By OBAKENG MAJE
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Greater Taung said it will deploy the action-orientated and principled ward councillors who are committed to its mandate. The EFF regional secretary in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati region, Justice Dabampe said all 24 ward councillor candidates are honourable leaders who will ensure that ordinary people receive basic service delivery.
“We urge our people to go out in numbers on 1 November 2021 and vote for EFF during Local Government Elections. We know there was a lack of service delivery and many people had a lot of adversity to deal with for the past 27 years.
“Now, we call for them to vote for change. If we are voted in power, the EFF-led municipality will build a bridge in Moseja Section in Manthe in Ward 14 by June 2024. We will also build a water bridge in Diplankeng village in Ward 18 by June 2022,” he said.
“The EFF-led municipality will build a bridge on the road between Taung and Mokgareng village in Ward 7 by July 2023. We will ensure that our voters get a bridge between Itireleng and Rooiwal villages in Ward 8 by July 2024,” Dabampe said.
He further said in most cases, rural people have limited access to road infrastructure and this not only impedes their mobility, but also limits their access to development benefits.
“Improved rural infrastructure, most specifically roads, is key to rural development. So, we want accessible roads in this area to ensure that we grow the economy. The people in Ward 9 at Tamasikwa and Buxton have been subjected to inaccessible road for years, but that road will be paved by July 2023 if we are voted into power.
“The EFF-led municipality will also build a road from Reivilo to Lykso in Ward 1 by July 2024. We promise to build an accessible road between Ntswanahatshe and Maganeng villages in Ward 2 by June 2024, and construct a road that links Myra and Mogopela by June 2022,” said Dabampe.
He said there is also a need for a Drug Recreational Centre in Taung CBD. Dabampe said EFF will ensure that it builds one in Ward 8 by July 2023, if they take over the municipality.
Dabampe added: “The EFF-led municipality will also build community halls in Molelema village in Ward 15 and Cokonyane village in Ward 10 by July 2023 and 2024 respectively. We will construct another community hall in Moretele village in Ward 2 by 2 September 2022. The EFF-led municipality will build a community hall in Dryharts in Ward 4 by June 2024.
“We will also build quality and spacious houses with flushing toilets in new stands in Ward 3. Our people in Reivilo in Ward 1 deserve quality houses and we will ensure that we build them by June 2024,” he said.
Dabampe highlighted that the EFF will complete all unfinished RDP houses in Extension 6 in Ward 8 by June 2023. He said the EFF will electrify Reivilo Informal Settlement in Ward 1 by June 2022.
“The EFF-led municipality will install high mast lights in Modimong and Cokonyane in Ward 10 by June 2022. Our aim is also to employ additional nurses for Morokweng clinic in Ward 16, Molelema clinic in Ward 15, Buxton clinic in Ward 9, Leshobo clinic in Ward 7 and Majeakgoro clinic in Ward 19 by June 2023.
“As the EFF-led municipality, we will also build a clinic in Manokwane in Ward 12 by November 2022. We will ensure that there is a mobile clinic at Dikereseng village in Ward 4 by April 2023,” he said.
Dabampe said they will ensure that there is a Youth Centre in Magogong village in Ward 18 July 2023. He said EFF will also build silos in Mokassa in Ward 24 by December 2023.
“Our communities in Ga-Mothibi in Ward 19 and Baga-Maidi will get libraries with internet connection by August 2024. The EFF-led municipality will build an abattoir at Pudumoe in Ward 5 by September 2023, while we ensure that people in Magogong and Diplankeng in Ward 18 have access to clean water in their yards by July 2023.”
He said that the EFF will build quality houses for people of Magogong in Ward 18 by June 2022 and ensure that they scrap all historical debts of the people in Extension 6, Reivilo and Pudumoe by December 2021.
“The EFF-led municipality will ensure that the people of Magogong in Ward 18 have flushing toilets and we will replace all asbestos houses in that area with proper and quality houses,” concluded Dabampe.
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