Turning around the dire financial situation of the ANC-run Mtubatuba Local Municipality and ensuring an upward trajectory in service delivery will continue being at the top of the agenda of one of the party’s leaders in the Far North Region, north of KZN.
This is one of the promises made by the party to the community of the instability-plagued municipality ahead of the November 1 local government elections.
Speaking to Independent Media on the sidelines of the manifesto launch Verus Thobelani Ncamphalala, the ANC regional secretary and mayor of Mtubatuba Local Municipality, said that they were confident of retaining their governance of the municipality after taking over from the IFP in October 2020. Ncamphala said that it was his responsibility that he continued into the new term, should the ANC win the municipality, the upward trajectory in service delivery they had started in the 12 months since usurping the IFP because it was what the people expected from their government.
He said that the municipality had previously had an Achilles heel of not completing projects and municipal money was not accounted for and the municipality had a negative balance of R34 million when they took over from the IFP.He said that in the 12 months since their takeover they had stabilised the council’s finances and been able to reverse that as they now boast a coverage ratio of about four months which enables them to go for four months without dependence on any grant or an overdraft.
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