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South African political parties have expressed mixed reactions to the 2024 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday, October 30
The Auditor-General’s latest report praised the municipality’s financial discipline and improvements in service delivery with Sipho Thomas at the helm, says the writer.
With André Coetzee as Chief of Staff, Mayor Nasiphi Moya seeks to advance Tshwane’s governance agenda and improve service delivery for all.
In 2020, Moya made the decision to leave the DA and join ActionSA, where she quickly rose through the ranks.
The City of Joburg is grappling with the consequences of its unstable mayoral leadership, marked most recently by the resignation of Kabelo Gwamanda, who served as mayor for just fifteen months.
While celebrating a clean audit report from the Auditor-General, the eThekwini Municipality faces critical scrutiny over its doubled irregular expenditure since 2020 and under-performance in key service areas.
The issues discussed below focus on some of the key issues requiring immediate attention and reform within municipalities, say the writers.
While governments received acknowledgment for their efforts, citizens were vocal about the need for increased action to bridge the existing gender gaps and ensure equal opportunities for all.
The speaker’s position remained vacant after the axing of Colleen Makhubele, whose membership in Cope was terminated last week.
Reflecting on the 2021 State of Local Government Report, in which 64 municipalities were categorised as dysfunctional, the latest 2022 report indicated that that number had increased to 66.
While budget cuts were expected in these critical sectors, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said they would not compromise on the work done by security agencies, health, education, and social development.
At the forefront of this objection is the Westville Ratepayers’ Association, supported by the Bluff Ratepayers and Residents’ Association, the Musgrave Ratepayers’ Association, the Active Citizens Movement and the Tongaat Civic Association.
The qualifications of the two municipal managers have been a bone of contention between the ANC in the Mzala Nxumalo (Zululand) and the IFP (Inkatha Freedom Party) for the most part of 2022.
In a quest to unseat the DA in all metros in Gauteng, another motion of no confidence against Ekurhuleni mayor Tania Campbell will be heard at next week’s council meeting on March 30.
However, Sibisi differs, saying the local government sphere is duty-bound to aid so that it can have well-off ratepayers of the future and families not dependent on the state for survival
Feuding ANC factions over the party’s step aside rule have turned the sixth policy conference into a battlefield for their own interests.