Polokwane mayors clash over a decision to cancel tenders and use municipal employees for low-cost projects.
Current and former Polokwane mayors clash over a council decision to cancel tenders and use municipal employees for low-cost projects.The former mayor and the current mayor of the Polokwane local municipality in Limpopo are involved in a political tussle over the awarding of tenders.
According to the municipality, low-cost projects include changing of lightbulbs on streetlights, regravelling of streets, patching potholes, clearing vegetation on the sides of roads, cleaning streets, removing garbage, painting municipal infrastructure and garden services.John Mpe said: “Our primary objective is to build a capable state and a capable municipality in line with the ANC’s decision.
“We will continue to use businesspeople where we lack capacity. But it goes without saying that our internal staff is capable of cutting lawns, changing lightbulbs and painting municipal buildings. If we are serious about mastering the art of doing more with little, we then need to speak from the same page,” he added.
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