Question NW2755 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
24 December 2021 - NW2755
Mokgotho, Ms SM to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In light of the fact that the community of Ward 11 in Moses Kotane Local Municipality is without a community hall, despite the undertaking made by the municipality since 1995 to build the community a hall, which to date the municipality has not been able to deliver, (a) what steps will she take to assist the municipality to deliver the service of building a community hall to the specified community and (b) on what date is it envisaged that the building of the hall will commence?
Reply:
Ward 11 consists of the following Villages: Phadi, Mmorong and Bojating. Moses Kotane Local Municipality has constructed community halls in the three villages between 2006 and 2011. A visual conditional assessment was conducted on all the community halls within the jurisdiction of the municipality and the report is in possession of the municipality. The status of three community halls in Ward 11 is that
they have structurally deteriorated because of a lack of maintenance. According to the municipality’s programme for repairs and renovations for each financial year, community halls are identified as per their status, however due to insufficient budget allocations and O&M budget, the halls could not be repaired.
The repairs and renovations of ward 11 community halls will be done within the current council term of office. The municipality did not give an exact date as they stated to have +/- 60 community halls that are not in good condition and when they plan for repairs, they identify the most critical to be repaired and renovated, within the stringent budget available.