View-point 08.04.2016

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.

Imbizo Focus Week: 04 – 10th April

South African government will embark on the National Imbizo Focus Week under the theme “Together we move South Africa forward”. Izimbizo are two-way, unmediated and interactive information sharing platforms, a dialogue between government and people aimed at instilling confidence in robust, participatory democracy.

Mayor of Matatiele Local Municipality, Cllr Momelezi Mbedla will lead the delegation that will visit a village called Vrystaat at ward 15 with the purpose to afford political principals an opportunity to communicate government-led efforts to stimulate and grow the South African economy, and also provide comprehensive details on the expected outcome of implementing the nine-point plan.

During this period of the focus week, Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Premiers, Mayors and other senior government officials will be visiting different service delivery sites to monitor the work that government is doing in communities.

Imbizo Focus Week will also profile local government successes. The week will also coincide with the final registration weekend ahead of the 2016 Municipal Elections. The focus week is also set to coincide with the commemoration of Freedom Month.

IDP / Budget Outreach Roadshows

The Matatiele Local Municipality hereby invites the Community within the Municipal area in terms of Section 29 (i) and (ii) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, (Act 32 of 2000), to attend the 2015/2016 IDP/Budget Community Outreach which will be held from the 11th – 15th of April 2016. Members of the public are advised to contact their ward councillors, Ward Support Assistants and Community Development Workers for venues at their respective wards.

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”