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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Mpumalanga at its best

Mpumalanga at its best

It seems the public's will be the main priority in the work of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature. This made clear during the 1st day of Medium Term Planning Session of the legislature to define desired destiny in the next five years.

Speaker of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature Mrs Thandi Shongwe says; it is important for the legislature to increase public engagement in order to avoid disconnect with the public.

Speaker Shongwe further said that the legislature's main function is oversight over the Executive. Shongwe says it is important to ensure that oversight mechanism strengthened and that public participation is highly entrenched in the Legislature and communities.

Speaker referred to the National Development Plan quoting that its emphasise that citizens have the right to expect government to deliver certain basic services and hold leaders accountable for their action, and the work of the legislature is to assist this by conducting oversight and hold the Executive (government) accountable

The session expected to review the legislature current vision, mission and core values including the key strategic priorities.


The meeting started by paying respect to the South African people who died in Lagos, Nigeria during the collapse of a building occupied by parishioners.

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