N O R T H W E S T e-NewsUpdate 29 November 2019 Finance MEC warns against underspending takes into account provincial as well as national roll-overs, movement of funds between votes to improve spending and delivery of services and virement of funds. “In our quest for delivery of quality services to our people, it is important for us to re-assess how we conduct our business. We are constrained by the need to consolidate our resources and intensify our efforts to address economic constraints, improve growth performance, create work opportunities and broaden economic participation. “Government is responding to the situation by addressing nancial mismanagement, reprioritization of spending and redirecting savings to critical service delivery issues,” said Rosho. Speaking about municipalities, the MEC said the decay in the state of nancial North West Finance MEC, Motlalepula Rosho management in municipalities was a stark reality faced by the province, and that this was evident in unfunded budgets that Kleintjie Kraai provincial infrastructure performance that statement. She also said consistent municipalities continue to adopt, the remained plagued with poor planning, with that statement, departments which consistently increasing debtors and implementation and the glaring lack of were under performing would be revised creditors book, unauthorised, irregular and consequence management. downwards, and that such reduced funding wasteful expenditure and the general non- o r t h We s t F i n a n c e M E C , “This leads to underspending of would inform the 2020 MTEF allocation. compliance with the MFMA as well as Motlalepula Rosho, says appro- allocations as well as scope and cost “The process of allocation is going to be poor audit outcomes. Npriate infrastructure investment is variations that have been observed in the much stricter in the new nancial year and “This call for the implementation of an becoming critical to the province rst half of the current nancial year, infrastructure readiness assessment aggressive and robust support, including considering a decline in the economy, making infrastructure the biggest sessions will be conducted by the i n t e r v e n t i o n s b y t h e p r o v i n c i a l increasing unemployment and the contributor to the underspending of the Provincial Treasury in January 2020 prior government. Section 154 (1) of the unsustainable levels of infrastructure province,” she said. to the nal allocation,” she said. Constitution requires National and backlogs. Rosho warned that the “No plan, No The North West province has not Provincial Government to support the Rosho was speaking during the budget” principle pronounced in the received additional funding in relation to capacity of municipalities to manage their provincial adjustment budget speech at the budget speech earlier this year, remained equitable share for the 2019/20 adjustment affairs, to exercise their powers and to Provincial Legislature, where she said the and that Treasury would remain truthful to budget. The adjustment budget therefore perform their functions,” said Rosho. Security cluster is ready to work towards a safe festive season – Premier Thebeetsile Keameditse doing, you will also be ensuring the safety on the road and reducing the carnage associated with the festive season on our ARIKANA – North West roads,” added the Premier. Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro, has Samkelo Shezi, 37, of Marikana Ext 3, Mpronounced the province's was extremely excited that government readiness to strive towards a safe and was making efforts to ensure peace and incident free festive season for all who will safety in Marikana. be within the borders of the province and “We sometimes live in fear and we are beloved country. unable to walk around freely, especially at The Premier was speaking during the night. We want our freedom back. We also Provincial Safer Festive Season want to work with the police to reduce Operations at Wonderkop Stadium in criminality in all Marikana areas, Marikana, with a theme: Zizojika Izinto - especially during festive season,” said Turning the tide against crime. Shezi. Mokgoro also indicated that crime North West Premier, Prof Job Mokgoro, speaking during the Safer Festive Season Addressing residents of Marikana and Operations in Marikana was a concern to every citizen and that the members of the South African Police ght against crime should go beyond Service (SAPS) and other law enforcement reliance on members of SAPS. agencies, Premier Mokgoro said SAPS as a attraction places and other public areas,” The Premier said with the Safer Festive “Community safety should entail an leading law enforcement agency, working said Mokgoro. Season Campaign, the province was integrated and collective approach by all jointly with other stakeholders would During this period there is normally making it known to all that, indeed, the government departments and citizens. ensure that throughout the festive period heighted movement of people across the festive period was upon us and the safety of While the police are there to ensure our and beyond, all communities are and feel country as well as those who will be using all South Africans was sacrosanct. s a f e t y i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e i r safe. borders to come in and out of South Africa. “It is our humble plea to motorists and constitutional mandate, we cannot leave “We expect you to turn the tide against As one of the provinces which serve as a all other road users to obey the rules of the everything in their hands,” cautioned the crime and ensure that members of the gateway to Southern Africa, the vigilance road, to buckle up, not to drink and drive as Premier, who wished all South Africans a community are and feel safe whether at of the law enforcement agencies will be at well as ensuring that they stick to the peaceful and safe festive season. home, shopping centres, roads, tourist its peak. prescribed speed limit at all times. By so Together We Move North West Province Forward N O R T H W E S T Page02 e-NewsUpdate Economic Development hosts Mining Roundtable Keorapetse Mosipidi however, the unnecessary imports for goods which could be supplied by local manufacturers were costing the North West orth West provincial government, province innumerable jobs and much- in partnership with the provincial needed economic momentum. No f c e o f t h e I n d u s t r i a l Delivering the keynote address, Acting Development Corporation (IDC), recently Premier and Health MEC, Madoda held the rst North West Mining Sambatha, said the roundtable discussion Roundtable in Hartbeespoort, Pecanwood. was a proper structural co-ordination to Speaking at the Roundtable, Economic ensure shared common objectives and Development, Environment, Conservation areas of developments where the mining and Tourism MEC, Kenetswe Mosenogi industry was involved. expressed the need for mining houses and “Together, we need to open up the the provincial government to work industry for local entrepreneurs and together in growing the economy of the surrounding communities where 60% of province. Acting Premier and Health MEC, Madoda Sambatha, speaking at the Mining Roundtable procurement is targeted for localisation. "In our quest to improve service We have no interest in minerals which are delivery and to build an inclusive economy extracted by the mines, but in the value it which promotes entrepreneurship, the creates and the sustainable benets to the province should work with mining houses economic development objectives of the to ensure mining companies procure province. capital goods, services and consumables “Help us as government to realise your within the province and contribute to the value in contributing to the economic value development of local entrepreneurs," said chain of the province,” said the Acting Mosenogi. Premier. The roundtable was bidentied as a The discussions included the proper co- strategic platform to forge stronger o r d i n a t i o n o f m i n i n g l i c e n c e s , relations between the provincial opportunities for women in the mining government and mining houses to improve industry, procurement from local alignment between planning and suppliers, traditional authorities' role in the investment initiatives which cover the industry, community development and entire value chain and discover economic development objectives. opportunities for economic localisation in MECs Kenetswe Mosenogi, Gordon Kegakilwe and Head of Department, Lufuno Tshikovhi The Acting Premier, in presenting the province. resolutions of the event, he said the The event was further to engage on department would create a provincial investment initiatives of the public sector A c c o r d i n g t o M o s e n o g i , t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e N a t i o n a l industry working group that would and corporate social investments, as well department is still of the opinion that Development Plan,” she emphasized. collectively identify key issues that hinder as other development initiatives of various Corporate Social Investment and other She touched on priorities of the sixth localization and solutions that would mining companies operating in the development programmes are sometimes administration such as manufacturing, create a conducive environment to bring province. implemented on an ad hoc basis and Social green economy and agro-processing as more opportunities for the people of the Mosenogi added that the provincial Labour Plans and other development and some of the province's immediate policy province. government recognised that the mining investment initiatives are implemented milestones aimed at broadening the The provincial government will create sector had made signicant strides to co- without proper consultations and economic footprint of the province.