BY REGINALD KANYANE

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district was engaged in a council meeting in Vryburg on Thursday. The meeting was led by executive mayor, Choganyetso Elvis Tladinyane.

Tladinyane said the council meeting was to give them an ample opportunity to closely securitize and evaluate the impact of the municipality’s action in line with the expectations of the working class and the poor.

“We also evaluate our performance in line with the objective of the IDP and NDP as we move closer to the end of this last financial year of the third generation of the IDP. It is quite important to note that this Council Meeting takes place at the time South Africa celebrates women’s month, we salute and pay tribute to the women of 1956,” he said.

He also took time to commemorate 1956 women for their gallant and bravery action against the brutal and repulsive regime of apartheid.

Amongst those women, there were Mama Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, which the district is named after, Ray Alexandra, Rahima Moosa, Charlotte Maxeke, Ruth First and many other unsung heroines of our struggle.

“With the same spirit we say happy women’s month to all women of our country. As we celebrate this women’s month I am tempted to quote Comrade Samora Machel in his address to the first conference of Mozambican Women in 1973, he said and I quote “The liberation of women is not an act of charity. It is not the result of a humanitarian or compassionate position. It is a fundamental necessity for the Revolution, a guarantee of its continuity, and a condition for its success” he said.

Tladinyane said that, the District Municipality has assessed the performance of all Senior Managers except the District Municipal Manager, his office on performance assessment is scheduled for next week due the hectic dairy that we had last and this week.

“It must be noted that, the biggest statue that must fall is the scourge of Inequality, unemployment and abject poverty. The council must be briefed on the state of readiness for the Audit 2013/14 and the preparation of Annual Financial Statement.

“It has to be noted that on Monday we are expected to submit our Annual Financial statement to the provincial treasury. I hope we will not experience the same situation of last year when were supposed to submit our AFS,” he said.

Tladinyane also briefed the council on the progress report regarding the implementation of the Audit Action Plan and the consolidation of the Annual Report of the past financial year. He said that will assist them to honestly assess their performance in the past financial year.

“I am quite confident that this council will be provided with a report on the challenges of water and sanitation and the plan of action to address those challenges. Because water and sanitation serves as one of our core mandate as the District.

“One of our functions is to ensure that there is an Economic Development and the Empowerment of the people through SMMEs and Cooperatives. I am of the view that it is through economic development that we could defeat and destroy the statue of unemployment, inequality and abject poverty. I therefore hope that this council will be provided with a convincing report on this matter,” he said.

The district has also signed a partnership with Sarah Baartman District Municipality in Northern Cape and requested that this council be given a synaptic report on the progress that has been registered thus far,” Tladinyane said.

He said the meeting also reviewed and approved Institutional Organogram in line with their IDP and mandate as outlined by the legislations.

-TDN

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