Ward 35 in Mthatha, Councillor Mthunzi Teti, hosted an information day when he invited different stakeholders from different departments to share information with his community members on Monday, June 26.
Teti said that besides sharing information with his people, they also hosted a quarterly ward meeting to table out the services the municipality had rendered so far.
“We have tried to invite all the stakeholders to give information to the people so that the community can know what is happening in the departmental sectors and how they can get help.
“The municipality is working with sector departments to bring services to people. This also helps because it gives community members a chance to ask for clarity if there is a need to do so,” said Teti.
He confirmed that there are many projects the municipality has in this area, changing the lives of the community members.
According to him, there is a water project that is taking place that will help people to get clean water. One of the community members and the minister from Apostolic Faith Mission, Khaya Booi, said he had been living in the Bongweni locality for 15 years as the minister.
He said that he had seen residents of that area suffering. As the church, they have tried so much to support them through different things.
“What is painful, especially regarding the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) issue, is that people do have gardens but are not using them to get food. This information day is very important because now they will know what they can do to use their gardens,” said Booi.
He added that it is painful to preach the Word of God to someone who is hungry, but now it will be easy for people to use their gardens.
He said that people should stand up and do something after they heard what was said in this event. The headman of the area, Dumani Monakali, said they were happy because this would have a good outcome.
He said they wished that what had been told would be done because people insulted them.
