Mashatile to ‘criss-cross’ country as govt looks to solve service delivery problems
Deputy President Paul Mashatile is set to visit various parts of the country from next month as government looks to solve the country’s service delivery woes.
Mashatile made the announcement during a Good Friday service at the Grace Bible Church in Soweto.
He said President Cyril Ramaphosa has requested to go throughout the country and find solutions to poor services experienced by many communities.
“We have to deal with despair as I go out to the provinces,” Mashatile told the congregation.
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“It will be the time to give our people hope that tomorrow will be better than yesterday. Our people need hope that things will get better as they face the problem of unemployment, housing, gender based violence all the challenges that they’re facing from potholes.
"We will go out and work with them to give them hope to solve the problems with them. That’s why the President said, go out and intervene, the Bishop didn't say go and analyse. We know the problems that our people are having. He says go and intervene because he wants us to go and solve the problems of our people.”
The comments by Mashatile come at a time when many parts of the county experiences a rapid decay in essential infrastructure, coupled with the ongoing power cuts and a high unemployment rate.
