Picture: SACP Provincial Secretary, Madoda Sambatha
By BAKANG MOKOTO
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in North West welcomed the resignation of the North West Premier, Supra Mahumapelo. SACP Provincial secretary, Madoda Samabatha said they applauded the Mahumapelo for listening to the masses.
“We want to congratulate Mahumapelo for rendering his resignation as the North West Premier. We call for serenity in the province and our people need to understand that the ANC is the people’s party. The SACP also calls for a better replacement that will ensure that service delivery reaches people.
“We want somebody who will take the province to greener pasture post-Mahumapelo. The ANC has resolved to curb corruption, fraud and greed within government. So, we welcome the resignation and wish him all the best in his new endeavours,” Sambatha said.
North West Business Forum spokesperson, Sello Mogodiri said they welcome Mahumapelo’s resignation. Mogodiri said the former Premier listened to his conscience and resigned.
“There is no individual triumphalist in Mahumapelo’s resignation, but ANC is the winner. The people of the North West come first and we are happy that there is no loss of blood. So, we also call for stability and tranquility in the province while moving forward,” Mogodiri said.
The African National Congress (ANC) in Bokone Bophirima has welcomed the resignation letter of Mahumapelo. ANC acting Provincial Secretary, Sussana Dantjie said the ruling party accepts Mahumapelo’s decision with a sense of apprehension, but great pride.
Dantjie said: “We welcome the Mahumapelo’s voluntarily exit from his deployment as the Premier. We are proud of him for having introduced the five concretes to implement
the National Development Plan (NDP), which are Agriculture Culture & Tourism (ACT), Villages, Townships and Small Dorpies (VTSD) economic approach, Reconciliation Healing and Renewal (RHR), Setsokotsane and Saamwerk-Saamtrek philosophy.
“As an organization, we will forever be appreciative and learn from his emphatic principled, but simple approach to issues. We also commend him for having crisscrossed the entire province in pursuit of a better life for our people through the Setsokotsane campaign. In Mahumapelo’s 35 years of revolutionary activism in the ANC, he has mastered the art of remaining simple and humble at all times, despite sustained concocted attacks against him by some friends and comrades.”
Dantjie further said they know that Mahumapelo will continue to serve his movement, the ANC in whatever new role they will decide for him. She added that they urge Mahumapelo to remain steadfast in what he believes are the necessary tasks of executing the revolution.
“As the ANC in Bokone Bophirima, we still believe in Mahumapelo’s innocence until he has been proven otherwise. We commend him for putting the interests of the province and its people before his own. We salute you Moidi for your selfless role in government. Continue leading us on an exemplary role in society as you have done for so many years,” she said.
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