Non-functioning government cannot process funding, says analyst.
People cross over the washed away bridge along Griffiths Mxenge Highway, 13 April 2022, KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: Jacques Nelles
As the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery called for the delivery of basic services to families hit by the floods after visiting Umlazi local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, the failure at providing adequate service delivery summed up the state of most municipalities in South Africa: a complete mess.
“The ANC-led government municipalities have allowed things to collapse and there were people who weren’t supposed to be there in terms of their incompetence,” he said.According to Mathekga, there were many problems present in SA and adding natural disasters found SA in the worst possible condition. “Even disasters do not inspire the [necessary] sense of integrity or purpose to provide good service delivery,” he said.
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