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CDM hosts Youth Parliament

Youth of the District gathered at Ipopeng One-Stop Centre today to deliberate issues in what we call “Youth Parliament”. CDM brought together young people from different backgrounds and formations to debate and resolve on their special needs; and identify various intervention areas including education and training, youth health, economic development; …

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The finals of district football championship

Football is the most famous sport and major interest of many people. It is indeed highly pleasing as the district municipality to have our finals being played in Aganang in that fashion. This was to celebrate the finals of the district football championship. CDM commended all the teams that played and showed …

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CDM hosts CBO Summit

CDM met with CBOs at Bolivia Lodge yesterday to empower CBOs about milestones and to commend them for all the gallant efforts in helping fight the scourge of diseases and poverty. Because local government alone cannot win this colossal battle against many persistent socio-economic challenges of the day.  the yesterday’s meeting was therefore about …

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CDM water summit a huge success

IN a move set to find lasting solutions to water supply and sanitation challenges, Capricorn District Municipality successfully hosted water summit to engage role players in the water services sector.   The municipality brought together Lepelle Northern Water, department of water and sanitation, SALGA, CoGHSTA and other role players at …

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Council approves draft IDP and budget for 2015/16

  WITH municipalities now nearing the end of the council term, Capricorn district municipality is firing on all cylinders to complete planning for the term and compile a special suite of capital projects for 2015/16 for more accelerated delivery of services to communities.   This came out during the council …

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Together we can achieve more

Capricorn District Municipality as a developmental municipality joined hands with the department of Education in partnership to empower those schools, in the rural parts of Capricorn district, under-resourced and under-privileged. This was the view expressed by Cllr Patricia Mahlo, member of Mayoral Committee for Strategic Executive Management Services of Capricorn …

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CDM awards adopted schools

Education is the single most important weapon that we can give to every child to allow them to survive and avoid a life of abject poverty. This was stressed by cllr P Mahlo, member of the mayoral committee of SEMS at the back to schools awards ceremony of the Capricorn …

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MPAC implores council to fix the delivery bottlenecks

  Municipal public accounts committee (MPAC) has implored CDM council to address challenges such as substandard work of contractors on projects, delays in the energization of electrification projects, turn-around time to repair water supply breakdowns, among others.   In its oversight report that was tabled to council on Monday 23 …

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Communities answered on services delivery issues

COMMUNITIES at Ga-Maponto and surrounding villages in Molemole, north of Polokwane got all their questions answered on service delivery when Capricorn District Municipality (CDM) brought them together at a Council Outreach.   The outreach attracted multitudes of residents who queued up to question the municipality about municipal service delivery performance …

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Capricorn awards organisations fighting against Gender Based Violence

Capricorn District Municipality hosted the gender justice awards ceremony for its 2015 Gender Summit held at Bolivia Lodge last Thursday. The event, organised in partnershipwith Gender Links for Equality and Justice and the Commission on Gender Equality, saw the district’s civil society organisations and municipalities being recognised for promoting gender …

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