By BAKANG MOKOTO
22 April 2025- The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) in the North West is set to host its two days Annual Strategic Planning session that will commence at Protea Hotel, in Mahikeng on Wednesday.
The MRM Provincial Convenor, Pastor Lesiba Kgwele said the session that includes MRM National Office, Members of the Provincial interim Committee and other stakeholders including government, will be held in partnership with the Directorate Social Cohesion and Moral Regeneration in the Office of the Premier under the theme: “Greater Relevance and Visibility”.
Kgwele said among expected outcomes of the session will be a 2025/6 Programme of Action (POA) to roll-out the Local Government Ethical Leadership Initiative (LGELI) in partnership with SALGA and COGTA, campaign to tackle Gender Based Violence & Femicide (GBVF), Teenage Pregnancies, as well as Value Driven Schools Programme to address violence and bullying in Schools as well as crime and gangsterism in communities.
“The session will also concretise follow-up to the MRM Dialogue with Youth to address unemployment affecting young people, District launch programme as well as strengthening partnership with traditional leaders to confront unscrupulous individuals operating bogus initiation schools that are contributing towards erosion of cultural and community values.
“It will also adopt a Programme for Voter Education and Promotion of the Charter for Local Elections Ethics ahead of the local government elections to be held in 2026,” he said.
Kgwele further said the North West Premier, Lazarus Mokgosi, is expected to address the networking session on Strengthening Partnership with Civil society for Accountability, ethical leadership and good governance, while the North West MEC for Social Development, Sussana Dantjie’s address to be delivered on Day 2.
He added that Dantjie will focus on collaborative programmes to address social ills-Gender Based Violence (GBV), teenage pregnancies, drug and substance abuse.
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