North West Province's Acting Premier Nono Maloyi is having his busy Fridays since the launch of Thuntsha Lerole Service Delivery Programme and the 2023 Integrated Public Service Month. Last week Friday he was at the Tswaing Local Municipality last Friday to push the service delivery programme which is earmarked to go to different municipalities. These launches were led by Maloyi, who was accompanied by MECs of different departments, Executive Mayors from local municipalities and Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality Mayor to provide service delivery interventions in the Tswaing Local Municipality.
The Accelerated Service Delivery Programme (Thuntsha Lerole) is aimed to activate communities to be solution-oriented in addressing service delivery challenges in their localities. At the same time, the Integrated Public Service Month programme, one of the Batho-Pele improvement initiatives, seeks to demonstrate the value and contribution of public servants towards delivering services across the three spheres of government.
Maloyi and the MECs led service delivery activities in different areas of Tswaing Municipality, among others, included fixing street lights, patching potholes, clearing illegal dumping sites and de-bushing crime hotspots, inspection of vehicles, ensuring business compliance, helping with the application of identity documents, registration of SMMEs and many other activities.
The events were hosted at Letsopa Community Hall, with residents attending in droves. Some residents, especially the youth, voiced their concerns over the high unemployment rate they were exposed to. "It is a good gesture that government leaders show their commitment to fastrack service delivery, but how will we afford to pay for those services when we don't have work? I was retrenched before lockdown, and I am still unemployed," said 24-year-old Victor Masilo.
Tebogo Moiloa, another resident at the event said he felt he wasted his time studying for a Civil Engineering Diploma because he could not find work. "What worries me is that those who are supposed to provide us with employment seek five or more years of experience. Where will one get experience when I have just completed my studies?" he asked. The Thuntsha Lerole community outreach programmes is a weekly routine undertaken by the provincial government throughout the province and it is dubbed "Re Thuntsha Lerole Beke le Beke".
