REGIONAL FOCUS: NOTH WEST BY NALEDI MOKOENA
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he 2024 North West budget speech presented a transformative plan for the province's communities with a budget boasting over R53.4-billion for the 2024/2025 financial year. The MEC for finance in the North West, Motlapula Rosho delivered the annual budget on 7 March 2024 at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng. The overall budget summarised the provincial government’s role including its outcomes over the last 30 years.
During her address the MEC for Finance highlighted the contribution of the provincial government’s empowerment of disadvantaged communities, addressing unemployment, provision of basic services including the prevalence of poverty within lower income communities. In addition the provincial government detailed the progress made in an effort to support struggling municipalities. A BUDGET FIT FOR A PROVINCE IN NEED The Presidency is dedicated to implementing the District Development Model (DDM) aimed at improving municipal service delivery in the country. The DDM aims to address various challenges faced in communities by collaborating with local municipalities and the national government to achieve a common objective. Hon Rosho highlighted the efforts to alleviate challenges within the social cluster by allocating more than R42-billion within the Health, Education and Human Settlement departments.
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Budget speech aimed at service delivery
The economic cluster including the Department of Public Works and roads was allocated more than R4-billion. In an effort to alleviate the results of climate change, incomplete agricultural projects worth millions and deteriorating road infrastructure in the province, R1.2-billion was allocated to the Agricultural and Rural development, while the Economic Development, Environment and Conservation and Tourism Department will receive over R 982-million.