Department delivers yet another tribal council office
Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Seitshiro in Khunwana within the Tswaing Local Municipality this weekend witnessed yet another one of government’s delivery in a form of their long awaited state of the art traditional council offices and a community hall. Officially handing over the offices was North West MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Manketsi Tlhape who said that this is part of government’s 20 years of democracy.
“As part of celebrating government’s 20 years of democracy we, as the provincial department entrusted with the constitutional mandate of supporting traditional leaders want to ensure that we fulfil and honour that mandate. Part of our support includes building offices where traditional communities can run their day to day administration of their traditional councils. I would also like to urge the community to take care of these offices make use of them for what they are meant for as they will also be used as service point centre for other government services”, she said
MEC Tlhape also admitted that there are still other traditional councils who are still struggling in terms of workspace and day to day operations of their traditional council. “We are aware that there are still some traditional communities who are still operating without offices and other vital resources but as a department which deals with matters of traditional leadership it is our priority to ensure that all tribal councils in the province have adequate resources to be able to appropriately provide services to rural communities that they serve,” MEC Tlhape said.
Chairperson of the Ngaka Modiri Molema Local House of Traditional Leaders, Kgosi Victor Shuping congratulated the traditional community of Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Seitshiro under the leadership of Kgosi Motsaathebe Moshoette citing that the leadership which came before him did not live long enough to see such beautiful offices in their village.
“Congratulations, your ancestors are happy where they are. Take care of these offices and rely on the elders for guidance and you will receive even more blessing. We would like to thank the MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Manketsi Tlhape for being here to hand over and deliver yet another office. Mme, your presence has really touched and encouraged us. I plead with the community to stand by their Kgosi and support him,” Kgosi Shuping said.
In his acceptance speech, Kgosi Motsaathebe Moshoette thanked government for the offices and a community hall saying that “This shows that our government cares for us and i hope it continues to do the same for other traditional communities. I would like to personally thank the North West Provincial Government as a whole for these offices and a community hall. I promise that we will take care of them. I would like to thank everyone who took part building this great monument in our community. Barolong, here are your offices, they are yours, take care of them,” emphasised Kgosi Moshoette.
The Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Seitshiro Traditional Council Offices and the Community hall were built by the North West Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs through the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP).
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