Angry community demands Ventersdorp and Tlokwe municipalities be separated again
The group, which calls itself Anti-Amalgamation Steering Committee, said the merger had failed to fulfil its mandate in a memorandum sent to the MEC for Local Government Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, Lena Miga.Miga was given until next Wednesday to respond to the community’s demands.
The committee said last Wednesday that until last year, the municipality was consulted three times about placing it under administration through administration. The Ventersdorp community was yet to receive feedback on the outcome of that intervention, according to community representative Bomba Matinyane.
He said the community also demanded investigations into the contracts of waste removal trucks lease in 2018, the disparity in allocation of new fleet for Ventersdorp and Potchefstroom and the mass light repairs contracts “that were not completed but the contractor was fully paid during the July 2019 appointment”.
Matinyane said the municipality intended to cut off electricity to the indebted households, although it had not update the billing system. “Access to electricity and housing is a [human] right and the municipality is a human rights violator in this regard.”
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