President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill, which bars municipal managers and senior managers from holding political office.
Last month, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma proposed a skills exchange between the worst and best-performing municipalities.
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The brazen use of consultants is an indictment of our municipalities’ failing skills. A staggering R1.26-billion was spent on consultants in one year. And only 7% of municipalities used consultants to bridge a vacancy gap – 62% used consultants to cover skills deficits in finance department.