LEPELLE-NKUMPI MUNICIPALITY SCOOPED POSITION 2 IN DISTRICT GREENEST MUNICIPALITY COMPETITION

Lepelle-Nkumpi municipality scooped position 2 in the 2019-2020 Capricorn District greenest competition and was awarded a certificate and prize money of R25 000.

The Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) is an annual programme coordinated by the Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (Ledet), aimed at assisting municipalities to achieve sustainable development targets while at the same time improving service delivery in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner.

The GMC is divided into three levels: District, provincial and

MUNICIPALITY CELEBRATES HERITAGE DAY IN STYLE

Traditional attires and ululations were the order of the day when Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality Mayor Cllr. Meriam Molala celebrated Heritage Month with employees at the Civic Centre. Employees showed up in their colourful clothing with accessories such as beaded headbands, bangles, Hele, xibelani and metsheka to showcase different cultural backgrounds.

Mayor said: "I am a proud Pedi woman and I put on this attire with pride as it symbolises our identity. Each Pedi woman should own a set of traditional attire not only to celebrate Heritage Day but to celebrate their roots and love of their culture. Our clothes norm

CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

The municipality recently embarked on a clean-up campaign at Civic Centre offices. The campaign was focused on cleaning up the Civic Centre yard. In attendance were municipal officials, along with the Mayor, Cllr. Meriam Molala, Speaker, councillors and acting municipal manager, Mr. Tebogo Gafane.

The initiative also comes as a response to Good Green Deeds programme which was recently launched in East London by the president of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa. The Good Green Deeds programme aim is to change behaviour towards littering, illegal dumping and waste in general. The programme is part of government commitment to clean