View-point 01.04.2016

Warm greetings to all readers of this view-point!

Welcome once again to the Matatiele Local Municipality view point. It is our responsibility to ensure that our community is well informed of recent accomplishments at their respective areas.

The Matatiele Local Municipality believes in providing people with information which is accessible to them; and which they can use to improve their lives, based on their needs, encouraging people to participate actively in the democratic processes. Keeping people continuously informed of policies and programmes that affect them and progress in implementing them.

Promoting public participation and public education

The Municipality through the Corporate Services Department conducted engagement with the community of ward 26 in Cedarville. The engagement formed part of enhancing public participation by giving the community of ward 26 the opportunity to interact directly with their government leaders.

Cllr Nomasomi Mshuqwana, Portfolio Head for Corporate Services led the delegation that visited Cedarville wherein more than 200 Identity Documents (IDs) were distributed to beneficiaries by the Department of Home Affairs. Furthermore, the delegation introduced a solar panel system that is able to cater for refrigerator, connects television and electrical stove.

Ward 26 councillor, Cllr. Sonwabile Mavuka tabled status quo report of the ward since 2011 to date with the purpose to keep the community informed about what government has done for the people of ward 26 and challenges encountered along the way.

Municipal website:

Please note that the Matatiele Local Municipality official website is currently under construction therefore this means that website management officials are unable to upload during this period. However public documents that were uploaded before the new website development can be accessed at www.matatiele.gov.za. We apologise sincerely for the inconvenience during this period.

That is all from us for now, till next time, stay safe and be blessed. Thank You Sweet People from Sweet Matat, “A Destination of Choice and Excellence”