1) notes that the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela under Kgosi Nyalala Pilane in Maruleng in the North West Province have, like their neighbours in Phokeng, shown that economic development does not need to be imported;
2) further notes that the tribal authority opened the Moruleng Mall over the weekend in pomp and splendour to show that given opportunity and resources, people in rural areas can uplift themselves;
3) acknowledges that the R400 million mall with 85 retail shops, as opened by Kgosi Nyalala Pilane, will relieve the Bakgatla people of unemployment and reduce transport costs for going shopping in Northam and Rustenburg;