Question NW2456 to the Minister Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
24 December 2021 - NW2456
Mokgotho, Ms SM to ask the Minister Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
What steps are being taken by her department to ensure that the municipality of the Naledi Subregion occupies their new office building and vacates the community hall in Ward 1, which they are currently using for office space? NW2874E
Reply:
THE OCCUPATION OF STELLA OFFICES IN NALEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
On the 11th of November 2021 the Municipal Manager, Mr MT Segapo convened a meeting at the unoccupied office to introduce the Acting Manager for the satellite Office. The newly constructed office space was vandalised during riots in 2018, and the service provider vacated the site with snags remaining to complete the project. These developments affected service delivery negatively in the surrounding rural areas. To extend that community members were commuting from Stella to Vryburg just to access proof residence.
In view of the above, Administration took a decision to pay the service provider the outstanding amount due, utilising the operating budget to complete snags on the structure using municipal workforce.
With the project timelines at our disposal the Municipality will officially occupy the office in January 2022.