CoGTA Minister Pravin Gordhan welcomes the decision by Malamulele stakeholders to lift the shutdown
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Mr Pravin Gordhan, welcomes the decision by the majority of stakeholders in Malamulele to lift the shutdown.
The Malamulele Task Team and the community stakeholders must be congratulated on this decision which will enable the government's package of initiatives to be implemented.
The Minister has requested the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) to investigate the redetermination of the boundaries of a number of municipalities throughout the county in order to optimise their economic and financial viability as well as their ability to render services to the people in line with the Back to Basics approach. This provides the MDB with an opportunity to use demarcation as a real instrument of development. Municipalities in the Vhembe district are included in this request.
Both the national and provincial government will continue to engage with stakeholders involved to ensure that service delivery is enhanced to all citizens, while the demarcation processes unfold.
"This decision allows normality to return to the community of Malamulele. Learners and their educators will now return to school. Parents will now return to work to earn their income in order to provide for their families. Most importantly, thelifting of the shutdown paves the way for the residents of Thulamela Local Municipality in general, and in particular, the community of Malamulele and environs to engage meaningfully with the new process initiated by the Minister in terms of Section 22(2) of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998," said Minister Gordhan.
For more information please contact:
Mr Dumisa Jele, Chief of Staff: Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cell: 082 908 4798
