NOLUVO MGIJIMA
SERVICE delivery formed part of the key issues discussed at a one-day District Development Model (DDM) workshop in EmaXesibeni last Friday, August 15.
The workshop was attended by various government departments and traditional leaders. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Nokuzola Capa led the DDM workshop and engaged the leadership from the Alfred Nzo District Municipality including local municipalities, government departments and traditional leaders to outline roles in the implementation of the District’s One Plan.
The DDM was designed to address problems of service delivery by allowing all spheres of government, from a local to national level, to work together.
This will improve the government’s planning, budgeting and implementation of projects and programmes for acceleration of service delivery.
Deputy Minister Capa and Minister for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Mzwanele Nyhontso were appointed as champions to spearhead initiatives related to DDM within the district.
Capa said the workshop was to remind all government officials about channels of reporting especially to people living in rural areas.
“As the government, we have a duty to inform our people about service delivery. People must know the allocated budgets of their areas so they do not get frustrated when something is not delivered,” she said.
Alfred Nzo District Municipality Mayor Vukile Mhlelembana said the DDM concept has been in operation in the district.
