Mahikeng – MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements in Bokone Bophirima, Collen Maine, has vowed to engage with all the relevant departments, including Mahikeng local municipality to address service delivery issues raised by the residents of Riverside near Makhubung village in Mahikeng.

About 30 residents of Riverside presented a memorandum of demands which included the following : Access to electricity, water, sanitation, refuse removal and internal roads , RDP houses, Lack of electricity connection, water supply problem, poor access road, lack of a bridge to allow them to cross-over to other near villages, high mast lights and lack of schools in the area.

 “We are denied the right to clean drinkable water, when it rains our only road becomes flooded and becomes difficult for our children to attend school” said Mareledi Lekoma who is also a resident of Riverside. They also wanted that a full investigation on the RDP houses and that unemployed and senior citizens be prioritized when RDP houses are issued.

MEC Maine applauded them for not engaging in violent protests. “It is not often that communities present their grievances in a peaceful manner as they always resort to destroy the very amenities that are supposed to benefit them.  We will definitely look into issues presented and engage with all relevant department and provide you with feedback in two weeks time”, he said.

-TDN

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