ActionSA Welcomes Ekurhuleni Mayor Firing Incompetent EFF MMC for Finance, Cllr Dunga
Siyanda Makhubo
ActionSA Ekurhuleni Caucus Leader
ActionSA welcomes the news that Ekurhuleni Mayor, Doctor Xhakaza, has fired EFF MMC for finance Cllr Dunga. ActionSA maintained from the start that the inclusion of the EFF into the Mayoral committee had hampered service delivery, delivered our first negative audit outcome in years and slowed down progress towards insourcing.
Cllr Dunga, who is also the EFF Provincial Chairperson, garnered several controversies during his term of office. His term will be remembered for the controversial R2 Billion security guard tender, the infamous ‘blue light crash’ where a resident lost their life, the Auditor General releasing a negative audit with serious findings against his department and recently his inability to get the budget passed in council.
Mayor Xhakaza should never have brought Cllr Dunga back into the Mayoral committee at all after the removal of the puppet Mayor Ngodwana, which is a clear example where party politics has been placed above the needs of residents in Ekurhuleni.
The ANC cannot distance itself from Cllr Dunga’s disastrous term in office, and it is clear that Panyaza Lesufi’s meddling into local politics in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni is finally beginning to take its toll with Xhakaza clearly acting alone.
We support Xhakaza’s defiance of Lesufi and encourage him to get the budget approved tomorrow and take heed of our recommendations. It is important that party politics be put aside, as the City remains at risk of being placed under administration should the budget not pass by the end of June.
ActionSA will remain a constructive opposition in Ekurhuleni, and we urge Xhakaza to remove the remaining EFF MMC’s from their important service delivery portfolios as soon as possible to get service delivery moving again in the City.
ActionSA Welcomes Ekurhuleni Mayor Firing Incompetent EFF MMC for Finance, Cllr Dunga
ActionSA welcomes the news that Ekurhuleni Mayor, Doctor Xhakaza, has fired EFF MMC for finance Cllr Dunga. ActionSA maintained from the start that the inclusion of the EFF into the Mayoral committee had hampered service delivery, delivered our first negative audit outcome in years and slowed down progress towards insourcing.
Cllr Dunga, who is also the EFF Provincial Chairperson, garnered several controversies during his term of office. His term will be remembered for the controversial R2 Billion security guard tender, the infamous ‘blue light crash’ where a resident lost their life, the Auditor General releasing a negative audit with serious findings against his department and recently his inability to get the budget passed in council.
Mayor Xhakaza should never have brought Cllr Dunga back into the Mayoral committee at all after the removal of the puppet Mayor Ngodwana, which is a clear example where party politics has been placed above the needs of residents in Ekurhuleni.
The ANC cannot distance itself from Cllr Dunga’s disastrous term in office, and it is clear that Panyaza Lesufi’s meddling into local politics in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni is finally beginning to take its toll with Xhakaza clearly acting alone.
We support Xhakaza’s defiance of Lesufi and encourage him to get the budget approved tomorrow and take heed of our recommendations. It is important that party politics be put aside, as the City remains at risk of being placed under administration should the budget not pass by the end of June.
ActionSA will remain a constructive opposition in Ekurhuleni, and we urge Xhakaza to remove the remaining EFF MMC’s from their important service delivery portfolios as soon as possible to get service delivery moving again in the City.