Picture: Executive mayor of Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, Motseokae Maje
By BAKANG MOKOTO
17 April 2026 – The Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality has been allocated additional funding at the tune of R136 million on infrastructure projects by the National Treasury. The municipality said about R50 million has been allocated to the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG).
The executive mayor of Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, Motseokae Maje said the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG), received R31 million and Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) was allocated R55 million. Maje said in total for the current financial year, the municipality has received funding to the tune of R882 million.
“We welcome the additional funding as it arrived at a critical time. This augurs well for the municipality like ours, which do not have sufficient revenue generated over a period of time. It augurs well in the sense that it enables us to reduce service delivery backlogs that we have experienced over a period of time.
“It enables us to implement a number of projects which may have been stopped as a result of lack of funding. We appreciate the additional funding; we think it will go a long way to bring socio-economic relief to the people of Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Municipal Manager of Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, Itumeleng Jonas has attributed the allocation of additional funding to good performance. Jonas said they have been allocated additional funds to the tune of R50 million to the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) that will be utilized for other projects in rural sanitation and also to refurbish the wasteful treatment plant of Christiana and the wasteful treatment plant of Bloemhof.
“Those are as a result of the good performance of the municipality in the MIG. We have also performed very well in the RBIG, where the municipality is allocated an additional R31 million. The municipality also was able to attract an additional funding on WSIG at the tune of R55 million that will also be utilized in projects in Christiana and also to finish projects in Bloemhof.
“We express gratitude to all staff with special recognition for the technical and engineering services team for their dedication,” he said.
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