City of Gold Inspiring the Platinum City Municipality
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The Executive Mayor
and Ms. Loraine Wilkson |
In a dinner meeting attended by Officials of the Greater Sekhukhuen
District Municipality and the City of Johannesburg, the Executive
Mayor of the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality Cllr. N.D.
Masemola addressed the visitors as follows:-
"Welcome home! I am saying so because in the earlier session you
discussed migration trends of the people of Sekhukhune to Gauteng
and Johannesburg in particular. This trend has been there for
centuries. In fact, our municipality has an age old relationship
with the City of Johannesburg. We built the city through blood,
sweat and tears of our generations of men and women who gave it a
taste, flair, colourful character and warmth.
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The moon rises over Loskop Dam |
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Loskop Dam |
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Peaceful Tranquility at Loskop Dam |
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The sun sets over Loskop Dam
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Officials of GSDM and Delegates of
Johannesburg Metro
on a boat trip on the Loskop Dam |
It is a good turn of events that the gold in Johannesburg is
depleted and platinum is ruling. Platinum found in Sekhukhune is
said to be 20% of the world's Platinum Group of Metals. You all know
that these precious metals have taken over from where the gold rush
has left and is performing very well in the world markets. We have
it, we must maximally benefit from it, and we need your skill to
process matters of governance and give leadership equal to the task
to combating poverty, creating and sustaining economic growth. This
is the legacy we wish to leave for the next thousands of years.
Our beautiful District could not hide its warmth and adventure from
you, I believe my colleagues took you to the 10th biggest dam in
South Africa (The Loskop Dam). I am sure you learnt about the canal
that is the Olifants River that feed the Flag Boshielo and waiting
to flow to De Hoop Dam, the mega dam initiative we launched on the
19th of March 2007. Loskop Dam is a man-made dam built with minimal
tecvhnology around 1936. You might have learnt of a Scottish
Engineer who died during the construction of the dam. Due to limited
technology in those days, they had to cut his head off and bury it
on top of a man made island on the far west side of the dam. That's
where the dam got its name - The Lost Head (die Loskop).
Our friendship with the big city is growing by the day. Last weekend
I was in Snawane for the funeral of the younger brother of the
Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg.
The Johannesburg Twinning Programme which will be rolled-out in four
phases which includes initiation, development, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation phases. Our District will surely benefit
from the support in the following areas: City Governance; City
Strategy; Setting up of Municipal Entities; Performance Management;
Internal Audit and Risk Management; Events Management and
Communications. We will extensively learn from the progress made by
the City of Johannesburg in terms of Inner City Regeneration and
Housing. I would like to thank you all. Enjoy the rest of the
evening.
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