MBOMBELA – The provincial chairperson of the house of traditional leaders, Mr Kgoshi Lameck Mokoena, has raised a serious concern regarding the slow pace of development in areas that are under Amakhosi.
This comes after the house noticed that most of the people who are living in deep rural areas are not enjoying the fruits of democracy since they are struggling to have access to clean water.
“Our leaders must not only remember our people when they need votes. Sikunakile kutsi uma kufika kutindzaba tentfuntfuko, asinakwa kahle.
Siyindlu yemakhosi sikubona loko kuyinhlamba kubantfu bakitsi (We are aware that when it comes to development, they are not well prioritised. We feel that this is an insult to our people).
“If you check voting trends, it is people from deep rural areas that vote, but they are not seeing the results of the votes that they cast during the elections.
“Our people still don’t have access to clean water, which is something that a human being cannot survive without. We know that some of the challenges that are delaying service delivery in our areas are caused by some government officials that are corrupt and it is affecting us very badly at grassroots level,” explained Mokoena.
He stated that he would be pleased if the government put in place measures that would play a significant role in ensuring that there was no corruption at the traffic officers’ training college that is being constructed in Bushbuckridge.
“We need our people to benefit from the college, but due to corruption, we don’t have high hopes.
“I won’t be surprised to learn that there are people who are already in line to be part of the first intake at the college while the project is still being constructed.
“The question will remain: how long are our people going to suffer because of corruption?” asked Mokoena.
