Many municipalities in the province are under administration and some face dissolution
Things fall apart: This huge pothole in Boipatong township exemplifies the problems of neglect and lack of municipal services in the JB Marks Municipality and other towns and villages in the troubled North West province. Picture: ANTONIO MUCHAVE/SOWETAN
Dam have been at odds with the Madibeng Municipality over the Sunway Village sewage works from which raw effluent has been pumped directly into the dam since October last year.said businesses in the area pay for services twice: “once for water from the local government, and then again to have backup water tanks and pumps, once for electricity and then again for inverters, solar panels and generators.
Kruger said the corruption and lack of service delivery is impacting further development in the area with developers walking away from the tedious and corrupt process to allow a new development in the area. “I think the North West politics is the worst form of politics for citizens there. It is a clear example of lack of political leadership —The ANC, which won the 2016 local elections with 59.4% of the vote, has not had a stable leadership since the disbandment of the Supra Mahumapelo provincial executive committee in 2018. Three years on and the party has still failed to agree on a new crop of leaders for the beleaguered province.
A Constitutional Court ruling on independent candidates being able to contest at national level has given independent candidates and residents hope that service delivery will become a reality.
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