Coalition tension: Mtolo goes for EFF's jugular after eThekwini's R1.5 billion underspend
ANC provincial secretary Bheki Mtolo says the coalition with the EFF in eThekwini hinges on the red berets' behaviour in council.The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal wants its eThekwini speaker, Thabani Nyawose, to take strong action against EFF councillors.
ANC KwaZulu-Natal secretary Bheki Mtolo came out to bat for the eThekwini metro after its failure to spend R1.5 billion, but he swung aggressively against the EFF which brought Tuesday's council sitting to a halt.If Treasury follows through with its intention to take back the money, the implications will be continued water and infrastructure woes in Durban and surrounds.
But Mtolo said it was impossible to spend R1.5 billion in three months, and added that the funding was meant for more than 700 projects. It was not a case of poor planning. It was simply impractical and unreasonable to expect these projects to be completed in the 2022/'23 financial year when the money was received in March and the financial year ends in June. It was also impossible to spend R1.5 billion in three months considering the processes that ought to be followed.
The phones of EFF provincial chairperson Mongezi Twala and his fellow fighter, KwaZulu-Natal secretary Nkululeko Ngubane, were not answered. Their comments will be added once received. Mtolo added that the EFF has to remove Mvubu and offer the coalition a competent person. He threatened that the ANC would remove Mvubu if the EFF failed to act.
He said the EFF could"do whatever they want" but that the ANC would not do things that are wrong just to remain in a coalition. He added that when eThekwini residents have water issues:"They must phone that boy of the EFF."
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