Daily Archives: May 29, 2017

‘O Re bone, Re Go Bone campaign in Taung’

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Namhla Luhabe

BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

North West Provincial Legislature will embark on O re bone, re go bone – Taking Parliament to the People campaign in Taung on Tuesday. The department’s Deputy Manager in Communication, Namhla Luhabe said they celebrating 20 years of the constitution through enhanced public participation, oversight and promoting accountability and transparency in various municipalities under the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality.

“The O re bone re go bone which literally means “You see us and we see you”, is a programme aimed at taking Legislature to the people to strengthen oversight and public participation and to promote accountability and transparency in government. During the campaign, Members of the Legislature will also interact with different provincial departments and their MECs; Mayors, members of the Municipal Public Accounts Committees, ward committees, traditional authorities, farmers and their respective organisations, organised structures and members of the public on issues affecting them,” Luhabe said.

She further said the public is invited to a public meeting that will be held at Mamusa Local Municipality on Thursday.

The meeting will be held as follows;

 

DATE COMMITTEE ACTIVITY TIME VENUE
Tuesday

30/05/2017

 Committee on Health and Social Development Committee oversight – visit to Reatlegile Boipelo Early Learning Centre

 

 08h00 – 09h30 Greater Taung Local Municipality
Committee oversight – visit to Taung Hospital and Taung Inpatient Centre

 

 10h00 – 11h30
Committee on Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs Committee oversight – visit to the Taung Skull Site (Buxton)

 

 

 12h00 – 13h30 Greater Taung Local Municipality
Committee oversight – meeting with Batlhaping Ba Ga Phuduhucwana Tribal Council to check the challenges faced by the council

 

 14h00 – 15h00
Wednesday

31/05/2017

 Committee on Local Government and Human Settlement Committee oversight – visit to Reivilo to deal with petitions 09h00 – 11h00 Greater Taung Local Municipality
Committee oversight – visit to MIG Projects in Dr. Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District 14h00 – 16h00
Thursday

01/06/2017

 Committee on Public Works, Roads, Transport and Community Safety Committee oversight – visit to Road D221 to assess the condition of the road. 08h00 – 10h00 Greater Taung Local Municipality
Committee oversight – visit to Kgomotso Police Station 10h00 – 12h00
Committee on Tourism, Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development Committee oversight – visit to Taung Hotel School to inspect their operations. 09h00 – 11h00 Greater Taung Local Municipality
Committee on Local Government and Human Settlement Briefing by municipalities on their Annual Reports;

–         Kagisano/Molopo Local Muncipality

–         Naledi Local Municipality

–         Greater Taung Local Municipality

 

 08h00 – 13h30 Naledi Local Municipality
PUBLIC MEETING

·        All Committees

 

 

 15H00 Mamusa Local Municipality
Committee on Public Works, Roads, Transport and Community Safety

 

 Committee oversight – Meeting with NTI on their turn-around strategy 18h00 – Mamusa Local Municipality
Friday

02/06/2017

 Committee on Premier, Finance, Economy and Enterprise Development Committee oversight – follow – up visit to Christiana Hotel 08h00 – 10h00 Lekwa – Teemane Local Municipality – Christiana
Committee on Local Government and Human Settlement

 

 Committee oversight – visit to Lekwa Teemane Local Municipality 10h00 – 12h00 Lekwa – Teemane Local Municipality – Christiana
Committee on Tourism, Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development Committee oversight – visit to Tshimo Ya Kgosi (beneficiaries) in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District 09h00 – Greater Taung Local Municipality
       

 

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‘Multi-million rand Indoor Centre abandoned’

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Manthe Indoor Centre

Picture: Abandoned Manthe Indoor Centre

BY BAKANG MOKOTO
HOPES of emerging and aspiring athletes to benefit from abandoned half-built Manthe Indoor Centre are slowly waning away after the multi-million project came to a grinding halt. The indoor centre was expected to help the youth to enhance and develop their skills.

Baga-Maidi community said it is in the dark regarding the delay of the project. The indoor centre was built more than three years ago.

“Taung consists of unemployed youth and poverty and we thought having an indoor centre here will nurture the abundance of talents that we having in our mist. Many youth rely on sport to bring social cohesion and fight unemployment, inequality and poverty,” one resident said.

Another resident said: “There is no development in the area. We having a local soccer teams here and we expected them to use the centre for skill developments. However, the project is wedged and no one wants to be accountable. Crime is the order of the day nowadays and that affects our youth.”

North West Department of Sport and Education acting spokesperson, Elias Malindi said the department is still investigating the matter. He said many projects were handed over to their department after sport configuration was incorporated to them from Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs (CATA) department.

“We are aware of the matter and we can swiftly say the continuity of the project will take place soon. We still need to engage with relevant authorities and see how we resolve it. We cannot say what caused the delay hence investigations,” Malindi said.

The Indoor Centre project came to a grinding hauled after the misunderstanding between the department and contractor. It is alleged that the contractor did not receive payment thus far.

More than 15 locals who were employment at the project lost their jobs in the process too.

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