The implementation of the local government back to basics strategy and the goal to turn Bokone Bophirima into a construction site, were the guiding ideals informing the work of the Department, for 2014/2015 financial year. This is according to Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Wendy Nelson when she tabled the Department Annual report on Tuesday.
MEC Nelson said creating functional municipalities, incentivising of performing municipalities, promoting human dignity through adequate housing as well as job creation, through accelerated construction projects, were the pillars upon which the department’s focus was anchored.
”At the commencement of the fifth administration, we set for ourselves the task to revolutionise and bring a new sense of service delivery urgency to our public servants. We embarked on a journey to bring in a paradigm shift that would implant bureaucracy as part of fast tracking transformation, through our Bokone Bophirima service delivery vehicle of Setsokotsane.
The implementation of our provincial priorities were inspired and driven by the pursuit for radical socio-economic transformation, with a special focus on villages, township and small dorpies (VTSD) economies and its central role in taking Bokone Bophirima Province forward”, she said.
She said the department had collaborated with the North West University’s Vaal campus, for the development of a scientific approach in dealing with critical areas of service delivery pertaining to our department. A report indicating the current status or rather progress on the research paper, has duly been submitted to the Portfolio Committee.
‘Whilst we acknowledge that much more still need to be done, our track record remains our inspiration and a beacon of hope towards the achievement of clean audits. Our focus is currently on enhancing key areas of internal controls, ensuring compliance with rules and regulations, boosting financial management capacity and implementing audit action plans’, she said.
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SOURCE: SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICIAL NEWS