Mayor acknowledges church leaders on disposal of land owned by municipality
The Mayor’s address, which also formed part of the national Thuma Mina programme, was guided by two separate resolutions taken during council meetings.
In a bid to dispose of land owned by Mogale City, the Executive Mayor, Naga Patrick Lipudi, convened a meeting aimed at updating church leaders about the municipality’s plans for selling vacant land.
The meeting was held in the council chambers at the Town Hall and attracted more than 400 church leaders from the city’s rural and urban areas. The Mayor’s address, which also formed part of the national Thuma Mina programme, was guided by two separate resolutions taken during the council meetings in February and March.
Part of these resolutions stressed that the purchased properties should be used in compliance with an applicable town planning policy, national building legislation and related guidelines. The Mayor indicated that there are more than 80 sites that have been identified and earmarked for churches.
Lipudi said the municipality has a core responsibility to acquire and make available land and buildings; in the first instance, for the purpose of developing and maintaining municipal infrastructure as well as promoting service delivery.
The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance, councillor Norman Sedumedi, added his voice and said the purchase and selling of the vacant land should be done according to municipal finance prescripts.
While the church leaders were confident that their requests are now being addressed, there were queries on when and how the municipality was going to start the process of selling land. The executive managed to explain the processes that the city has adopted for disposing of vacant land in detail.
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