Sutherland in Sekhukhuneland,
the scoping affair
In a dinner meeting attended by MMC for Community Services Cllr
M.F Lekola, Mr Koos De Jongh, MMC M.J Mokganyetji, Municipal Manager
Mr Tito Nkadimeng and the Executive Mayor the Executive Mayor
addressed Mr David Sutherland as follows:
"Welcome David! I would like to personally thank you for coming to
have the scope of water and sanitation issues. You are welcome to
the land that the Great Sekhukhune I, Nyabela, Mampuru, the Swazi
and McCloud Scottish warriors have endeared with blood, sweat and
strive. The land where a blood bond emerged out of Assegais,
knopkierries, bows, arrows and gun powder - the Greater Sekhukhune
District Municipality.
Our bond of blood with the UK comes from far, recently we received
the McCloud 27 delegation from Scotland as part of the shared
'brotherhood' that is found in the exchange of blood in battlefields
across the Sekhukhuneland.
In terms of service delivery, particularly water and sanitation,
we are expected to fight weights above ourselves. We are expected to
do miracles policy wise. Years down the line when we are no longer
here, events like your visit will be referred to as great lessons
for research to enrich our systems and policy processes. As an
institution we find ourselves hitting the ground running and
learning on site. These experiences do not come as hardships but as
the base for knowledge for future generations of engineers, project
managers, decision makers and all affected by issues of water and
sanitation. As I thank you for coming to Sekhukhune, I would also
like to bring to your attention the fact that the economic patterns
are changing in favour of Sekhukhune.
Very important Platinum Group of Minerals Resource have been
found in great abundance in Sekhukhune. Mining has direct bearing to
issues of water and sanitation. As the pillar of the economy, mining
development in Sekhukhune should be viewed as the single most, after
human resources, contributor into the GDP that Sekhukhune makes.
Tell them in the UK that you came here at a mourning period of the
Great son of Sekhukhune dynasty - Kgoshi Sekhukhune III.
I would also like to come to London to trace the statue of my
great descendent and a great martyr of the Anglican Church Manche
Masemola who's statue is part of the collection in the church's
history displayed in the UK. Good night under the African skies".
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