The African National Congress (ANC) in North West proposes dissolving the Ditsobotla Local Municipality due to its persistent failure to provide services and repeated service delivery protests. The ANC, citing years of interventions and negative audit reports, suggests incorporating Ditsobotla's areas into neighboring municipalities. However, opposition parties oppose the move, arguing it will burden already struggling municipalities.
The African National Congress in North West has proposed that the Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality be dissolved and all its areas incorporated into nearby municipalities.
Ditsobotla has also been marred by service delivery protests, despite several interventions by the North West provincial government. The municipality is currently under mandatory intervention by the provincial government in accordance with section 139 of the constitution. The provincial government’s interventions at the municipality for over 10 years have failed to solve the problems. The municipal council was dissolved more than two years ago. It was reconstituted at the beginning of 2023, following by-elections in December 2022. The ANC lost its majority in the municipality after the by-elections.
If the ANC’s proposal becomes a final decision, the process to dissolve Ditsobotla may start as soon as next year. “We feel strongly that won’t be a tangible solution, actually it’s going to create more problems even to other municipalities that will now inherit Ditsobotla. It becomes a problem to now transfer a problem to other municipalities that are not in good standing themselves,” says Fanon Moema, EFF NW Spokesperson.
DITSOBOTLA MUNICIPALITY DISSOLUTION ANC NORTH WEST SERVICE DELIVERY
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