CORRUPTION in the Limpopo government has given way in the face of sound financial administration and solvency, according to premier Stanley Mathabatha, who was delivering his state of the province address last Thursday.
He said the province, which had shown a deficit of R1,7 billion before national government had to put five Limpopo departments under administration, now showed a healthy balance of R4,4 billion.
“Now there is money to deliver services, and the province has healed from its financial wounds,” Mathabatha said.
This was Mathabatha’s first state of the province address since becoming premier. It was also the last for the current term of office ahead of the upcoming elections in May.
The address was mainly a reflection on the achievements that government had seen since 1994 to date. In an overview on access to basic service delivery, Mathabatha said 86% of Limpopo households had access to portable water, 87% had access to electricity, 38% had access to sanitation, 22% had access to refuse removal and 4,4% were still living in informal settlements in the province.
Mathabatha said improving these figures, and in so doing, ensuring a better life for all, was what his administration would focus on.
Education, health, economic development, job creation, local governance, service delivery, rural development, agriculture, and fighting crime and corruption were the main matters he tabled in his address.
