The concerned residents of Kutloanong and Odendaalsrus:
This is a copy of the letter we addressed to the executive mayor of Matjhabeng, Thanduxolo Khalipha.
Following the 2021 local government elections (LGE), you made a clear and bold promise to restore dignity and progress in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality. We acknowledge and appreciate the visible efforts made under your leadership thus far – they are commendable and do not go unnoticed.
However, as active citizens and stakeholders in the future of our communities, we can no longer remain silent about the appalling state of Sand Du Plessis Street and the broader collapse of key infrastructure and services, particularly in Kutloanong and Odendaalsrus.
Sand Du Plessis Street, once a crucial lifeline connecting our people, now stands as a symbol of institutional failure. The street has become a permanent construction site, plagued by delays, shoddy workmanship, and the cycle of incompetent contractors siphoning municipal funds without delivering results. Oversight inspection, a constitutional duty of Council, is nowhere be found.
Beyond roads, our once-thriving sports and recreation sector has collapsed. The Sipho Mutsi Sports Centre and Kutloanong Stadium – built to uplift and empower our youth – now lie in ruins. They have become white elephants, their potential wasted due to mismanagement, corruption, and the lack of political will to maintain or restore them.
This letter is more than a complaint. It is a call to action.
We, the people, will no longer wait for change. We are organising. We are mobilising. We will stand united – working class citizens, taxi associations, business forums, religious leaders, unemployed youth, and every affected citizen – to hold this administration accountable.
To the leaders copied in this letter: You have failed your people. Your silence and inaction have made you complicit. And when the next elections come your names, and your betrayal, will be remembered and spoken in every street and every home.
Kutloanong and Odendaalsrus have risen, we are wide awake, and we will not be silent.
