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South Africa: Public Participation Visit Monitors Government's Progress
Source: www.gcis.gov.za/
Source Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Focus: ICT for MDGs
Country: South Africa
Created: Jun 21, 2012

Yesterday saw the President conducting a monitoring and evaluation visit of Gauteng's public transport susytem. He used public transport to attend a community meeting in Dlamini, Soweto.

The President and his delegation boarded the Metro Rail train from Pretoria to Rhodesfield Station where he took the Gautrain to Park Station in Johannesburg. They then proceeded to Wanderers Taxi Rank before boarding a Rea Vaya bus to Dlamini.

Chabane told a post-Cabinet briefing on Friday, that the launch of the last phase of the Gautrain and its integration with the Rea Vaya Bus in Johannesburg represented one aspect of government's integrated public transport system that will be seen by the President.

Another visit was the four millionth household electrification connection in the Eastern Cape's Mnquma Municipality. It was symbolically switched on by Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba, in Cerhu.

This event, according to Chabane, was a key milestone on the way to universal access to electricity and highlighted the progress made since 1994.

"Government and Eskom have played an integral role in ensuring that South African households have access to essential and basic services. The achievements to date provide further motivation for realising our universal access targets," said Chabane.

Another recent visit was to Ngobi area, which falls under the Moretele Local Municipality in the North West province, were government monitored service delivery in the area, particularly water access.
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