Limpopo Mirror 23 April 2021

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In the picture (from left to right) Mr Moses Thovhakale (SKCC’s spokesperson), Mr Mathakha Mabatha (SKCC’s deputy treasurer), Ms Tiny Sinthumule (SKCC’s secretary general) and Mbavhalelo Ramulumo (SKCC’s treasurer). Picture: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho.

Fix the roads that kill us

(SKCC) staged a march from Madombidzha to Makhado The ongoing carnage on the Municipality’s offices in Louis roads in the Sinthumule and Trichardt. The group of protesKutama areas have sparked tors handed over a memoranrenewed anger among comdum in which their grievances munity members residing are explained. The issues raised in that area. In the latest by the SKCC include the lack of incident, which happened maintenance of infrastructure on Tuesday (20th), a girl was and the unequal “sharing” of injured and had to be taken job opportunities. to hospital for treatment. According to the spokesperResidents believe that the bad son for the SKCC, Mr Moses state of the roads is the major Thovhakale, all the villages in contributing factor leading to the areas have decided to unite deaths and injuries. and form a non-profit organisation to fight the system that Last Thursday, a group hinders development. This calling themselves the SinthuNPO will endeavour to ensure mule-Kutama Crisis Committee that services are delivered in By Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

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the areas and on time. “We are now 1000% sure that we were misled during the (earlier) march that took place at Louis Trichardt, which occurred under a one-day shutdown,” said Thovhakale. “The assuring proof is the current manner in which the Department of Public Works, Road and Infrastructure and the contractor are working on the road. The manner is not acceptable and not in line with the grievances of the people written in the memorandum that was submitted during the shutdown.” Thovhakale said that those in charge of the road must

know that their incompetence is continuously causing the deaths of people. “Road D959, which extends to road D3715, needs total rehabilitation,” said SKCC’s chairperson, Ungani Tseisi. “We are surprised to see the contractor and the department patching potholes. We have engaged a lot with the people in charge of the road project, who played a game of running in circles with us.” He added that Makhado Municipality’s mayor, Cllr Samuel Munyai, had also been engaged to help the residents resolve the predicament. “The deadline of his feedback has passed by months,” Tseisi said. “We feel

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that Sinthumule and Kutama are not being taken seriously like other communities and our rights with respect to public participation in governance are being infringed.” During last Thursday’s march, the SKCC handed over a memorandum signed by about 100 residents. According to Tseisi, some of their members could not attend the march because of work commitments. The mayor met the group outside the municipal offices and accepted their memo. He commended them on the peaceful march and said that the municipality was riddled with service delivery “challeng-

es”, mostly because of limited resources. Munyai explained that the municipality had 38 wards with about 265 villages. He asked the group to be patient and promised to investigate the demands and respond. Meanwhile, Tseisi said that the people had convened and decided to do the #TAG1000SIGNATURES campaign, which meant that they would write and submit a petition containing more than 1000 signatures from the people of the Sinthumule and Kutama areas. (Continues on page 2)


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