We've been voting but there are no changes, residents tell Mashatile: With just under a month to go until Ditsobotla convenes a by-election after the municipality was disbanded following a breakdown in services and instability at a political and…
While conducting a door-to-door in Boikhutso, Lichtenburg, Mashatile was greeted with sewage spilling onto streets, old nappies and sanitary towels were strewn from corners of streets. Mountains of trash which had piled up over several months told the story of the municipality’s failure of delivering basic services.
Malekane's sentiments were shared by several other residents such as Mpho Matshego, 30, who said there weren't any job opportunities in the area. Matshego said school transport did not drive to their properties because of lack of access to roads. “We’re going to come back to check how far are you because some of the waste problems… there aren’t that many streets. you can sort out in two weeks. We’ll ask the premier to check, comrade mayor, we know you don’t have many resources but the province will help you. We know the people love the ANC, so the ANC has to love the people,” Mashatile said.
Molefe said services had deteriorated in the municipality due to the shenanigans of certain individuals who thought they were above the ANC. He denied that it was the worst municipality in the country. “When they [councillors] get into system they become bigger than the people who elected them and can’t even take governance from province,” Molefe said.
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