Eastern Cape Provincial Government to host the 9th District Development Model (DDM) presidential Imbizo in Tsomo, Chris Hani District Municipality: 11 August 2023
Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane has on behalf of the provincial government welcomed the announcement that President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the 9th District Development Model Presidential Imbizo in Tsomo, Chris Hani District Municipality on 11 August 2023.
The planned engagement will see the President of the Republic of South Africa together with national Ministers, Members of the Executive Council, Executive Mayors, and Councilors of various municipalities coming together to engage, listen and provide responses in real time to issues that are concerning the communities.
Welcoming the scheduled visit, Premier Mabuyane is calling upon the people of Intsika Yethu Local Municipality to come out in their numbers to engage with the President and raise their concerns.
The Presidential Imbizo creates a platform for social partners, government, traditional leaders, organs of civil society, labour, women, youth, persons with disabilities, business, and communities an opportunity to collectively engage in keeping with the DDM principle of an – All of Society and Government approach to enhance integrated service delivery and create jobs.
“The engagement of communities is a critical aspect of our democracy as it ensures that we are inclusive and accessible to citizens. This is an opportunity for communities and citizens to add their voices and enrich the work of the President,” the Premier said. Through this commitment and partnerships guided by the DDM, communities will surely see enhanced integrated service delivery.
The Premier further stated that the Provincial Government will use this platform to continue advocating for the services delivery needs of the people including the acceleration of the government’s response in areas that were affected by disaster, improvements on water reticulation projects, interventions on the management of crime as well as the accelerated implementation of all the catalytic projects across the province.
Engagements between the two spheres of government have yielded positive results with massive investment received to improve some of the provincial infrastructure, amongst others the resolution on the funding deadlock for the construction of the R8 billion Umzimvubu Dam and an additional R6.33 billion has been allocated to municipalities in the province through various water infrastructure grants.
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government has since the launch of the DDM developed and submitted at least eight (8) DDM One Plans designed to unlock massive growth and socio-economic development across the province.
Enquiries:
Khuselwa Rantjie
Cell: 082 728 7476
E-mail: khuselwa.rantjie@ecotp.gov.za
