Destitute family thankful for a home
The Mopani district Mayor, Nkakareng Rakgoale, has warned councillors in various municipalities in the district to move with speed in the delivery of services to avoid public protests over poor service delivery.
LIMPOPO – She made this statement during the official handover of a new house to the destitute Mamphaki family at Malematja village in Bolobedu, ward 4 of the Greater Letaba Municipality recently.
The Mamphaki family consists of two girls, Moyagabo and Glenda, who live with their blind gogo in a dilapidated makeshift structure after their mother died several years ago. Their new house was built by Zorha Khan Developers and the National Home Builders Regulatory Council (NHBRC).
Rakgoale said officials and councillors who feel they are not ready to deal with the challenge of fast tracking service delivery should ask to be moved aside in order to avert public anger.
She warned that councillors and officials who fail to provide services to their communities and their action lead to protest actions such as blocking the roads, they will be requested to deal with that alone without the intervention of the mayors.
According to Rakgoale, there are 34 956 households in the Greater Letaba Municipality and so far a total of 9 432 houses were built for needy families since 1994.
She explained that during this financial year, Mopani district will get an allocation of 2 500 houses and out of this, 550 will be allocated to Letaba.
“As councillors, we are worried about officials who drag their feet in implementing our decisions. This results in protest actions and communities blocking the roads with burning tyres,” Rakgoale said.
The first beneficiary of the total of 550 houses will be the local headman who lives in a dilapidated house.
The Provincial Manager for the NHBRC, Nurse Chavalala, said they felt it would be wise to honour the late struggle icon and former South African president, Nelson Mandela.
Chavalala handed over a five-year warranty certificate to the family which guarantees them that, should they experience a problem with the house within five years, the NHBRC will come and fix it.
Meanwhile the local headman, Malekutu Malematja called on the district mayors and councillors to consider upgrading the road leading to the village either from gravel to tar or pavement because the people recently voted that this was an area of grave concern for them.
