The Limpopo Provincial Executive Council in its meeting held today in Polokwane decided on the following:
On Malamulele, the Provincial Executive Council decided that the situation must be brought back to normality as a matter of urgency and that all barricades must be removed. As Government, we cannot allow a situation where criminal elements take over some areas and declare them as no go areas. We condemn the destruction of public property such as schools, libraries and roads.
It is government's position that no one no matter how critical or genuine your concerns or problems has the rights to violate the rights of others, more particularly vulnerable children's rights to quality basic education.
We call upon the Malamulele task team to join us in ensuring that learning and teaching resumes immediately and that workers in the private and public sectors go to work freely.
The EXCO will soon be visiting Malamulele to assess the cost of damage to property. The Limpopo Government accepts the Municipal Demarcation Board's report on Malamulele and calls on the Police to act decisively in ensuring that the rights of Malamulele residents are not violated and violence is brought to an end.
On Section 100 (1) (b), the Executive Council has decided that each of the five department must establish a team headed by the Head of Department which will comprise of a Chief Financial Officer, a Head of Corporate Services and other senior officials. The Departments will report to the Provincial Task Team in respect of identified area for performance on a monthly basis.
The Provincial Task Team will then report to the Inter-Ministerial Team. The Provincial Task team will be headed by the Acting Director General and Heads of Departments of the five affected departments and other senior officials.
The purpose of the programme is to ensure that the Province does not regress on the good work that it has recorded.
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