NDP - The Heartbeat of the Nation: Vision 2030 November Issue The Official Newsletter of the North West Province Legislature 2 NDP - The Heartbeat of the Nation Vision 2030 Contents Page Page No. REGULARS Vision and Mission of the North West Provincial Legislature .............................................................................................................................. 2 Editor’s note - Sethunya Moss Kgafela ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 Ditshwaelo tsa Motseleganyi - Sethunya Moss Kgafela .................................................................................................................................... 5 Redakteur se nota - Sethunya Moss Kgafela ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Speaker’s corner - Hon. Sussana Dantjie ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Sekhutlhwana sa Mmusakgotla - Hon. Sussana Dantjie .............................................................................................................................. 9 Speaker’s Hoek .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Acronyms/Mainakhutshwe.................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 NEW ARTICLES Reconciliation, Healing and Renewal Programme-The show goes on and the Province is the main beneficiary - Senzile Dabula ...... 11 Know your Legislature Programme, Hon. Speaker addresses Ventersdorp Community - Sethunya Moss Kgafela .............................. 12 The North West Transport Investments interim board accounts to the Portfolio Committee - Sethunya Moss Kgafela.............................. 13 Local government - Kabo Letlhogela ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 The House passes the 2015/16 Appropriation Bill - . Senzi Dabula ............................................................................................................ 16 Hon. Speaker welcomes new members of the Legislature - Namhla Luhabe .......................................................................................... 17 The long serving Member of the Legislature gets a deserved send-off - Namhla Luhabe ........................................................................ 18 Water is the important Commodity - Sethunya Moss Kgafela ........................................................................................................................ 19 Agricultural Portfolio Committee meets Potchesfstoom Agricultural College - Senzile Dabula .................................................................. 21 Scopa engages Public Works Department - Kabo Letlhogela .................................................................................................................. 22 Through the lens of the camera .................................................................................................................................................................. 23 2015/16 Programme of the Legislature ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Left to right: Deputy Secretary: Ms. Mpho Maleme, Exercutive The Honourable Speaker with the Support Staff Manager in the office of the Speaker: Mr. Tebogo Chaane with Moruti Thebe at Ventersdorp - Engaging with the Legislation programme during the Engaging with the Legislature Programme in Ventersdorp NDP - The Heartbeat of the Nation Vision 2030 3 Editor’s Note November is for many of us what December is to others. There is a lot of good eating, friendly visits and starry-eyed planning for the year ahead. Just as sleep is necessary for our body, similarly holidays are important for relaxation and change for they provide relief from the monotony of our daily routine and they are important for our mental and emotional well-being. Holidays! Holidays! Holidays who does not wait for holidays? Holidays give us a break from our routine and help us to refresh ourselves and go back to work with renewed energy however, they are not only meant for enjoying but also for pursuing our hobbies and interests. For us, holidays are also meant to recharge our batteries. The time to spread the message of love, harmony and peace is upon us and of course this is the time to be showered with gifts and wishes however above all, this is the time when the love of God The Almighty and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts, deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God. travel back in time when you read, you can live another Looking back at what transpired throughout the year, we persons’ life you can become a police detective and observe that there are many issues weighing not only on solve murders. Reading is more than that though ... it is ourselves but on our Province, Country at large and to a building your vocabulary while gaining knowledge and it larger extent to the global world especially the issues that is shutting out the real world and entering into a world are related to economic growth, xenophobia, terrorism, that you've chosen. climate change and many more. So, welcome to our November edition, enjoy the read. Our content for the respective months of December and Let us all go down on our knees and pray God to give us January editions will not be similar to what you are used rain while at the same time we make sure that we to. Our approach will be slightly different due to the fact preserve this all important commodity (water) by using it that the Legislature will be in recess hence there will not sparingly and carefully. be much of the Legislature related activities such as over- sights and public participation programmes. God be with you, enjoy the festive season and act responsibly. Be that as it may, please note that the message of the Provincial Speaker of the Legislature Hon. Sussana Pilediwa e a lwelwa!! Dantjie is contained in this edition, just hear what she has to tell us. In this edition, please be invited kindly to read about the “Engaging with the Legislature Programme”, learn about the engagement of the Ventersdorp Commu- nity and the Legislature. What is happening at the NTI, Sethunya Moss Kgafela read on and get to know first-hand. The long serving member of the Provincial Legislature Hon. Chris Hatting, has left the Provincial Legislature, find out why and where to. Read about the new Honourable Members sworn in recently. Remember, reading takes you places that you can't go until you've stepped inside the pages of a book. You can 4 NDP - The Heartbeat of the Nation Vision 2030 Ditshwaelo tsa Motseleganyi Go bontsi jwa rona kgwedi ya Ngwanaitseele e jaaka fela seo kgwedi ya Sedimonthole e leng sona go ba bangwe. Go jewa dijo tse di monate, go a etelanwa, go dirwa le dithula- ganyo tsa dikeletso tsa ngwaga o o tlang. Fela jaaka boroko bo siametse mebele ya rona, malatsi a boikhutso le ona a botlhok- wa mo boiketlong le mo phetogong ka gonne a re ikhutsisa ditiro tsa rona tsa letsatsi le letsatsi tse di lapisang tse di jesang bodutu; gape malatsi a boikhutso a botlhokwa mo boitekanelong jwa maikutlo le ditlhaloganyo tsa rona. Malatsi a boikhutso! Malatsi a boikhutso! Malatsi a boikhutso! Ke mang yo o sa leteleng malatsi a boikhutso? Malatsi a boikhutso a dira gore re ikhutse re emisenyana ka ditiro tsa tlwaelo; a re thusa ka go re tsosolosa a a re ntšhwafatsa gore re boele kwa ditirong tsa rona re tletse mafolofolo. Mme fela, ga a direlwa fela boitha- biso le monate; a diretswe gape gore re a dirise go latela dikgatlhegelo tsa rona. Mo go rona, malatsi a boikhutso a diretswe gape go re ntšhwafatsa mafolofolo kgotsa go re dira matlhagatlhaga. Nako ya go phatlhalatsa molaetsa wa lorato, kutlwisisano kopano kgotsa ikgolaganyo ya Baagi ba Ventersdorp le le kagiso e fitlhile; gape ke nako ya gore re abelane Kgotlatheomolao. Go diragala eng kwa NTI? Buisa gore dimpho le dikeletso; mme fela, godimo ga tsotlhe, e ke o tle o itse pele go diragala. Leloko le le dirileng nako e nako ya gore lorato lwa Modimo Mothatiyotlhe ga mmogo e leele mo Kgotlatheomolaong ya Porofense e, Motlotle- le lorato lwa bangwe ka rona lo rene go fenya letlhoo le gi Chris Hatting, o rotse tiro mo Kgotlatheomolaong ya bosula; nako ya gore dikakanyo le ditiro tsa rona ga Porofense, buisa o bone gore goreng? Le gore o ile mmogo le mewa ya rona di bontshe kgotsa di supe kae? Buisa ka ga Batlotlegi ba bantšhwa ba ba boModimo. ikanneng maloba. Fa re leba kwa morago go tseo di diragetseng ngwaga Gakologelwa, go buisa go go isa kwa o se kitlang o ya otlhe, re itemogela gore go na le mathata le dikgwetlho gona fa e se fela gore o tsene mo ditsebeng tsa buka o tse di sa tshwenyeng rona fela mme di imela le Poro- buise. Fa o buisa, o kgona go busetsa nako morago; o fense ya rona, Naga ka bophara, segolo jang le lefatshe kgona go tshela botshelo jwa motho yo mongwe; o lotlhe; thatathata dikgwetlho