Councils to improve service delivery

Masego Ramakgathi
Masego Ramakgathi

As a way of addressing the issue of delivery, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), held a retreat recently to reflect on various policy matters at Big Valley Lodge near Lobatse. The objective of the retreat was to develop an action plan to address the existing and emerging issues within the ministry.

According to the ministry’s spokesperson Masego Ramakgathi, they took stock of the ministry’s past performance and equally deliberated on the five-year Strategy and Transformation Plan (MSTP 2021-2025), Reset Agenda as well as the National Development Plan (NDP) 12 priorities.

“In addressing broader performance issues, the retreat looked into programmes, projects and initiatives for the financial year 2022-2023 including maintenance of public facilities, local economic development, social protection, environmental cleanliness, budget utilisation, revenue collection and review of policies and frameworks,” he said.

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