Mokgoro spent his first 100 focused on failing ANC, not the people of NW

3 October 2018

North West Premier Job Mokgoro has shown during his first 100 days in office that he will diligently serve the failing ANC and will always put party politics above the need and plight of our communities oppressed by poverty and unemployment.

Nothing has changed in the first 100 days since Premier Mokgoro took over from disgraced former Premier, Supra Mahumapelo.

From the onset, as the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the North West, we stated that Mokgoro would have to start by rooting out the culture of corruption, which has become a common and acceptable at all levels of government in North West and undermined efforts to build a working province.

In his first 100 days he should have tabled a strategy geared towards fixing the broken provincial health system; adopt strategies that could attract investment in order to build a growing and dynamic economy that guarantees access to real, long-term jobs, especially for the youth; working with SAPS to ensure communities are kept safe and order restored; and ensure that targets for the building of houses are met and accelerate the distribution of title deeds.

Mokgoro has failed to implement any meaningful programmes that will build One North West for all. The only people who benefited since his inauguration are those close to power and the failing ANC.

At his inauguration, it was clear to us that he had no vision on what to achieve during his first months in office.

Mokgoro has utilised his time to try and sort out the factionalised internal politics of the failing ANC. This is evident by the fact that he has not attended a single Legislature sitting since his election, instead, he has been cooped up at the party’s offices.

If he was serious about turning around the province he would have started off by getting rid of all the corrupt officials who are responsible for the collapse of governance in the North West. If he had a desire to serve and protect the interests of the people, he would get rid of all the corrupt and questionable MECs.

Several forensic reports name the culprits of poor and corrupt governance we have come to associate with the failing ANC, yet Mokgoro has not made any attempt to table any of the reports or to act on the recommendations in the reports.

North West municipalities are drowning in sewage, households suffer without reliable water and electricity supply, roads infrastructure is in total collapse while there are long lines at hospitals and clinics to access medicines and surgeries.

Mokgoro can no longer deny that the huge cracks in the ANC are taking the focus off our people. The denial of Supra to be a member of the ANC’s Provincial Task Team is confirmation about the divide and infighting. Mokgoro and his cadres are focussed on fixing the ANC while the people of North West are left behind. They cannot make the clear distinction between party and state.

The DA is the only party in government that places the needs of the people before the needs of politicians.

A DA-led government in the North West will commit to the following:

Fight corruption

Fix the police by professionalising it so that it keeps communities safe

Build an economy that ensures fair access to real, long-term jobs

Secure our borders to stop illegal immigration

Accelerate the delivery of quality services

Where we govern we have a track record of clean governance and effective service delivery. Based on our policies and our track record in government, it is now more clear than ever that it is only the DA that can bring change that builds One South Africa for all.

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Issued by Joe McGluwa, DA North West Premier Candidate, 3 October 2018