BY REGINALD KANYANE

THE North West department for local government and human settlements collaborated with the North West University at Vaal campus to come up with different approach for new developments. Acting MEC, Wendy Nelson said a scientific approach in dealing with critical areas of service delivery was needed. The department has already submitted a newly researched method to portfolio committee for approval.

“More still need to be done, but our track record remains our inspiration. It is our beacon of hope towards the achievement of clean audits. Our focus is currently on enhancing key areas of internal controls, ensuring compliance with rules and regulations. We also need to bolster our financial management capacity and implement audit action plans,” Nelson said.

She said their main priority was to implement the back to basics strategy. Nelson said the aim was to turn the North West province into a construction site.

According to Nelson, creating a functional municipalities as well as job creation through accelerated construction projects that will help.

“At the commencement of the fifth administration, we set a task to bring a new sense urgency of service delivery. We embarked on a journey to bring in a paradigm shift that would implant bureaucracy as part of fast tracking transformation.The implementation of our provincial priorities were inspired and driven by the pursuit for radical socio-economic transformation. Our special focus remains villages, township and small dorpies (VTSD) economies and its central role in taking Bokone Bophirima province forward,’’ Nelson said.

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