The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) of the Republic of South Africa has recently reported on the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the North West intervention progress. This is a team headed by the Minister in The Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. It is reported that, the Minister and the IMTT team met with the Premier, members of the North West EXCO, and Administrators on Friday, 23 November Pretoria, to assess the work that has been done to implement the North Intervention since its inception four months ago.

The President established the IMTT also known as the Intervention team after the province was engulfed in violent public protests, which threatened to disrupt the rule of law and order and affected the delivery of basic services in the province.

The provincial government was put under administration of Section 100 (1a) and (1b) which meant that national government took control of all powers that normally reside within the provincial government as well as municipalities. This intervention took place in order to combat the looting and maladministration that was prevalent in many government departments.

The meeting comes ahead of ahead of a progress report of the Ad Hoc Committee this coming week on the 4^th of December 2018

Key talking point from this meeting include the following;

• Protests by various communities and individuals who are unhappy over the delivery of services.
• Government reiterates that any form of intimidation or looting by protestors is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Protestors should act responsibly and within the bounds of the law
• The commitment of the IMTT to the task of restoring trust and confidence between labour and government, assisting the province to upgrade its systems and capabilities to a new normality
• The IMTT wishes to appeal to the people of the North West to work in partnership with government and to cooperate with law enforcement agencies.  The destruction of the existing infrastructure while protesting for improvements of certain issues is counter-productive. It is the role of communities to protect the existing infrastructure like clinics, schools and libraries.

Courtesy of the GCIS