BREAKING NEWS: R35 million wasted on worthless sporting facility

BRITS – The community of Mmakau village near Brits under the leardership of the Madibeng Local Municipality in North West, were very excited when they received the news that Bojanala Platinum District Municipality was going to build them a sporting facility.

This came after an outcry from the community about the lack of sporting facilities in the area and many children were getting hooked into drugs due to lack of activities that would keep them away from the streets.

In 2015 the project was started and completed the following year. The sporting facility was handed over to Madibeng Local Municipality by Bojanala Platinum District Municipality. R35 million from the public purse was spent, but in 2019 the facility was already broken down and stripped.

The lack of political leadership and oversight from the badly run Madibeng Municipality has robbed the children of Mmakau an opportunity to grow in their talents and become better individuals.

“Madibeng Local Municipality and Bojanala Platinum District Municipality must take responsibility on the money that was wasted, because this was a negligence from both municipalities.” says Saver Suzan Kungwane. – Save Madibeng