By Bonolo Kgarane

Taung-After a week of Orebone re Gobone campaign by the North West provincial legislature in the Greater Taung Municipality, the parliament portfolio committee on Local Government together with petitions committee visited the municipality again.

The committe were to wrap up their campaign with consultation to the municipality and the petitioners within the GTLM.

Among the meetings held today was a meeting between GTLM council and the portfolio committe on Local Government headed by Honourable Auchalie Mothupi.

Mothupi urged the municipality to increase their level of communication to interact with the residents.

“This is after the campaign held last week reported that most community members were unhappy during their meetings with different portfolio committee heads that took place in all 26 wards” he said.

“The members of community in the municipality complained about the poor service delivery especially on basic issues such as water and proper sanitation as well as poor roads conditions” he continues.

According to Hon Mothupi, the GTLM has the capacity to run the municipality that can empower people and that can deliver great services to its people.

“Only if the municipal heads could give a proper and conceive thought on their priority lists and targets” He said.

” I urge the municipality to ascertain that within 7days they should have written a conscience report to parliament to address issues affecting the people such as RDP housing back log, poor roads,water and sanitation” he asserted.

Meanwhile chairperson of the portfolio committee Zakes Moolotsi met with all petitioners from the municipality at a local library to address key issues in their memorandum.

The meeting was attended by residents of ward12 and amongst them,Manokwane residents were part of them.

The residents were recently making headlines complaining about poor service delivery.

The meeting brought new lease and a light of hope as parliament promised the communities that they shall report all their grievances to different departments in parliament and after such shall be voted for in parliament before it can be debate.

“I promise to come back to you to address your grievances. Within three months time we should have a way forward” Moolotsi said.

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