The implementation of the strategic service delivery and development priorities relevant to different government departments, municipalities and parastatals will be the focal point when the Limpopo provincial government conducts a two days Cabinet Lekgotla this week.
The lekgotla is also expected to conduct an intensive performance assessment of the implementation of the provincial administration's priorities.
The political chairpersons of the various clusters will also table their quarterly reports at the Lekgotla. There will be an assessment of the progress with regard to the implementation of the Limpopo provincial growth and development plan, a new economic vehicle for the province.
Participants at the lekgotla will include all Members of the Executive Council (MECs), heads of department (HODs), executive and local mayors, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the traditional leadership, municipal managers, heads of state owned entities, Eskom, Development Bank of Southern Africa, and the Independent Development Corporation (IDC).
Other key issues up for discussion on the Lekgotla include:
- progress on the classification of roads in the province by the Department of Roads and Transport
- progress on the household electrification process by Eskom
- presentation on the provincial expenditure patterns and
- assessment of the progress made on the municipal turnaround strategy and the implementation thereof including the report on basic service provisioning in municipalities.
The lekgotla will further get an update on the decisions of the last provincial Inter-Governmental Forum held in March where it was resolved that the Provincial Treasury should develop a system that would allow a deduction from sector departments to settle debts owed to municipalities before allocating funds to them.
The details of the Executive Committee Lekgotla are as follows:
Date: 5 to 6 August 2010
Venue: Hans Merensky Golf Resort, Phalaborwa, Mopani district
Time: 09h00
Contact:
Phuti Mosomane
Tel: 015 287 6083
Cell: 082 7292 783
