The JB Marks Municipality in the North West has been placed under administration by the provincial government.
, the municipality received a disclaimer of opinion from the Auditor-General in the 2016/2017 financial year.
It improved to receive a qualified audit opinion the following year - by no means a glowing endorsement of the municipality’s financial status, but an improvement nonetheless. JB Marks was formed when the Ventersdorp and Tlhokwe municipalities merged in 2016. This saw months of protests occur in the area.The stalling of a development project in Ventersdorp saw the municipalitythat R45-million had been spent on upgrading a sports stadium in the area but only one toilet had been built.
The JB Marks municipality told News24 in a statement on Tuesday, “according to the communication received from the province it has identified several areas where it feels the municipality is struggling in relation to service delivery. The purpose of the intervention is to work with the municipality and provide support and build capacity in those areas it has identified.
“The municipality is responding and providing information to account on all those areas flagged by the province and in which it is thought that it has fallen short. The province will provide a full briefing in this regard to council in the earliest opportune time.” the municipality, that includes Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp, had been placed under administration as per a provincial executive committee decision.
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