02 Sep 2025

 Mahalapye District Council is doing everything in its power to ensure timely service delivery and equitable distribution of developments within the district.

Speaking during a full council session recently, Member of Parliament for Mahalapye East, Mr Augustine Nyatanga commended departmental heads of Mahalapye District for timely service delivery and ensuring equitable distribution of resources within the district.

Mr Nyatanga who is also Assistant Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, applauded the district for the hard work, noting they were faced with challenges but addressed them appropriately.

“I trust in you and your abilities to work together in making Mahalapye grow and bringing visible developments in the village,” he said.

He advised the district to be considerate of high unemployment rate of the youth and that companies awarded contracts should expedite paying their employees on time. Mr Nyatanga observed that skilled youth were on the streets  and urged companies to employ locals rather than bringing people from outside Mahalapye.

Moreover, he said was worrying that some security companies engaged by the council failed to pay employees as well as subjecting them to unfair treatment. He urged the district to encourage security companies to abide by labour laws to avoid skirmishes with the law.

Member of Parliament for Mahalapye West, Mr David Tshere however decried lack of developments in his area of jurisdiction and wanted to know why his constituency was lagging behind.

Mr Tshere who is also Minister of Communications and Innovation said his constituency had incomplete projects, arguing such a practice disadvantaged the communities in the constituency and deprived them the right to access services.

He urged the district officers to desist from such a practice, noting he was accountable for circumstances and developments in the constituency and therefore constituents might perceive him as incompetent.

For her part, Mahalapye District Council Secretary, Ms Gomolemo Moepeng said pending projects were due to failure to find compliant bidders who can execute projects well in time.

“We owe Mahalapye West P20 million of the Community Constituency Projects (CCP) and we had no intention to frustrate the community and we want the projects to be expedited,” she said.

Town Planner Mr Kabelo Masara said the bus rank’s delivery had been delayed because of a few issues and once attended to everything would be on course. ENDS