N O R T H W E S T e-NewsUpdate 15 November 2019 Fraud and corruption, the biggest hindrance to economic and social development – Premier North West Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro, is seen here interacting with community members in Brits and Letlhabile during the Anti-Corruption and Ethics Roadshow Thebeetsile Keameditse Anti-Corruption and Ethics Roadshow and and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). services and misappropriation of allocated distributed anti-fraud and corruption Premier Mokgoro believes that if the funds because fraud and corruption have RITS – Fraud and corruption pose messages, said the living condition of the government and the public can embark on a the ability to weaken the same social and a serious threat to human and people would never improve if fraud and continuous ght against the scourge of economic foundations on which growth is Beconomic development as it corruption were allowed to ourish in fraud and corruption, it will assist to dependent,” added the Premier. creates instability in public institutions and public institutions. “The effects of rampant safeguard business and economy, and He said with systems put in place goes a long way in undermining the rule of fraudulent behaviour and corruption by ensure an improved service delivery to towards the end of the 5th Administration law, democratic values and society at large. those that have been given the mandate and communities. last year in provincial departments and in This was said by North West Premier, task of overlooking public institutions “Fraud and corruption have become public entities, he was condent that they Prof Tebogo Job Mokgoro, during the leads to poor service delivery, inefcient one of the biggest hindrances to economic would curb and eventually end fraudulent Anti-Corruption and Ethics Roadshow in use of allocated resources and negatively and social development, especially in sub- and corrupt practices in government. Madibeng Local Municipality to affects the standard of living of the people Saharan Africa and more specically, post- The Premier urged communities to commemorate the Fraud Awareness Week, who are meant to receive quality basic and liberation African states for the last 50 partner with government and report aimed at highlighting effects of fraud and life improving services,” Mokgoro said. years, if not more. “Africans who have incidents of fraud and corruption to corruption. Other stakeholders who were part of the been on the receiving end of corrupt relevant bodies, as part of efforts to root out The Premier, who interacted with roadshow included the Directorate for governments have been the hardest hit the scourge of fraud and corruption, once residents of Brits and Letlhabile during the Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) because of economic decline, lack of basic and for all in government. Deliver services within allocated budget, depts told Vincent Mooki time we make our people understand be realized in line with cost containment where this country is going. For us to measures, without impacting negatively on uring her Provincial Medium- survive, we need to ask ourselves how do effective and efcient service delivery Term Expenditure Committee we create an enabling environment for machinery. She cautioned that it could not D(PMTEC) engagement with economic growth and development,” said be business as usual and consequence provincial departments and public entities, Rosho. management had to be implemented where Finance MEC, Motlalepula Rosho, The week-long engagements were part spending was not realized. indicated that the imminent budget of a budgetary process conducted annually The MEC said all future budget reduction of their baseline budget should in October by the Provincial Treasury, and proposals had to be accompanied by a not, in any way, compromise the quality of were attended by MECs, Heads of credible business plan and the principle of service delivery to communities or lead to Departments, Chief Financial Ofcers and “no business case, no plan, no budget” job losses. senior managers where they demonstrated would be implemented. She emphasized She said with the envisaged budget how they were able to respond to budgetary that the Provincial Treasury was no longer cuts, departments and entities should learn constraints and economic challenges g o i n g t o f u n d p r o j e c t s w i t h o u t to deliver services within projected facing the country. comprehensive business plans. Finance MEC, Motlalepula Rosho, had an Departments and public entities made She said in most instances departments engagement with the Provincial Medium-Term reduced baseline. Expenditure Committee “It's a watertight shoestring budget and presentations on a number of expenditure under-spend because there was no clear we need to live with what we have. As a aspects relating to nancial and non- plan of how funds would be used with country, we are not doing very well in nancial performance and what remedial specic time-frames. She said budget Model. The engagement also sought to terms of economic growth and the budget plans have been put in place to jack up proposal should also be aligned in order to ensure the alignment of provincial and cuts will affect all departments and public spending where perennial under spending support the delivery of services in an national priorities. The outcome of the entities. “Sometimes we need to take hard challenges had been encountered. They i n t e g r a t e d m a n n e r t h r o u g h t h e PMTEC will be presented to the Executive and unpopular decisions and it is about also identied areas where savings could implementation of District Development Council. Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T Page02 e-NewsUpdate MuniMEC Forum in Dr KK welcomes efforts to support SMME development procurement value chain. The MEC indicated that the forum had to put more emphasis on high impact outcomes as opposed to small scale projects with no impact. “One of our biggest challenge as the province is the response time on proposals submitted for funding and this forum needs to address such gaps and come up with means of improvement.” Director for Local Economic Development in the Matlosana Local Municipality, Lucky Fourie, commended the establishment of the forum and said the collaborative effort would compel municipalities and the department to work together to ensure municipalities were at the forefront of the province's economic growth initiatives. Municipalities were encouraged to review their by-laws to be in line with the department's legislation on environmental MEC Kenetswe Mosenogi addressing the MuniMEC Forum in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District services, North West Business Licensing and Liquor Licensing Acts, in order to strengthen business compliance and Seloane Seleka recent Provincial MuniMEC engagements propensity of job creation with a multiplier enforcement in the province. the MEC had with municipalities. impact in the economy. Mosenogi said the next forum meeting he North West province is set for a The purpose of the meeting was to Mosenogi told members of the forum should be in a position to present a local major make-over as Economic provide a platform for deliberation on that enterprise development was at the economic development assessment report TDevelopment, Environment, priorities of the 6th Administration and the heart of the department's growth plan, outlining, amongst others, the skills Conservation and Tourism MEC, alignment of service delivery plans while also highlighting persistent development and red tape reduction plans Kenetswe Mosenogi, repositions the between the provincial and local bottlenecks such as red tapes by funding for businesses. This will assist to evaluate relationship with municipalities to support government. According to Mosenogi, the institutions and the ease of doing business the strength and capacity of projects with SMMEs and Co-operative development. forum's drive is to develop a technical in the province. Discussions had more the potential to create major economic The MEC met with the Dr Kenneth model of evaluating government's support distinction on ways to strengthen the opportunities for the people of the Kaunda District Municipality's Members to small businesses and co-operatives, collaborative efforts to support small province. The forum resolved that the of Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Local ensuring that funding is directed to businesses and co-operatives, and how to department would develop a protocol Economic Development, Environment and enterprises with the potential of achieving link funded enterprises with bigger governance structure to allow proper Tourism as per resolution taken during the the highest degree of success and the markets, anchored on government consultation and co-ordination. MEC engages with Mahikeng LM intervention team Local Municipality intervention team to “The amount of money that we spent on The Mahikeng Local Municipality was unlock service delivery challenges and administrators is a lot, and it is money that initially placed under administration in change the face of the municipality. could have been used elsewhere. The team terms of Section 137 of Municipal Finance MEC Kegakilwe met with the Mahikeng must therefore work around the clock to Management Act (MFMA), last year. Local Municipality Executive Mayor, Cllr address all challenges and make sure the The intervention was escalated to Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs MEC, Mothibedi Betty Diakanyo, Speaker Thedius Nebe intervention at the municipality comes to Section 139(b) of the Constitution of the Kegakilwe and Chief Whip, Gape Kgwadibane and an end next month,” he told the Republic of South Africa, due to a collapse the intervention team last week, to discuss intervention team. He advised the team to of service delivery, governance and t h e c u r r e n t i n t e r v e n t i o n a t t h e prioritise the lling of the vacant position administration instability and it continued Dineo Thapelo municipality.