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Budget focuses on service Sinyosi said that the municipality had convened a successful strategic planning workshop invol ving all councillors and senior management. “The Judging by Makhado Mayor Shonisani Sinpurpose was to identify key areas of intervention yosi’s state-of-the-municipality and 2017/18 and to map out a fiveyear strategic plan that will budget speech, the Makhado Municipality has Strategic Planning guide Council to improve the quality of lives of the placed a renewed emphasis on service delivery As part of the renewed focus on service delivery, people of Makhado,” said Sinyosi. this coming financial year. Some of the issues addressed during the strategic planning workshop included: * The urgent need to increase bulk electricity and water capacity to fulfil the region’s economic growth and development needs with the munic ipality; * Engaging the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) and other relevant institutions to finalize the transfer of the status of water service authority back to the Makhado Municipality; * That the municipality should support LED proj ects, promote SMMEs, support entrepreneurship development in tourism, agriculture and mining within the context of the proposed Makhado/Mu sina Special Economic Zone (SEZ); * Procure machinery for street grading in vil lages; * Provide holistic and integrated wastemanage ment services in town and the rural areas; * Construct a city hall with multipurpose sports, recreational and retail facilities to attract provincial and national events and business; * Promote arts and culture by providing more recreational facilities, community halls, and stadi ums in all regions of the municipality; * Relooking at the town’s namechange ini tiative; and * To utilize the municipal aerodrome effectively for the economic benefit of the municipality. “Development is about people, and therefore the budget must be a reflection of their express wishes and an institutional commitment of resources to ad dress the needs of our people,” said Sinyosi. Many of the issues identified during the strategic planning The South African Air Force (SAAF) held its annual Air Capability Demonstration at the Roodewal weapons range on Wednesday, 31 May. workshop are thus already being addressed in the The battle simulation of the South African Air Force (SAAF) was started off in the afternoon with pathfinders being parachuted into the “battle 2017/18 capital budget. zone”. More photos on P4 (Contd on P2) “…our communities, through last year’s local government elections, have made a clarion call to this ANCled Council, that we must respect them, involve them, consult them, report to them when we plan and execute our municipal integrated development plans and projects,” said Sinyosi during her speech at the Dzanani Community Hall
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last Friday. Adding to this, she said that Council should critically reflect on the performance of the municipality during the 2015/16 financial year when mapping the way forward.
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