Christmas Message: Lephalale Mayor, MJ Maeko

2012 is one of those years that were filled with remarkable activities. Our municipality, just like our neighbouring municipality, changed political heads  less than a year after being voted into office; all in the name of fast-tracking service delivery.
As municipality we have hosted more than five national ministers and our president this year, all of them were on service delivery missions.
We hosted MECs of LEDET, Agriculture, Education, Sports Arts and Culture as well as the MEC of Health. Each of them on a developmental mission. Our strategic planning session resolved to change the vision of this municipality to “Build a vibrant city and become the energy hub of Africa”.
In sports we celebrated with one of the local soccer teams, Seleka Callies, as they pummeled their competitors and gained promotion into the Vodacom league.
We await Grade 12 results with great optimism.
As we enjoy different fiestas, please let us not miss the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas must always be celebrated as the time to give and rejoice. The time pervaded with the spirit of togetherness and goodwill.
We must always remember that there is a monster called HIV/AIDS on the rampage. Let’s not allow the festive mood to fool us and make us ignore this monster.
Christmas holidays are also days of traffic congestion as our people will be going on holidays and pilgrimages. Our request is that anyone who is behind the steering wheel must be there soberly. That seat has been declared a no-drinking area. So, don’t drink and drive.
The flip-side of don’t drink and drive is don’t drink and walk on the road. Arrive Alive! Lephalale municipality has planned to start the festive season by having an interdenomina-tional prayer day for road safety and wage war against substance and drug abuse.
Enjoy Christmas with your friends and families. Make New Year resolutions and get into next year with rejuvenated spirit.

Councilor MJ Maeko
Mayor: Lephalale Municipality