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Seated: Musina Mayor Mihloti Ramoyada  (centre), Cllr Fistos Mafela (right) and Chief Solomon Nduvheni, photographed with traditional leaders shortly after the launch of the Musina Traditional Leaders Forum.

Musina traditional leaders launch forum

 

As part of strengthening relationships with stakeholders, the Mayor of Musina, Cllr Mihloti Ramoyada, had a meeting with traditional leaders whose villages fall under Musina Municipality last week.

The meeting took place at Malale Community Hall. The Traditional Leaders Forum was also launched during the meeting. This forum is a collaborative platform through which the municipality and traditional leaders can communicate to address important issues relating to service delivery.

Traditional leaders who were present during the launch of the forum were Alpheus Nemalale and Wilson Nemalale from Malale Village, Solomon Nduvheni of the Rambuda royal council, Daniel Netanda of Tanda, Petrus Munyai from Tshikhudini and Ndwamato Shandukani from Domboni Village.

While launching the forum, Ramoyada said traditional leaders had an important role to play in assisting the municipality to identify service delivery gaps. “It is vitally important for us to work hand in hand with our traditional leaders, because they are aware of their people’s needs. We hope that this forum will not only afford our traditional leaders knowledge about our programmes, but that they will also share their views to help the municipality grow in many respects.”

She also highlighted that the forum is not only going to sit quarterly, but also that traditional leaders will be invited occasionally to council meetings where they will be afforded opportunities to air their views on issues that are important to their communities. “Our plan is to have our traditional leaders present during our council meetings. They have a better understanding of what people on the ground want us to prioritize.”

Ramoyada also said it was important to engage traditional leaders, because most of the developments were taking place on their land. “Even before the establishment of the municipalities, traditional leadership had been there for ages. We will continue to visit all the stakeholders within the municipal area to make sure that we consolidate our relationship, so that we can pave the way for efficient service delivery through development communication.”

Ramoyada said the municipality aimed to address communication challenges by helping people to understand, negotiate and take part in decision making that affects their lives. “Communication is a key tool for development and social change, especially in a municipality with a high rate of unemployment such as ours.”

Chief Solomon Nduvheni said they were taking the meeting initiated by the mayor very seriously. “We welcome the idea of launching this forum. This means that the municipality will always keep us informed of what is happening. We appreciate that our mayor realized that she needs to work with us, so that our people receive better services from our government. Taking into consideration that she has put aside everything to come and meet us here, we are happy to note that we are one of the important stakeholders on her calendar. We will continue to cooperate with the municipality on all issues in relation to service delivery.”

 

Date:14 August 2015

By: News Correspondent

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