By Libuseng Nyaka
MAP Mayor Sarah moleleki
QWA QWA – The new Executive Mayor of Maluti A Phofung Maditaba Sarah Moleleki has pledged to intensify the war against poverty and inequality within the municipality and challenged citizens to join hands to tackle these social ills.
Speaking during her acceptance speech last week, Moleleki promised to accelerate development in the impoverished district.
Highlighting a sleuth of problems such as unreliable electricity network and supply across the municipality, no access to water in some parts or wards in the municipality, shortage of serviced sites both for housing and economic development, among others, Moleleki said such challenges needed to be dealt with decisively. Ageing infrastructure and bad access roads in the villages might appear insurmountable, but these can also be tackled, she said.
However, Moleleki said these challenges can only be dealt with if citizens join hands in the war against poverty and inequality.
“We need to deepen our resolve. Working together, we can do more and really ensure that councillors, ward committees, youth formations, organs of civil society and the private sector join hands for the benefit of MAP residents as a whole,” she said.
“And, in this path, we have to ensure partnership with the traditional leadership as well and respect the role they have or can play alongside us, the elected leaders.”
Moleleki said the decision by the ANC to change leadership at MAP must not be seen as neither an act of desperation nor lack of a sense of direction, but be viewed as an act of strengthening an arm of service delivery to the people. Moleleki took over Mofumahadi Mathokoana Mopeli.
Moleleki also promised to collaborate with all councillors, and the administration led by Madala Ntombela the Municipal Manager to chart a new path for development and service delivery.