By OBAKENG MAJE
The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, the LGSETA and the Chinese signed an empowerment deal. The Executive mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Khumalo Molefe said, they have sealed a deal with the LGSETA in partnership with China.
Molefe further said the deal will see at least 30 SMMEs, graduates and municipal workers in the district being trained in China for 6 months with effect from April 2024. This deal, which is 100% funded by the Chinese investors, will result in Ngaka Modiri Molema and her local municipalities entering into municipal sister-to-sister partnership agreements.
“The outcome of these agreements is to ensure further investments by China into the district in various areas such as water, sanitation, alternative energy, road maintenance, and various other exchange programs including e-commerce.
“The trainees who will be based in China for six months and will be trained in some of the areas, in concluding the meeting. Our former president, the late Dr Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation,” he said.
Molefe added that, it is exactly what they make out of what they have, not what they are given, that separates one person from another. He said a joint project team has been established to manage the implementation of this important inter-national project.
“We have committed to convene an urgent and special district command council to take our counterparts in local municipalities on board. We expect to lead a delegation to China as part of this noble partnership, which seeks to empower locals across the district.
“We are a nation at work and with a little bit of support from our friends, Ngaka Modiri Molema will never be the same again. We expect to brief the acting North West Premier, Nono Maloyi on this critical inter-national investment,” Molefe said.
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