The Neighbouring Mayor of Blouberg, Honourable Pheedi
State of the District Address and Budget Speech by the Executive Mayor of the Capricorn District Municipality His Worship Cllr John Mpe, Mohodi, Molemole 26 May 2017 Madam Speaker, the Programme director Kgoshigadi Manthata and your Council The host Mayor of Molemole municipality, honourable Paya The neighbouring Mayor of Blouberg, honourable Pheedi Lepelle-Nkumpi Mayor, honourable Sibanda Kekana Polokwane Executive Mayor, honourable Nkadimeng the Molemole speaker, Cllr Moreroa and other speaker from our local municipalities Chief-whip of CDM, Cllr Calvin Masoga and Chief-whips of our local municipalities Maapara-Nkwe, Mantona, Bakgoma le bakgomanan Members of the Mayoral Committee Executive committee members All councillors present from all our municipalities Representatives from Provincial Government Representatives from Eskom, RAL, SALGA, Lepelle Northern Water, Old Mutual, all financial institutions, institutions of higher learning Sports Academies and SAFA Capricorn Region My special guests from DEAFSA, Baswa le Meetse, local artists, Dendron High and its own SGB, all schools from Mohodi, Our acting municipal manager, Ms Thuli Shiburi All municipal managers present here Managers and officials from all our municipalities Media fraternity The community in large from all our municipalities, Blouberg, Molemole, Lepelle-Nkumpi and Polokwane Thobela, I am humbled by the opportunity given to me to be with you today here, to come and present the State of the District Address (SODA). The district which is a destiny of choice, an ideally district situated as a stopover, the convergence centre and the heartbeat of Limpopo and the economic nerve centre of our Province. INTRODUCTION This SODA takes place during the year in which one of the key architects of the free and democratic South Africa, Mr Oliver Reginald Tambo, would have turned 100 years old, had he lived.
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