way beyond the beneficiaries of his Grants-In-Aid handouts. When Lobese took up office, he issued a directive that seven people nominated by him should be employed in his department (Office of the Executive Mayor). Initially they were recruited on a temporary basis but eventually all but one (who apparently fell out with the Mayor) became permanent. […]
‘ONE FOR YOU, NINETEEN FOR ME’ (BEATLES SONG)
People who peddle clichés like to say that a fish rots from the head down. Why this should be so is never explained, but too bad. The metaphor serves us well enough when we consider how Bitou is faring. Peter Lobese, our Executive Mayor is at the head of the municipality. He is no mere figurehead, but effectively the […]
