The signing ceremony today between mayors in the Eastern Cape and the MEC for Local Government, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, is a step in the right direction but this will only be a meaningful exercise if enforced.
Lack of accountability lies at the heart of the problems of the Eastern Cape: until the axe falls with regularity on non-performers the problems of the current ANC-led government will remain.
The Democratic Alliance is dismayed with the commentary given by the Department of Health spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, to the release of the Humans Rights Watch report on maternal health care and mortality rates in South Africa which highlights the Eastern Cape as the worst of the worst.
The maternal and infant mortality rates seen in the Eastern Cape would have shocked officials even several decades ago and the assumption can be made that the department of health is allowing health care in this province to regress to that of the Middle Ages!
Dutywa’s Govan Mbeki village consists of a field of 200 toilets without a single house being built. The site is a playground for vandals. The Mbashe Municipality claims the money was “used for something else” and the contractor is long-gone. Oom Gov would have been shocked.
The frustration for a shack dweller to see the toilets being vandalised and their hopes for proper housing being dashed by empty promises is dehumanising. For a picture, click here.
The official responsible for the use of municipal funds to paint a privately owned tavern in Peddie to celebrate Mandela Day must be criminally charged and made to repay the cost of this expenditure.
I have written to the MEC for Local Government, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, and asked him to explain why this happened and what action he intends taking against the individuals concerned.
The draft Municipal Property Rates Amendment Bill will have dire effects for employment creation and future property development in the country and put more pressure on state housing should it be passed in parliament.
The passing of this Bill in its current form would be suicide for the economic advancement of tourism and for property development in this country.
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