NEC member Dickson Masemola says the party is concerned about the state of municipalities.
The ANC National Executive Committee member Dickson Masemola says the party will propose a new bill in parliament that will ensure municipalities avoid numerous motions of confidence against mayors.
Masemola said this in a media briefing in Boksburg on Saturday while talking about the work the party has done to ensure the functionality of municipalities.“We have taken through the parliamentary processes as well as executive processes what we call the municipal structure amendment bill.“That law proposes that once the parties have gone into a coalition, they must have a window of at least two years to can think of changing mayors and speakers.
“We have put in place regulations and a framework that says we are basing our appointments going into the future qualifications, experience. Skills therefore meritocracy becomes the baseline on how we move forward.” Masemola said this new framework will ensure that the mayor in a municipality cannot appoint a senior official without concurrence from the province and national government.On the other hand, Masemola said the ANC takes full responsibility for the problems in municipalities.
“We take full responsibility for what has happened in the municipalities because the people know that the ANC is their organisation.”CourtsTshwane’s new deputy mayor, and former finance MMC, told to settle his R620k municipal debt
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