Bona Bona Village – The Bokone Bophirima Department of Local Government and Human Settlements is to provide emergency housing to the impoverished families of Bona-Bona village near Morokweng in Kagisano-Molopo municipality.

This follows the discovery of the Kesentseng family which lives in dilapidated shack by departmental officials during the Setsokotsane Programme at Bona-Bona village in Kagisano Molopo Municipality recently. 

85 year old Masa Puleng Kesengtseng is staying with her six (6) grandchildren in a shack erected with sticks after their mud house was reduced to rubble following the floods in the area last year.

Currently any harsh weather condition can bring down the shack which is at the verge of collapse and is posing a serious risk to the lifes of the children.

 MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Collen Maine said: “It is unacceptable that there are still families that are living under such horrendous conditions during this day and age. This case is extreme and the family needs our intervention fast. The family will be prioritised to top the list of the emergency housing and they would have long occupied their new house by Christmas holidays” said MEC Maine.

The Setsokotsane, which has shifted focus to remote rural areas, is a provincial government service delivery programme which is spearheaded by Premier of Bokone Bophirima, Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo.

The programme seeks to put into practice integrated planning of service delivery programmes and activities, whilst also giving government the platform to engage with local communities and solve their problems on the spot.

The Setsokotsane programme will continue through July in the Naledi, Greater Taung and Mamusa local municipalities before moving to other districts in the province.
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 Brits – Officials from the Department of Government and Human Settlements in Bokone Bophirima will as from today, move into Madibeng local municipality to conduct an audit on RDP beneficiary lists.

Yesterday, MEC Collen Maine’s decision to commission such as audit follows a peaceful service delivery march by the residents of Madibeng in which they complained that some of the RDP houses are occupied by unlawful beneficiaries.

MEC Maine said the audit should identify the rightful beneficiaries of these houses to root out any biased allocation including dealing with beneficiaries who have opted to rent out their houses as tuck shops or for any other purposes.

“It is only then that we would be able to decide on corrective measures which will ensure that we only have rightful owners in these houses”, he said.

MEC Maine also issued a stern warning against councillors who allocate RDP houses to their friends and relatives who are not necessarily on the beneficiary lists.

MEC Maine said all allegations of fraud, corruption, nepotism that the residents levelled against the municipality, will be thoroughly investigated.

He appealed to members of the community to come forward with information that would assist the investigations.

He said the water and sanitation intervention team that has was dispatched to camp in Madibeng since March this year, will continue to do the work at least until the water supply challenge, has been resolved.

“As the provincial government, we are aware that there is an elite group of people who want to control the resources of Madibeng to the detriment of the residents and we will not allow that to happen. Madibeng is not a playground”, he quipped.

As of March this year, the water and sanitation function is now performed by the Department of Local Government and Human Settlements and the Department of Water and Sanitation, whilst Magalies Water was appointed as an implementing agent to ensure the provision of water and sanitation to the community of Madibeng.
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Vryburg- The Department of Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs (Cata) will on Wednesday launch Arts and Culture Ward-based Forums for the Naledi Municipality at the Naledi Municipality’s Banquet Hall (Vryburg) from 10h00, as part of the Setsokotsane programme currently being held at Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District.

In that meeting, a partnership between CATA and the Provincial Departments of Social Development (DSD), Finance, Economy and Enterprise Development and the Naledi Municipality will be forged, with a view to sharing information on how the arts can be run as a viable business.

Setsokotsane is a Bokone Bophirima initiative to bolster service delivery by taking a wide range of services to targeted wards, in a bid to introduce a rapid-response mechanism to community needs.

Meanwhile, Cata will also continue its campaign to promote Archives at Dithakwaneng Village in the same District on Thursdsy starting at 11h30 as part of initiative to take services to Villages, Towns and Small Dorpies (VTSD).

The MEC and Senior Officials of the Department are expected to grace these events as part of the mandate of the Department as well as empowering the previously marginalised citizenry of our Province.

Crafts Exhibition will be held at the Vryburg Taxi Rank on 3rd July 2015.

Communities are urged to support our crafters.
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