President Ramaphosa Heads to Sedibeng to Lead Presidential Imbizo, Residents Speak Out On Service Delivery

• President Ramaphosa and his Cabinet will host the fourth Presidential Imbizo in the Sedibeng District Municipality on Friday
• The District Development Model Presidential Imbizo aims to mobilise all levels of government to develop districts and promote civil participation
• Executive Mayor of Sedibeng Lerato Maloka says the imbizo's outcome should be focused on intervention in the areas that need it most

JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa, accompanied by cabinet ministers, MECs and mayors, is set to lead an imbizo in the Sedibeng District Municipality on Friday 12 August.

eNCA reported that the imbizo is to assess service delivery in the district, comprising the Lesedi, Midvaal and Emfuleni municipalities.

According to SABC News, the largest municipality of the three, Emfuleni, is currently under administration by the provincial government because it has been subject to rampant maladministration and virtually non-existent service delivery for many years.

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Lerato Maloka, executive Mayor of the Sedibeng District Municipality, would like focused interventions to arise from the imbizo.

According to the district mayor, the first priority is to address the issues related to the sewerage system in Emfulemi. The administration will then focus on growing the economy of the Vaal.

Maloka said:

“We can’t get there before we fix the sewer. So that is the issue that we are pressuring the national government that we must move with speed. People want to see progress, people what to see delivery.”

Maloka added that Sedibeng should be declared a Special Economic Zone to drive investment to the area and address the high levels of unemployment.

South Africans react to the imbizo

Some people see the imbizo as a good initiative, while others believe it will not bring any true results.

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Here are some comments:

@LindaNgqulunga commented:

"Waste of time, there will be no action."

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the step-aside resolution is here to stay despite calls to scrap it

Briefly News reported that the African National Congress's policy conference kicked off on Friday, 29 July, in Nasrec, Johannesburg, with President Cyril Ramaphosa taking a swipe at the mounting calls to get rid of the step-aside resolution.

While delivering the keynote address, Ramaphosa stated that it would not be possible to turn back on the resolution that forces ANC members to step aside from their position when facing criminal charges.

The step aside rule was adopted at the ANC's 54th national conference as a means to tackle corruption, according to SowetanLIVE. Several provinces such as Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal have been against the step-aside resolution and sought to use the policy conference as a means to get it revoked.

Source: Briefly News