OUTCOMES OF SECOND ANC LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD SUNDAY, 22 JANUARY 2012
The ANC in Limpopo held its second 2012 Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) meeting yesterday at Frans Mohlala House which was also attended by the Limpopo deployee representing the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC, Cde. Mathole Motshekga.
Amongst other agenda items was the devastating aftermath of the torrential rains and floods that hit the Mopani region where hundreds of families have been left in dire straits and about 20 of them homeless. These heavy rains have also affected several farmers - both commercial and emerging. The ANC in the province places this disaster as top on its agenda, including ensuring urgent intervention for hospitals, schools and beneficiaries of social services who are dependent on the state for subsistence.
"The ANC led government must continue with disaster relief efforts and fast-track interventions to ensure accommodation for the families who have been left stranded by the floods. Roads, and other infrastructural damage, including assistance to the entire farming community must also continue - as this kind of damage can have lasting negative effects," said Chairperson, Cassel Mathale.
The PEC affirmed and upheld the role of the ANC as the centre of power around which all political and social discourse should be directed. Limpopo's leadership also emphasised its concern for the imminent threat to the party's traditional spirit of cooperative governance which it holds in high regard.
Subsequent items on the agenda were the flagrant disregard for procedure related to the manner in which the National Cabinet Task Team went about applying the intervention imposed on the Limpopo provincial government; and the ensuing negative impact this action is having on Limpopo communities. An overwhelming majority of these are ANC constituencies