It didn’t take ActionSA long to see the extent of local governance brokenness in several municipalities across the country, particularly in largely rural provinces such as the North West, Limpopo, Free State, Mpumalanga, and others.
30 years of toxic ANC cadre deployment, incompetence, and wanton corruption have left residents dealing with the heavy cost of missed and squandered opportunities.
The municipalities of Ditsobotla, Ngaka Modiri Molema District, Mamusa, Naledi, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, and Rustenburg in the North-West, are in total collapse, left with more questions than answers – inconsistent water and electricity supply, unpredictable waste collection services, and what can only be described as criminal failure in several other service delivery areas.
In Ngaka Modiri Molema District, a leaked voice clip has surfaced – having been making the rounds in local ANC circles – with the elected officials being heard admitting that in a contract with a service provider, Cemforce, hired to build VIP toilets, “from the R300m we got, I gave R10m to the regional secretary and R10m to the regional chair.” The reason given is that this was part of the ANC’s “fundraising.” If this is true, it is corruption, plain and simple.
In Mamusa, the CFO hired VIP guards for himself at the cost of R690,000 to the taxpayer. Several laptops were purchased at R36,0000 apiece for councillors while their real market value was between R3,000 and R4,000. More than R3m continued to be spend from the municipal bank account even while both the CFO and City Manager were on suspension. None of this right.
In Naledi, the Premier and MEC of Coghsta has been accused of tempering with reports.
In the Free State, the situation is so dire in all these municipalities that levels of ill-conceived cadre deployments continue with impunity. A multimillion-rand investment in the Rustenburg “Rapid Transport” (Yarona Bus) has little to show of a ROI (Return On Investment). It also doesn’t help that the R150m that was lost through the notorious VBS scandal is yet to be recovered, leaving suffering communities and service delivery failures while individuals suspected of wrongdoing continue to walk the streets and the corridors of power.
ActionSA demands an accelerated professionalisation of public services, especially at local level. Decisive action must also be taken against suspected criminals still roaming the corridors of local government in these municipalities.
If the criminal justice system continues to fail them, the residents in all affected municipalities must see it to be in their own interests to vote them out of office, come the next elections.
ActionSA Deputy President Decries Broken Municipalities
It didn’t take ActionSA long to see the extent of local governance brokenness in several municipalities across the country, particularly in largely rural provinces such as the North West, Limpopo, Free State, Mpumalanga, and others.
30 years of toxic ANC cadre deployment, incompetence, and wanton corruption have left residents dealing with the heavy cost of missed and squandered opportunities.
The municipalities of Ditsobotla, Ngaka Modiri Molema District, Mamusa, Naledi, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, and Rustenburg in the North-West, are in total collapse, left with more questions than answers – inconsistent water and electricity supply, unpredictable waste collection services, and what can only be described as criminal failure in several other service delivery areas.
In Ngaka Modiri Molema District, a leaked voice clip has surfaced – having been making the rounds in local ANC circles – with the elected officials being heard admitting that in a contract with a service provider, Cemforce, hired to build VIP toilets, “from the R300m we got, I gave R10m to the regional secretary and R10m to the regional chair.” The reason given is that this was part of the ANC’s “fundraising.” If this is true, it is corruption, plain and simple.
In Mamusa, the CFO hired VIP guards for himself at the cost of R690,000 to the taxpayer. Several laptops were purchased at R36,0000 apiece for councillors while their real market value was between R3,000 and R4,000. More than R3m continued to be spend from the municipal bank account even while both the CFO and City Manager were on suspension. None of this right.
In Naledi, the Premier and MEC of Coghsta has been accused of tempering with reports.
In the Free State, the situation is so dire in all these municipalities that levels of ill-conceived cadre deployments continue with impunity. A multimillion-rand investment in the Rustenburg “Rapid Transport” (Yarona Bus) has little to show of a ROI (Return On Investment). It also doesn’t help that the R150m that was lost through the notorious VBS scandal is yet to be recovered, leaving suffering communities and service delivery failures while individuals suspected of wrongdoing continue to walk the streets and the corridors of power.
ActionSA demands an accelerated professionalisation of public services, especially at local level. Decisive action must also be taken against suspected criminals still roaming the corridors of local government in these municipalities.
If the criminal justice system continues to fail them, the residents in all affected municipalities must see it to be in their own interests to vote them out of office, come the next elections.