The Bokone Bophirima provincial government will prioritise the delivery of decent accommodation for older people in Boikhutso location’s informal settlement outside Lichtenburg town. Premier Supra Mahumapelo who visited some of the impoverished elderly people residing in this area, said there is a dire need for delivery of proper houses to be prioritised.
The Premier said this today, Tuesday, 28 October, following his interaction with communities about service delivery issues affecting their day-to-day lives.
Worried by the communities’ living conditions, Mahumapelo committed his administration to ensuring that as part of its effort to better people’s lives, Boikhutso and Itekeng informal settlements are considered for inclusion in the Province’s future development plans.
“People here do not have access to clean water, electricity, roads and proper housing, and engagements with them must be intensified to see how we can work together to improve their lives”, said Premier Mahumapelo who added that this must be done in line with Vision 2030 of the National Development Plan.
Leading activities for implementation of Setsokotsane Programme in Wards 1, 15 and 21 in Ditsobotla Local Municipality, Premier Mahumapelo who was accompanied by some Members of the Executive Council and the Mayor of Ditsobotla Local Municipality, also met with Kgosi Zibi, Kgosi Seatlholo, Kgosi Serobatse and Kgosi Molete at Gamaloka village, to discuss the Gamaloka communities’ service delivery challenges since their restitution.
Pleading for support and integrated delivery of services to this newly established village, Kgosi Molete told the Premier that critical to their needs is provision of water; a need which Premier Mahumapelo promised to give the necessary attention.
As part of the day’s programme, the Premier and his entourage paid a courtesy visit to Tshwaraganang and Tshepang Day Care centres in Itekeng Township respectively, where he handed over learning and playing equipments, tables, chairs, mattresses and blankets for the children. During this visit, Premier Mahumapelo noticed the need for these centres to be expanded to accommodate all children in the area.
Setsokotsane is a strategic programme that seeks to integrate provincial and local efforts to address service delivery problems and backlogs in line with the Rebranding, Repositioning and Renewal of the Province strategy. In achieving this goal, Setsokotsane will ensure complete alignment of the municipalities’ Integrated Development Plans (IDP’s) with the Provincial Government’s Annual Performance Plans (APP’s), this to ultimately position municipalities as key service delivery drivers.
Since its launch in Ngaka Modiri Molema District early this month, Setsokotsane programme activities have been implemented at Mahikeng Local Municipality, and are this week being taken to Ditsobotla Local Municipality.
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