The EFF in Limpopo demand the immediate reopening of the Post Office in Ga-Nchabeleng

GA-NCHABELENG

 

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Limpopo said it has noted with utter disgust the closure of a Post Office at Ga-Nchabeleng village under FetaKgomo Tubatse local Municipality (FTLM), in Apel by an ANC Ward 36 Cllr Matilda Tlape who locked the facility and took away the keys with her since April 2021 to date.

 

“Despite numerous attempts by the Ga-Nchabeleng Traditional Authority to recover the keys, Tlape is adamant and hell-bent on bringing the Postal services to an abrupt halt permanently, thus impinging on service delivery, said EFF coordinator Rebecca Mohlala.

 

“Her obsession and entitlement to the position of administrator at the Post Office is mind blogging and thick-headed,” she said.

 

Mohlala said postal services have been severely interrupted. “This includes the SASSA pay point services as old age grant beneficiaries cannot access the Post Office which was used as a pay point and as a result pensioners are forced to walk more than 7 kilometres to the nearby shopping complex so that they can withdraw their grant payments on a monthly basis,” explained Mohlala.

 

She said both the Department of Social Development and Provincial Post Office management are aware of the debacle but intervention is not forthcoming, even though the anomaly persists for more than a year.

 

Meanwhile a member of Provincial Legislature (MPL) Winnie Mphahlele said the facility is currently under attack by criminals who are vandalising it and stealing electricity cables from it.

 

Winnie asked why the ANC failed to provide leadership in this situation affecting the lives of ordinary citizens. She said the ANC is also complicit in this situation.

 

“The ruling party is evidently a recipe for disaster and doesn’t deserve to be running government, because it is no longer serving as an instrument for social change and development. The people of Ga-Nchabeleng can attest to this, as they are suffering to the extreme under the ANC government,” said the EFF MPL.

 

Winnie added that the Department Social Development and Post Office have exhibited negligence, weakness and mediocrity in providing services to the residents of Ga-Nchabeleng.

 

The party made an oversight visit to the area on November 7. After the visit party said: “We can safely confirm the appalling disparities in Ga-Nchabeleng, residents are on their own,”

 

Moreover the EFF said the Ga-Nchabeleng Health Centre which was initially designed as a hospital is constrained and under resourced, shortage of medication is a constant feature at the facility leading to people being turned away without treatment.

 

The official opposition party in the province said the facility only has two ambulances, of which the ambulances were borrowed from Mecklenburg Hospital

 

“It is now in the public domain that quality basic service delivery remains a fantasy in Ga-Nchabeleng. The EFF calls for a speedy intervention by the relevant departments,” said Winnie.

 

“We demand the immediate reopening of the Post Office, secondly the department of Health must provide ambulances and medication to the above mentioned health centre,” she concluded.