MAHIKENG MAIL - MAHIKENG: The South African National Civic Organization (SANCO) gathered hundreds of its members across the North West for the peaceful provincial march to raise pressing community concerns regarding service delivery from the North West Provincial Government.
The march commenced at the Ngaka Modiri Molema District municipality where members of the organisation were seen calling for the removal of the District Mayor, Khumalo Molefe, before heading to the Office of Premier Lazarus Mokgosi to hand in the demands.
The civil organisation raised issues regarding the poor state of service delivery failures, including: Poor internal roads; Sewage spillages and related health hazards; Poor storm water drainage systems; Poor waste management and lack of grass maintenance; Rampant corruption and maladministration, particularly in municipalities; Removal of Ngaka Modiri Molema Executive Mayor following a public confession of corruption; Water shortages; High unemployment and lack of entrepreneurial support; Rising crime rates; Gender-Based Violence (GBV); Electricity issues - including outages, limited access to Eskom offices, and price increases; Illegal immigration and porous borders; Regulation of spaza shops to prevent the sale of harmful food products; Business licensing regulations, ensuring that licenses for small businesses; spaza shops, salons, car washes, liquor outlets, etc, are reserved for South African citizens.
Also at the march was the General Secretary of SANCO, Mike Soko, who gave a message of support to the provincial march saying the National Executive Committee was in support of the provincial leadership of the North West together with all the concerns they have raised - particularly the ones that are affecting the community.
The memorandum was received by Premier Mokgosi who promised SANCO to address their concerns. “We have the responsibility to listen to our people, despite our differences, but when service delivery is concerning to the community, we can all agree that the people must be put first - at the centre of our agenda,” Mokgosi remarked.
