Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane will, together with Members of her Executive Council (MECs), participate in the Gauteng leg of the National Council of Provinces' (NCoP) Provincial Week, which takes place from 16 - 19 April 2013.
The Provincial Week is one of the key mechanisms established by the NCoP to monitor progress made by municipalities and provincial governments in all nine provinces in delivering services to communities. The focus is communities previously visited by the NCoP.
The NCoP delegation, accompanied by the Executive Council of the Gauteng Provincial Government and Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg Metropolitan Councils, will visit projects in Soweto (particularly Lufhereng housing development); as well as Ekurhuleni areas such as Wadeville, Nigel, KwaThema, Ramaphosa and Eden Park.
The activities for the Week are as follows:
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Engagement: Briefing meeting with provincial leadership on the state of local government and service delivery in the province
Participants: Premier Mokonyane, MEC Mandla Nkomfe (Finance), MEC Ntombi Mekgwe (Local Government), Mayors, Presiding Officers, Permanent Delegates to the NCOP, Chair of Chairs, Whippery and Heads of Department.
Time: 10h00 – 13h00
Venue: The Auditorium in the Gauteng Legislature
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Engagement 1: Excursion led by MEC Mekgwe to Soweto, Lufhereng and Jabulani
Participants: Premier Mokonyane, MEC Ntombi Mekgwe, MEC: Roads and Transport, MEC: Infrastructure Development, MEC: Economic Development, Permanent delegates to the NCOP, Committee Chairpersons, Members of the Provincial Legislature, SALGA/Mayors, Office of the Auditor-General.
Time: 9h00
Venue: Soweto
Engagement 2: Follow up visit to projects
Participants: Permanent delegates to the NCOP, Committee Chairpersons; Members of the Provincial Legislature; SALGA / Mayors ; Office of the Auditor General
Time: 14h00
Venue: Wadeville, Nigel, Ramaphosa and Eden Park, East Rand
Engagement 3: Public meeting
Participants: Permanent delegates to the NCOP, Committee Chairpersons, Members of the Provincial Legislature, SALGA / Mayors
Time: 16h30
Venue: Kwa Thema Community Hall
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Engagement: Briefing with affected municipalities on service delivery priorities and Operation Clean Audit 2014
Participants: Permanent delegates to the NCoP, Committee Chairpersons, MPLs, Johannesburg Metro, Ekurhuleni Metro, Tshwane Metro, West Rand Municipality, SALGA/ Mayors, Municipal Managers.
Time: 10h00
Venue: The Auditorium in the Gauteng Legislature
For more information contact:
Thebe Mohatle
Premier's spokesperson
Cell: 082 373 1146
