Newly elected KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Mr Senzo Mchunu will on Friday, 11 October 2013, lead a government delegation involving all MECs on the on-site monitoring of performance of government service delivery programmes within the Mtubatuba Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The visit will give Premier Mchunu and the Executive an opportunity to assess progress with various service delivery initiatives in the area. Umtubatuba municipality was placed under administration by the provincial government due to a precarious situation in respect of finances and operating on a deficit budget and as such service delivery was compromised.
The visit by the Premier will also see the launch of the malaria control programme for the district. The region was once prone to many cases of malaria transmission and through government intervention the scourge of malaria was eliminated. In recent times there have been concerns of seasonal unstable Malaria transmission.
The Premier and Cabinet will lead the residual spraying of houses to kill malaria mosquitoes that transmit the disease. Malaria control workers will also be introduced to communities. This will include health promotion campaigns throughout the summer season to improve community awareness.
A newly built high school will be handed over including electricity switch on to 700 household who will receive electricity for the first time.
Premier Mchunu and members of the Executive will then attend a community engagement session, in order to obtain feedback on government's delivery in the uMtubatuba area and update the community on progress with regard to the state of affairs of the municipality since the provincial government usurped powers.
Details of the Premier visits area as follows:
Site visit one: Hand over of new high school
08h30am: School constructed to the tune of R25 million, learners move from an old dilapidated school next door to a new school.
Site visit two: Launch of Malaria month campaign
09h00am: Visit households with malaria control workers to spray community houses and talk to communities.
09h30am Site visit three: Electricity Switch on to first time beneficiaries
Community meeting
Details are as follows:
Venue: KwaSomkhele Sports Field, Mtubatuba
Date: Friday, 11 October 2013
Members of the media are invited to attend and report on the event.
Enquiries:
Ndabezinhle Sibiya, Spokespeson for the Premier
Cell: 082 375 4742
