BY REGINALD KANYANE
NORTH West provincial government said they have achieved unprecedented work since the fifth administration. Acting provincial government spokesperson, Brian Setswambung said the province has come up with various remedial programs that helped in resolving challenges the province was faced with.

Setswambung was responding to the score card released by Democratic Alliance in the province.

DA leader in North West, Joe McGluwa alluded that the province has failed the masses. He said they were concern regarding the performance of the premier, Supra Mahumapelo and his cabinet.
McGluwa said there were huge gaps for improvements in serving the people of the province.

“Premier Supra Mahumapelo has been responsible for millions of irregular expenditure. Besides, he has been indicated in dappled business deals.  Communities took to the streets in protests and burned schools in the process. That alone showed they are not content about the service delivery. Mahumapelo failed to attend some meetings and also failed to provide answers to questions posed to him,” McGluwa said.

He also added that some of MECs received a below par performances. He said most of the MECs were incompetent.

“Dr Magome Masike who is MEC for health scored himself an F. What he did was to purchase expensive cars. He purchased a luxury car worth R920 000 which caused a stir within the province. And the vehicle was allegedly purchased by the money that was meant for medical vehicles and equipments. We will never keep quite as our aim is to see the province moving forward. We want to see transparency prevailing and also accountability,” he said.

However Setswambung refuted the claims. He said: “The premier’s vision has produced wonderful results. The Setsokotsane program has bear fruitful results. We have managed to communicate with communities across the province and heard what challenges they came across. Mahumapelo also managed to bring forward the forensic investigations regarding 37 000 ghost workers issues which it was investigated.

“The Auditor-general also highlighted that the North West province has improved compared to the prior years. Even though there was reconfiguration within the departments, the provincial government managed to stand their ground. He also managed to establish legal advisory panel. The aim was to make sure that they fight corruption and fraud within the departments. We are impressed about the swift results the team has produced so far. We also advised any community members to report any corruption mounted against them,” he said.

Setswambung said the premier also established a consequences management. He said the panel was created to deal with all government officials who found themselves at the wrong side of the law.

“All government officials must account to their actions. Mahumapelo put it clear that no government official could find him/herself being involved in any corruption. Drastically measures will be taken against them. Mahumapelo also put aside R2bn for bulk water supplied intervention. We all know that the country has been hit by El Nino and drought has affected farmers. The department of rural, environment and agricultural development department came up with a remedial plan in assisting micro farmers. MEC Manketse Tlhape donated fodders to micro farmers across the province,” he said.

He also added that the premier customarised post audit decision plan too. He said that they also built houses for the needy.

“Those disaster houses recipients were identified during Setsokotsane programs. Mahumapelo also attended close to 20 meetings during Exco and also appeared before legislature to answer to questions posed to him. So we are grateful regarding the contribution the province managed to achieve,”

-TDN

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