Deputy Cogta Minister Parks Tau made the admission on Tuesday night while the committee was being briefed on government interventions to bring crisis-hit municipalities back from the brink.
CAPE TOWN - Putting failing municipalities under administration has failed to deliver results, Parliament’s oversight committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has been told.
In the past financial year, provincial governments were forced to intervene in 46 failing municipalities, 22 of them in the North West and 10 in KwaZulu-Natal. Around 24 are still under administration, including the City of Tshwane. "[They] range from governance issues, where there is political infighting and instability and recently, coalition governments which also provide instability; issues relating to service delivery when there is failure to provide services to communities resulting in increased community protests, areas around financial management and administrative issues like high vacancies."
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