https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LBF-wants-politics-to-stay-out-of-admistration.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\nRadio Islam International’s Mohammad Bham reports on the Lenasia Business Forum’s call to separate politics from administrative tasks.<\/p>\n
The forum acts as a go-between for the business community in Lenasia and the local government, and expresses disappointment at the interference from local government in deciding on the urgency of development projects.<\/p>\n
Lenasia, as an economic hub servicing the needs of many communities in and around the area, was allocated a substantial budget for infrastructure development.<\/p>\n
The budget was reallocated on numerous occasions to prioritise different projects to those prioritised by the LBF. For example, a significant portion of the budget was spent on the repeated development of the taxi rank.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the area on Gemsbok Street in Lenasia has not been rezoned as a business area, despite having over 100 shops that serve the needs of residents and visitors alike.<\/p>\n
The LBF suggests that the regional needs of Lenasians must be met by the people who most understand, while politics must remain a separate process.<\/p>\n
“Politics must take a backseat. It is the needs and wants of the people that are most important,” LBF’s CEO Yusuf Bhamjee said, and calls for “true multiracial change” in all sectors of the South African state.<\/p>\n
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