Ngangelizwe resident Unathi Madalane points to a blocked sewage pipe that has been overflowing since November 2020. Picture: SIKHO NTSHOBANE
The sad state of local government has been lamented by many, not least the late Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu. He noted in 2018 that “on average, almost 60% of the revenue shown in the books will never find its way into the bank account”, raising the alarm that such rampant corruption and incompetence would inevitably result in a growing revolt against rates and taxes.
There has been growing discontent with many local authorities. In some this has gone as far as concerned citizens successfully calling for a municipality to be dissolved and put into administration, as happened in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in 2020. Remarkably, the judge also gave the residents’ association the right to take control of the area’s sewage works, and to be paid by local and provincial governments for its efforts.The legality of this will be tested on appeal, and may well be overturned by a more risk-averse higher court. But the seeds have been sown, and national government seems to agree — national ministers were respondents in the case, and did not appeal.
And this is happening, across the country, from withholding rates and taxes to taking over key service delivery functions.
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So that they can earn salaries.
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People paying rates n taxes must take it up with the municipality.
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