Jacques Smalle said : “It is clear that most sectors experienced losses, but the trading sector, which includes many small business owners, was the hardest hit. The year-on-year job losses for Limpopo’s trade sector was 124, 000,”

citizen Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle added : “The DA will continue to support the right of farmers and ensure they feel safe at all times, in an endeavour to create opportunities on their farms through our court watching briefs and the monitoring of farm attacks,”

citizen Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “We call on SAPS to intensify policing in all residential areas and specifically patrol areas where there are retirement villages and old-age homes,”

the-star Tuesday, September 22, 2020 3:03:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “We call on SAPS to intensify policing in all residential areas and specifically patrol areas where there are retirement villages and old-age homes,”

iol Tuesday, September 22, 2020 2:29:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The failure of these gateway subject teachers to enter the country and resume work will have an extremely negative effect on the preparation of learners for their final exams and their chances to achieve good marks for admission into institutions of higher learning. The impact of the failure of these teachers to resume work is further compounded by the fact that almost half the school year has been lost due to Covid-19,” “In the 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams Limpopo had lower percentages than the national averages of learners that achieved 30% and above in all eleven of the gateway subjects. It is evident that the province cannot afford to carry on without these teachers,”

citizen Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:41:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The failure of these gateway subject teachers to enter the country and resume work will have an extremely negative effect on the preparation of learners for their final exams and their chances to achieve good marks for admission into institutions of higher learning. The impact of the failure of these teachers to resume work is further compounded by the fact that almost half the school year has been lost due to Covid-19,” “In the 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams Limpopo had lower percentages than the national averages of learners that achieved 30% and above in all eleven of the gateway subjects. It is evident that the province cannot afford to carry on without these teachers,”

citizen Monday, September 14, 2020 11:11:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : "Swift action by the [South African Police Service] and the community led to the suspects' apprehension,"

news24 Friday, August 7, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “Swift action by the SAPS and the community led to the suspects’ apprehension in Polokwane,”

citizen Wednesday, August 5, 2020 3:35:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “I’m concerned all the schools will not be ready. We must just expect a mixture of good and bad next week,”

citizen Sunday, June 28, 2020 10:56:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : "I'm concerned all the schools will not be ready. We must just expect a mixture of good and bad next week,"

news24 Sunday, June 28, 2020 7:23:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “I support the proposal and during the next month, the technology will be tested while we test some of our concerns around the fairness and transparency of the process”

iol Wednesday, May 27, 2020 5:03:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “This is 0.5% of the national percentage total. We have had three unfortunate deaths and 37 recoveries. These statistics confirm that Limpopo currently has 37 active infections,”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The DA in Limpopo is concerned that the province’s unemployment rate will skyrocket to beyond repair should the current severe lockdown regulations, which hampers economic activity, continue for even one more week,”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The ANC government has always maintained that the reason for the hard lockdown was not to stop the coronavirus from spreading, but to enable government to adequately prepare for it,”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “Reading from her budget speech last week, the MEC Boshielo indicated 215 schools will be provided with appropriate sanitation facilities in the current financial year. This is simply not good enough,” “There should be no pit toilets at schools. The MEC and her department should reprioritise the budget to address the sanitation backlog”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 9:48:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “In Limpopo, we have 19 cases of people who tested positive for the coronavirus and we should be focusing our attention to combat any further spread of the virus in our vulnerable province and forget about cheap politicking,”

citizen Friday, April 3, 2020 3:20:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The phasing out of commandos left our rural communities exposed to crime which is why the DA is continuously calling for specialised rural safety units in the SAPS,”

citizen Friday, March 20, 2020 6:28:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle concluded : “Now is a time to stand together and to provide support to community members, specifically the elderly who are vulnerable and exposed to crime,”

citizen Friday, March 20, 2020 6:28:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said ( about Stan Mathabatha ) : “Under Premier Stan Mathabatha, the executive continues to spend state funds irregularly and recklessly, with impunity. This resulted in the province experiencing an acute unemployment rate, [more] than any province in the country. During the past 12 months, Limpopo’s unemployment rate increased by 6.6%, from 16.5% in October to December 2018, to 23.1% for the same period in 2019,” “Job losses were experienced across all sectors, but the trade sector shed about 51,000 jobs during the last quarter. The trade sectors comprises mainly of the private sector and entrepreneurs”

citizen Friday, February 14, 2020 8:40:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle told : “74% of state-owned land reform farms in Limpopo are lying dormant”

citizen Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:49:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “It is clear that the constitution is not the barrier to successful land reform but rather [it is] the stubborn unwillingness of the ANC-led government to allocate title deeds to beneficiaries in order to keep them [as] lifelong tenants. In contrast if land is owned with title, capital funding is readily available for improved agricultural production and increased opportunities for job creation, ”

citizen Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:49:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle added : “the DA wants farmers to own their land with title, to prosper and to contribute to food production that will enhance food security for all our citizens”

citizen Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:49:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “It has become a trend for provinces to cull learners by wanting to improve their results. We call on the MEC to investigate this practice in Limpopo and to condemn this”

citizen Thursday, January 9, 2020 10:01:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said ( about Tumi Mokwena ) : “It is evident that Legodi and Mokwena’s conduct as detailed in the report amounts to improper, unprofessional and unethical conduct in that there is a clear violation of point 18.7 of the code of conduct for legal practitioners…”

citizen Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:29:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “If there is a capable person that is going to put his or her hand up and ask me for support and I believe that person has capability I am going to support him or her,”

iol Saturday, October 26, 2019 10:52:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : "During the 2014 to 2017 financial years, this department returned R1.466 billion meant for housing and is expected to return funds again this financial year," "A further 4 030 units from the 2017/18 financial year were not built and taking into account the department’s dismal track record, it is doubtful that the current financial year’s target of 7 450 units will be met"

iol Monday, August 5, 2019 12:22:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “We have already written to Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to take the mayor to task”

citizen Thursday, July 18, 2019 10:17:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The affected area has the ability to produce 60% of SA’s winter food basket. If the development destroys ground water in the area it is firstly the emerging farmers who will suffer the consequences,” “Air pollution is another concern that will greatly affect the outcomes of agriculture in the area,”

citizen Wednesday, February 27, 2019 3:59:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The Limpopo Economic Development Agency (Leda) is the biggest culprit and leads all the public entities by failing to collect a staggering R217 million, followed by Gaal and LTA with R22 million and R8 million respectively,” “To compound the matter, a total of almost R81 million was written off in the last three financial years in all the departments, while R27 million was written off in all public entities”

citizen Friday, December 7, 2018 9:17:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “According to our sources in the department, a contractor to provide LTSM was appointed very late and the fault cannot be laid at the service provider’s door,”

the-star Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:01:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The DA is further concerned at the perpetual failure to ensure timeous delivery of textbooks and LTSM, which confirms our long-standing view that the Limpopo Education Department lacks credibility, capacity and the political will to prioritise learning,”

the-star Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:01:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “According to our sources in the department, a contractor to provide LTSM was appointed very late and the fault cannot be laid at the service provider’s door,”

iol Thursday, January 12, 2017 5:55:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The DA is further concerned at the perpetual failure to ensure timeous delivery of textbooks and LTSM, which confirms our long-standing view that the Limpopo Education Department lacks credibility, capacity and the political will to prioritise learning,”

iol Thursday, January 12, 2017 5:55:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle told : "I am anxious waiting for the results.. I am a bit disappointed by voters actually not coming out in their numbers and making their voices heard‚ no matter how disappointed they are. I think that portion worries me and now we have to go back to the drawing board‚"

thetimes-za Wednesday, August 3, 2016 11:40:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “It is clear that most sectors experienced losses, but the trading sector, which includes many small business owners, was the hardest hit. The year-on-year job losses for Limpopo’s trade sector was 124, 000,”

citizen Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle added : “The DA will continue to support the right of farmers and ensure they feel safe at all times, in an endeavour to create opportunities on their farms through our court watching briefs and the monitoring of farm attacks,”

citizen Wednesday, September 30, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “We call on SAPS to intensify policing in all residential areas and specifically patrol areas where there are retirement villages and old-age homes,”

the-star Tuesday, September 22, 2020 3:03:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “We call on SAPS to intensify policing in all residential areas and specifically patrol areas where there are retirement villages and old-age homes,”

iol Tuesday, September 22, 2020 2:29:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The failure of these gateway subject teachers to enter the country and resume work will have an extremely negative effect on the preparation of learners for their final exams and their chances to achieve good marks for admission into institutions of higher learning. The impact of the failure of these teachers to resume work is further compounded by the fact that almost half the school year has been lost due to Covid-19,” “In the 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams Limpopo had lower percentages than the national averages of learners that achieved 30% and above in all eleven of the gateway subjects. It is evident that the province cannot afford to carry on without these teachers,”

citizen Tuesday, September 15, 2020 4:41:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The failure of these gateway subject teachers to enter the country and resume work will have an extremely negative effect on the preparation of learners for their final exams and their chances to achieve good marks for admission into institutions of higher learning. The impact of the failure of these teachers to resume work is further compounded by the fact that almost half the school year has been lost due to Covid-19,” “In the 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams Limpopo had lower percentages than the national averages of learners that achieved 30% and above in all eleven of the gateway subjects. It is evident that the province cannot afford to carry on without these teachers,”

citizen Monday, September 14, 2020 11:11:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : "Swift action by the [South African Police Service] and the community led to the suspects' apprehension,"

news24 Friday, August 7, 2020 10:24:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “Swift action by the SAPS and the community led to the suspects’ apprehension in Polokwane,”

citizen Wednesday, August 5, 2020 3:35:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “I’m concerned all the schools will not be ready. We must just expect a mixture of good and bad next week,”

citizen Sunday, June 28, 2020 10:56:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : "I'm concerned all the schools will not be ready. We must just expect a mixture of good and bad next week,"

news24 Sunday, June 28, 2020 7:23:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “I support the proposal and during the next month, the technology will be tested while we test some of our concerns around the fairness and transparency of the process”

iol Wednesday, May 27, 2020 5:03:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “This is 0.5% of the national percentage total. We have had three unfortunate deaths and 37 recoveries. These statistics confirm that Limpopo currently has 37 active infections,”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The DA in Limpopo is concerned that the province’s unemployment rate will skyrocket to beyond repair should the current severe lockdown regulations, which hampers economic activity, continue for even one more week,”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The ANC government has always maintained that the reason for the hard lockdown was not to stop the coronavirus from spreading, but to enable government to adequately prepare for it,”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 5:42:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “Reading from her budget speech last week, the MEC Boshielo indicated 215 schools will be provided with appropriate sanitation facilities in the current financial year. This is simply not good enough,” “There should be no pit toilets at schools. The MEC and her department should reprioritise the budget to address the sanitation backlog”

citizen Monday, May 18, 2020 9:48:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “In Limpopo, we have 19 cases of people who tested positive for the coronavirus and we should be focusing our attention to combat any further spread of the virus in our vulnerable province and forget about cheap politicking,”

citizen Friday, April 3, 2020 3:20:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The phasing out of commandos left our rural communities exposed to crime which is why the DA is continuously calling for specialised rural safety units in the SAPS,”

citizen Friday, March 20, 2020 6:28:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle concluded : “Now is a time to stand together and to provide support to community members, specifically the elderly who are vulnerable and exposed to crime,”

citizen Friday, March 20, 2020 6:28:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said ( about Stan Mathabatha ) : “Under Premier Stan Mathabatha, the executive continues to spend state funds irregularly and recklessly, with impunity. This resulted in the province experiencing an acute unemployment rate, [more] than any province in the country. During the past 12 months, Limpopo’s unemployment rate increased by 6.6%, from 16.5% in October to December 2018, to 23.1% for the same period in 2019,” “Job losses were experienced across all sectors, but the trade sector shed about 51,000 jobs during the last quarter. The trade sectors comprises mainly of the private sector and entrepreneurs”

citizen Friday, February 14, 2020 8:40:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle told : “74% of state-owned land reform farms in Limpopo are lying dormant”

citizen Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:49:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “It is clear that the constitution is not the barrier to successful land reform but rather [it is] the stubborn unwillingness of the ANC-led government to allocate title deeds to beneficiaries in order to keep them [as] lifelong tenants. In contrast if land is owned with title, capital funding is readily available for improved agricultural production and increased opportunities for job creation, ”

citizen Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:49:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle added : “the DA wants farmers to own their land with title, to prosper and to contribute to food production that will enhance food security for all our citizens”

citizen Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1:49:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “It has become a trend for provinces to cull learners by wanting to improve their results. We call on the MEC to investigate this practice in Limpopo and to condemn this”

citizen Thursday, January 9, 2020 10:01:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said ( about Tumi Mokwena ) : “It is evident that Legodi and Mokwena’s conduct as detailed in the report amounts to improper, unprofessional and unethical conduct in that there is a clear violation of point 18.7 of the code of conduct for legal practitioners…”

citizen Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:29:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “If there is a capable person that is going to put his or her hand up and ask me for support and I believe that person has capability I am going to support him or her,”

iol Saturday, October 26, 2019 10:52:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : "During the 2014 to 2017 financial years, this department returned R1.466 billion meant for housing and is expected to return funds again this financial year," "A further 4 030 units from the 2017/18 financial year were not built and taking into account the department’s dismal track record, it is doubtful that the current financial year’s target of 7 450 units will be met"

iol Monday, August 5, 2019 12:22:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “We have already written to Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to take the mayor to task”

citizen Thursday, July 18, 2019 10:17:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The affected area has the ability to produce 60% of SA’s winter food basket. If the development destroys ground water in the area it is firstly the emerging farmers who will suffer the consequences,” “Air pollution is another concern that will greatly affect the outcomes of agriculture in the area,”

citizen Wednesday, February 27, 2019 3:59:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The Limpopo Economic Development Agency (Leda) is the biggest culprit and leads all the public entities by failing to collect a staggering R217 million, followed by Gaal and LTA with R22 million and R8 million respectively,” “To compound the matter, a total of almost R81 million was written off in the last three financial years in all the departments, while R27 million was written off in all public entities”

citizen Friday, December 7, 2018 9:17:00 AM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “According to our sources in the department, a contractor to provide LTSM was appointed very late and the fault cannot be laid at the service provider’s door,”

the-star Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:01:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The DA is further concerned at the perpetual failure to ensure timeous delivery of textbooks and LTSM, which confirms our long-standing view that the Limpopo Education Department lacks credibility, capacity and the political will to prioritise learning,”

the-star Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:01:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “According to our sources in the department, a contractor to provide LTSM was appointed very late and the fault cannot be laid at the service provider’s door,”

iol Thursday, January 12, 2017 5:55:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle said : “The DA is further concerned at the perpetual failure to ensure timeous delivery of textbooks and LTSM, which confirms our long-standing view that the Limpopo Education Department lacks credibility, capacity and the political will to prioritise learning,”

iol Thursday, January 12, 2017 5:55:00 PM EAT

Jacques Smalle told : "I am anxious waiting for the results.. I am a bit disappointed by voters actually not coming out in their numbers and making their voices heard‚ no matter how disappointed they are. I think that portion worries me and now we have to go back to the drawing board‚"

thetimes-za Wednesday, August 3, 2016 11:40:00 PM EAT