PREMIER OF LIMPOPO, SELLO MOLOTO’S SPEECH
POLOKWANE MUNICIPALITY COUNCIL DINNER
25.02.2005
Executive Mayor of
Polokwane Municipality
Honorable Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Municipality
Members of the Mayoral Committee
Honorable Councilors
Municipal Manager of Polokwane and his team
The Polokwane Business Community
Civic and Community representatives
Distinguished guests
Media representatives
Masters of Ceremonies
Ladies and Gentlemen
The legislative
framework governing Municipalities is in place. This
framework provides for integrated planning,
stimulation of local economy and sound financial
management. The major challenge which our
Municipalities still have to confront and overcome
is the provision of basic services, particularly in
the rural areas. We take pride in the knowledge that
many of our Municipalities are confronting this
challenge head-on.
Master of
Ceremonies
Polokwane
Municipality is the economic and logistic hub of our
Province. The Capital is destined to play an even
bigger and central role in the hosting of multitudes
of activities in the coming years and decade. Such
include the project of hosting the 2010 world soccer
games, the hosting of the International Transport
Convention in May this year, the annual Mapungubwe
Arts Festival and many others. We have also said
that your Municipality will co-facilitate the
process of the building of the International
Convention Center, the rejuvenation of Polokwane
International Airport, the establishment of the
Fresh Produce Market with a regional focus and other
such related projects. We are confident that these
multitudes of activities and projects shall
stimulate the necessary economic growth, create
much-needed jobs and help in the fight against
poverty. Polokwane Municipality will have to play a
principal role by doing all that is necessary to
unlock the potential and creativity of the City and
its people.
Master of
Ceremonies
The other
important matter we have raised which we believe our
Municipalities should focus on relates to the Town
planning responsibilities and land use challenges.
We deplore, the physical state in which some of our
Towns are, with grime and untidiness everywhere. We
believe this state of affairs can be attributed to
the fact that no greater attention is being given to
the Town Planning challenges. We hope you will
contend with the fact that dealing with this matter
head on will positively and immensely contribute to
the facilitation of more investor friendly
neighborhoods and the building of healthier and
safer spots in your Municipality.
Master of
Ceremonies
This being the
year of the celebration of the 50th
Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, we wish to draw
your attention to what we said during our state of
the Province Address, related to people’s
involvement in their own governance. We deliberately
mentioned the Municipality of Thulamela as one
Municipality whose model could be followed in the
implementation of Public Public Partnerships. We
still maintain that their success in electrifying
villages and townships that, otherwise would not
have received electricity within such a short space
of time, a good example of how communities can be
engaged by their local governments in the delivery
of services. We believe that your Municipality has
got what it takes to follow suit.
Our people look
forward to a year of delivery in this Municipality
as your state of the Municipality has pronounced.
I Thank you
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