Speech by North West Premier, Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, at the Salga North West Provincial Members Assembly Held on Sunday, 29 November 2020 in Rustenburg
SPEECH BY NORTH WEST PREMIER, PROF TEBOGO JOB MOKGORO, AT THE SALGA NORTH WEST PROVINCIAL MEMBERS ASSEMBLY HELD ON SUNDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2020 IN RUSTENBURG Programme Director, Chairperson of SALGA in the North West, Cllr Fetsang Molosiwa The entire leadership, membership and management of SALGA North West Speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature, Hon Suzan Dantje MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, Hon Mmoloki Cwaile MEC for Health, Hon Madoda Sambatha MEC for Provincial Treasury, Hon Motlalepule Rosho Members of the North West Provincial Legislature Chairperson of the North West House of Traditional Leaders, Kgosi Moshe Mabe Councillors Eskom representative, Ms Lona Manzana CEO of Magalies Water, Mr Sandile Mkhize Let’s Grow North West Together ---------------------- 1 | Page Chief Operating Officer of the Municipal Demarcation Board, Mr Aluwani Ramagadza Representatives of various institutions of higher learning Representatives of the Independent Electoral Commission Distinguished guests Members of the media Ladies and gentlemen Good morning. It is an honour and a privilege to stand before you this morning and be afforded an opportunity to address the annual Provincial Members Assembly of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in the North West. I speak to you at a time when we are at the crossroads, expected to chart a way forward for the future of local government in this province in at a period in our lives when the entire globe is been ravaged by the devastating and long-lasting effects of the novel Coronavirus, aptly known as COVID-19 to most of us. We have come to the realization that the global outbreak of the pandemic, and in South African in particular, has changed the face of service delivery forever; hence, we need to look at ways and means of Let’s Grow North West Together ---------------------- 2 | Page delivering basic municipal services to our communities in a different manner than we have attempted to do in the past.
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