Mogale stakeholders take hands and go mobile
The local municipality and SAPS brought their services to the people of Matshelapad informal settlement in Tarlton.
Local government services were made widely available to informal settlement residents recently when Tarlton police, Mogale City Local Municipality departments and the West Rand District Municipality (WRDM) all took hands to address their concerns.
Most of the residents rarely have the opportunity to travel to town where they can apply for birth certificates, fill out an affidavit or apply for an ID.
Constable Lucky Matome, police spokesperson, told the News the day was a joint venture between different local government departments and formed part of the Ntirhisano initiative.
Gauteng Premier, David Makhura, first announced the launch of Ntirhisano in 2014. The initiative will ensure that people are served where they live. The department hopes that it will “address the inefficiencies in resource allocation and drastically reduce duplication of services”.
On the sunny Friday in April, hundreds of community members gathered at the soccer field where numerous gazebos were set up.
Matome explained that people as far as Orient Hills, near Magaliesburg, traveled to be there on the day.
“Instead of expecting residents to travel far, we bring service delivery to them,” he said.
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