Africa-Press – Botswana. Residents of Mabalane in the Eastern District have thanked the government for its efforts to implement developments in their village.
They expressed their gratitude at a council meeting chaired by MP Mabuse Pule on Monday.
They expressed their satisfaction with the recent increase in the number of Ipelegeng staff, indicating that they would be able to pass on the program to their families.
They further thanked the government for considering it necessary to connect them to electricity, pointing out that they have been suffering from frequent power outages due to the lack of electricity completed in South Africa.
They say they will now be able to engage with utilities to deliver on government’s Vision 2036 commitments to eradicate poverty among Batswaneng as well as to create a new transformation things in it.
Among other things, residents praised the government for reducing the price of livestock food during the pandemic.
They say the reduction will enable them to buy food for their livestock and cope with the weather conditions they cannot control.
They asked the MP to ask them to increase the number of police officers operating near the border between Sikwane and South Africa as they have experienced foreigners entering the country illegally and drugs being smuggled….Mr Pule, who is also the assistant minister in the department of regional and rural development, said the Botswana government was committed to bringing development to Batswaneng and would continue to do so.
He pointed out that the government in recent years had not been able to carry out developments such as full electrification in the riverine villages as the government was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He added that the Mabalane Ntswanalatheku road, whose inauguration was expected last year, would be inaugurated in March.
He said the road was stopped for various reasons by the contractor and pointed out that gravel tests and other essential road construction tests had already been done on it.
MP Pule urged owners of their fields along the road to stop the practice of extending their fields in the direction of the proposed road, saying this was ultimately causing delays in the construction of the road.
Among other things, he urged residents to take care of their livestock so that they do not fly to South Africa because of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
He said the disease had affected many parts of the country and was likely to spread to Botswana if rugged animals such as cattle and buffaloes were not properly cared for.
He told the residents about the law passed by parliament that protects the rights of people with disabilities.
He said the law ensures that their rights are not violated by people or the government.
Welcoming the guests, Kgosi Joseph Molefi of Mabalane thanked the government for providing them with electricity.
He pointed out that by now some future developments would find them already advanced.
He asked residents to alert the police to possible theft of power lines.
He encouraged residents to gather in groups to cut down trees that grew under power lines.
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