As part of the provincial department’s reconfiguration process in the North West province, MEC for Tourism, Desbo Mohono, has officially welcomed over 90 transferred employees to her department and immediately urged them to work hard and in uniformity to ensure that the department reaches its set targets and ultimately delivers on its core business and constitutional mandate.
Mohono was addressing the first departmental meeting between the departmental management committee and the newly transferred corporate support staff in Mahikeng recently.
“I’d like to welcome you all to this department and urge you to perform your duties to the best of your abilities. We are starting a new journey together and we should all remember that when starting out something new there will always be challenges which we must confront together,” she said.
Mec Mohono expressed her gratitude saying that her department finally has the necessary support staff which will now be able to support the department’s programmes administratively. “I also hope that as we will be working together you will be able to advise me with matters regarding your areas of specialty as I am also willing to listen and learn from you,” she added.
In her conclusion MEC Mohono highlighted that despite a tight and limiting budget, systems will be put in place to ensure that the department’s mandate is delivered with excellence and that Tourism in the province continue to change people’s lives.
The Acting Head of department, Mr. Charles Ndabeni said that the newly transferred employees should take this as an opportunity to make history as they are the first generation of the first ever stand alone department of Tourism in the province and the only one in the country that has followed the national model at a provincial level.
“We will have to work as a team and be as creative and innovative as possible to provide the necessary technical support to the core business of the department and the also support the MEC in her quest of growing the tourism economy in our province by amongst others promoting village and township tourism products,” he said.
Whilst assuring employees of his open door policy, Ndabeni said the strive to ensure that this department becomes a flagship department for the North West province is through perseverance and determination.
Employees were recently horizontally transferred from various departments which were affected by the reconfiguration process which amongst others included the former department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, the former department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism and the former department of Human Settlements, Safety and Liaison.
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