Infrastructure development key to growth

This week the Member of Parliament for Mogoditshane, Sedirwa Kgoroba stated his intentions to lead a match against poor infrastructure developments in his constituency, particularly internal roads.

Mogoditshane falls under Kweneng District and just a few minutes drive from the capital city. One would expect that the government would give priority to providing developments in the villages in proximity to the city to reduce congestion or to relief the city.  Another important aspect of infrastructure developments is employment. There are many locations in the city, and neighbouring villages that do no have the necessary infrastructure, yet the residents of these villages provide accommodation for the economically productive sector of the economy, being the youth. Thousands of youth commute from neighbouring villages of Gabane, Metsimotlhabe, Kumakwane, Ramotswa, Otse, Mochudi, Molepolole, Thamaga, Moshupa and as far as Kanye to work in the city. They leave home early in the morning and arrive late at night and need reliable local transport such as taxis and combis. However, because of poor infrastructure in many of these villages, taxis operate until 7pm and their main complaint is bad roads.

In addition to that, many of these villages do not have sewerage system yet their populations grow everyday. Kweneng District Council is one of the biggest local authorities with many challenges, but it is also one of those that return huge chunks of revenue to the government at the end of every financial year after failing to spend the money.

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