The court case promises to establish important legal principles that will give communities the right to manage municipal services where these services have collapsed completely. “Among others, we are seeking an order that would give us the right to manage a variety of municipal services for a limited period until national government intervenes to restore services,” Van Vuuren said.
“The rendering of these management services will be funded from the fiscus. We hope for a favourable court ruling after a drawn-out fight over many years with the municipality to render basic services. The community is tired of empty promises and corruption.” Morné Mostert, manager of local government affairs at AfriForum, said that though local governments were autonomous, there was still a supervision authority within the constitution for the provincial government to ensure that these services are rendered.
“In this case, the provincial government was informed of the municipality’s problems but failed to intervene. This is why this obligation to ensure services lies with national government. The department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs and eventually the president must intervene if the state does not comply with constitutional criteria,” Mostert said.
Where does Ramaphosa fit it in here, instead of engaging their municipality and the mayor and councillors on this, the president is busy with other things concerning our country
And where will they leave Mafube local municipality leadership and provincial leadership in that court case?
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