An investigation by the Public Protector has found that two North West departments failed to apply proper financial controls in the procurement of office rental space and irregularly paid service providers, resulting in a loss of millions of rands.
Dysfunctional and collapsing rural towns may test voters’ loyalty to the ruling African National Congress party in nationwide municipal elections on Monday.
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One does not need to be a rocket scientist to note that the ANC is going into this poll limping, and they are definitely going to lose a few council seats, writes Kenneth Mokgatlhe.
The decision to dissolve Tswaing gained momentum earlier this week after the National Council of Provinces’ (NCOP) select committee on cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) supported the intervention.
It comes as delegates from eight ANC-led provinces voted in favour of the report of the select committee on cooperative governance and traditional affairs, water, sanitation and human settlement
Officials from the North West municipality told the NCOP earlier this week that the dysfunctional municipality had failed to pay pensions and the medical aid of its employees.
With just three weeks left before the local government elections, the National Council of Provinces approved the dissolution of the Tswaing Municipality in the North West at its special sitting on Wednesday.
The municipality faces not only service delivery problems but a political crisis which has seen it having two mayors, two speakers and two municipal managers representing two warring ANC factions.