N O R T H W E S T e-NewsUpdate 30 September 2019 A deal to work together - NWPG and NWU NW Premier Prof Job Mokgoro and NWU Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi singing the MoU Shaking hands to seal the deal is Premier Prof Job Mokgoro and Prof Dan Kgwadi Bonolo Mohlakoana cooperation on diverse areas of mutual “Continued learning and development The MoU is a ve-year plan to work interest, this varies from different aspects within the public service will also be together, which is subject to review in line OTCHEFSTROOM — The North of societal developments such as research, central to our collaboration, taking into with the planning cycle of government, West Provincial Government, science development, innovation, poverty consideration that we are working to have with the Ofce of the Premier being the co- Prepresented by Premier Prof Job alleviation projects, agricultural our Ikatisong School of Governance fully ordinating agent for executing the MoU. Mokgoro, and the North West University development, health and sports, amongst functional,” said Premier Mokgoro, adding “We hope to see citizens of the North (NWU), represented by the Vice- others. that the provincial government could only West, especially the youth, taking Chancellor, Prof Dan Kgwadi, have Speaking during the signing ceremony, do better and faster by collaborating with advantage of programmes or plan that will recently entered into a Memorandum of Premier Mokgoro highlighted that central the university. be actioned as part of the MoU, and we Understanding (MoU), which will see the to this collaboration was the pursuit to full “It is always a great pleasure for us as look forward to working together with the t w o i n s t i t u t i o n s e n h a n c i n g t h e the constitutional statutory mandates of the the University to work together with NWU so that together we can move North collaboration which has been shared for two institutions, and to assist the provincial i m p o r t a n t s t a k e h o l d e r s s u c h a s West forward,” said Prof Mokgoro. over 20 years. government in attaining targets set out in government, and as we avail our service to Present to witness the signing of this Signed at the NWU's Potchefstroom the National Development Plan 2030. the provincial government, we commit to MoU was Health MEC, Madoda campus - where the Premier also delivered “We are looking forward to identifying treat this as a memorandum of action,” said Sambatha, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dr a lecture to postgraduate students on the priority areas as indicated in the MoU, with Prof Kgwadi, reiterating that the Daryl Balia, as well as senior government nature of strategic planning in the public our key focus on how to improve delivery University was able and ready to deliver in ofcials and lecturers from the NWU, sector - the MoU provides a framework for of services at local level. all areas of the MoU. Potchefstroom campus. Batlhako Ba Leema ba neelwa pegelo ya bogosi itemogela dikgwetlho ka ga tsamaiso tsaya tshwetso ya gore mosadi wa go reba dikgotlhang le go fokotsa go ya ya bogosi mo e bileng bo lwelwang. moswi, e bong Nkibi Batleng, a etelele kwa kgotlatshekelo, go ne ga thapiwa Batlhako ba Leema kwa motseng wa morafe pele mo boemong jwa motsereganyi, Abel Dlamini. Le go Tlhatlhaganyane ke bangwe ba bogosi mosetsana wa gagwe yo o neng a sa ntse go le jalo, dikgotlhang tsa bogosi ba ba iphitlhelang ba le mo seemomg sa ntse a le mmotlana. Go supiwa ga Nkibi di ne tsa pala go rarabologa mme go nna jalo. Go ya ka pegelo ya go ne ga tlisa dikgotlhang mo morafeng bothata jono bo ne jwa fetisediwa go khomishene e e neng e batlisisa dintlha le bangwe ba bogosi jwa Batlhako ba motsereganyi wa khomishene ya ka tsa bogosi jono, morago ga gore Leema. tsamaiso ya bogosi. Kgosi Sebe Godon Ntuane a tlhokafale, Seno se ne sa pateletsa Tonakgolo ya Ka ntlha ya fa go ne go sa tlhelelwe go ne ga tlhongwa morwae e bong porofense ya Bokone Bophirima ya ka tharabololo, go ne ga tlhongwa gape Kgosi Leema Batleng, ka ngwaga wa nako eo, Edna Molewa, go tlhoma khomishene ya ga Moatlhodi George Tonakgolo ya Bokone Bophirima, Prof Job 1995. khomishene ya dipatlisiso ka ngwaga Maluleke. Tonakgolo Job Mokgoro o Mokgoro Jaaka e ne e le tlwaelo mo wa 2009 go leka go rarabolola bothata ne a kopana le malapa a a amegang a malobeng, ngwana wa mosimane o ne a jono. bogosi go tla go neelana ka pegelo. Lillian Sebolao ka dirisa gongwe go tsaya leina la ga Khomishene e ne e eteletswe pele ke Tharabololo ya khomishene e ne ya nna rraagwemogolo go le dirisa jaaka moatlhodi yo ka nako eo o neng a rotse ya gore serubi sa bogosi se kopane go sefane sa gagwe. Kgosi Leema Ntuane tiro, Judge Khumalo. Ka ntlha ya supa yo e leng ena a tshwanentsweng o lebega fa bogosi bo sa tlhole o ne a dirisa leina la ga rraagwemogolo mabaka a a neng a se mo taolong, ke bogosi jwa Batlhako ba Leema. bo tlotliwa gonne go le gantsi la Batleng mo boemong jwa Ntuane. Moatlhodi Khumalo ga a ka a tswelela Seno se raya gore go tshwanetse ga Gfa kgosi e sena go tlhokafala, Leema o ne a tlhokafala ka ngwaga wa ka tiro eno mme Moporofesara tlhotlhomisiwa gape gore ke mang dirubi tsa bogosi di simolola go 2004 mme a tlogela bana ba basetsana Maithu o ne a tlhophiwa jaaka mong wa bogosi le gore fa ba sena go e t s a e t s e g a m m e g o n n e l e ba le babedi. modulasetilo wa khomishene, mme le kopana le go ithuna, ba kwalele dikgogakgogano tsa gore bogosi tota ke Seno se ne sa tlhagisa matsapa mo ena o ne a kopa go ikgogela morago, Tonakgolo mo malatsing a le 30 go mo jwa lelapa le le rileng go na le la kgosi e ntlong ya bogosi, kgang e le gore ba morago ga gore a amogele kgakololo itsise ka ga tshwetso ya bona. e tlhokafetseng. tlile go supa mang go etelela morafe ya semolao. Tonakgolo Mokgoro o amogetse Mo porofenseng ya Bokone pele. Ka Ferikgong wa ngwaga wa Ka ntlha ya fa matlole a morafe a ne pegelo ya khomishene le go nesetsa Bophirima metse e le mentsi e 2005, khuduthamaga ya bogosi e ne ya a setse a simolotse go tlhaela, go leka pula yo o tla supiwang jaaka kgosi. Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T Page02 e-NewsUpdate Govt committed to turn around state of municipalities Kelepile Mokaila Treasury, we will not accept and tolerate m a l i c i o u s c o m p l i a n c e w h e r e b y inance MEC, Motlalepula Rosho, municipalities just submit nancial says the current administration is statements full of errors. We will again not Fcommitted to turn around the state accept and tolerate nancial statements of municipalities in the province to ensure which cannot be supported by evidence. accountability, sound nancial discipline By so saying, Provincial Treasury will not and adherence to legislations to improve accept and tolerate a situation where audit future audit outcomes. ndings are not resolved because the The MEC was speaking at a hand-over municipality does not know how to ceremony of Annual Financial Statements respond to ndings,” she added. (AFS) by municipalities to the ofce of the Business Executive from Auditor- Auditor-General for audit purpose. General South Africa, Success Marota, The submission of AFS is in accordance took municipal ofcials through the with Section 261 of the Municipal analysis of the ten-year review of audit Financial Management Act (MFMA), Act outcomes, recent amendment of the Public No 56 of 2003, which states that: “The Audit Act with specic focus on roles and accounting ofcer of a municipality must Ditsobotla Local Municipality's Municipal Manager, Abbey Metswamere and the Mayor Daniel responsibilities of Accounting Ofcers in prepare the annual nancial statements of Buthelezi after handing over sets of Annual Financial Statements (AFS) to Finance MEC, preventing, avoiding and reporting Motlalepula Rosho and the Ofce of the Auditor General South Africa the municipality and within two months irregularities, Executive Authority and after the end of the nancial year to which oversight bodies functions in dealing with those statements relate, submit the processes were being outed without any give such intense support, but that support such irregularities. statement to the Auditor-General for consequent management for perpetrators. does not translate into improved nancial He said the Auditor-General South auditing.” “I need to point out that it is very much management,” she warned. Africa will take a phased in approach in MEC Rosho said it was disappointing concerning that the state of nancial Rosho added that municipal councils implementing the amendments and have and heart breaking that the recent audit management continues to deteriorate, and were supposed to play oversight on the started with the Department of Community reports in the local government sphere this is due to ofcials deliberately administration in order to ensure that laws, Safety and Transport Management, and depicted weaknesses in governance and disregarding laws, regulations as well as regulations as well as policies were N g a k a M o d i r i M o l e m a D i s t r i c t political oversight.