Lekwa Local Municipality 2013/14 - Co-operative Governance and ...

“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development and governance”• Three post offices: one at Morgenzon, one at Thuthukani and one at Holmdene (1/16 000people);• One clinic at Morgenzon (1/47 000 people); and• Two police stations: one at Morgenzon and one at Val (1/24 000 people).There is thus a serious under provision of all these facilities, but most problematic is the provision of clinics. Afurther worry is the distance that residents have to travel to access these facilities, up to 30km to access aclinic often on gravel roads. The clinics are supplemented by a mobile clinic service. This used to be amunicipal function but it is now the responsibility of Mpumalanga Province. According to information receivedthere are currently only 2 mobile clinics in the district although the actual need is 6 mobile clinics.Figure 11: Distribution of Social AmenitiesThe analysis of the social facilities of the LLM reveals the following:• There are sufficient primary schools in the LLM and most residents are within 5km of a primary school. Thequality of the facilities is unknown.• Limited higher order educational facilities exist.• There is a critical under-provisioning of health services.• The reality of the situation is that it would be impossible to provide social facilities throughout the entiremunicipal area. The challenge is thus to at least provide better access to the existing facilities in terms ofpublic transport etc. as well as to improve / upgrade the existing facilities.3.5 TRANSPORTATIONPublic TransportPublic transport consists of rail, busses and taxis.59 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4