13 Municipalities under administration

[LazyLion]

Thirteen municipalities in three provinces are under administration, according to Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Lechesa Tsenoli.

Ten of the provincial interventions were the result of the municipalities failing to "fulfil their obligations", while a further three were under financial managemen, he said in a written reply to a parliamentary question on Monday.

They included Indaka, Mtubatuba, Imbabazane, Abaqulusi, and Umvoti local municipalities (KwaZulu-Natal); Ditsobotla, Maquassi Hills, and Matlosana local municipalities (North West); and, Emalahleni, and Bushbuckridge local municipalities (Mpumalanga).

"In addition, there are three municipalities that are under discretionary financial interventions. They are Umzinyathi, Uthukela, and Ugu district municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal."

Tsenoli said intervention in a municipality was triggered by failure to fulfil an executive obligation, failure to approve a budget, or a breach of obligations.


Source : Sapa /rod/fg/jk/ks
Date : 25 Nov 2013 11:41

 

[Mila]

only 13?

 

[Hemi300c]

And who was fired?

 

[Nicodeamus]

And who was fired?

now don't be ridiculous.

 

[DreamKing]

proudly brought to you by the anc.

 

[Brawler]

All ANC do doubt.

 

[koeksGHT]

Makana must be one, they wanted software to fake their audit

 

[MickeyD]

MTUBATUBA MUNICIPAL MANAGER SUSPENDED

The municipal manager of the Mtubatuba local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, Siyabonga Ntuli, has been suspended, the department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs said on Wednesday.

"The municipal manager has been placed on precautionary suspension on full pay with effect from October 20, pending the finalisation of the investigation and possible disciplinary proceedings against him," said spokesman Lennox Mabaso.

He said Ntuli was put on suspension after investigations by the appointed administrator Bamba Ndwandwe.

He said Ntuli was facing allegations of misconduct relating to the awards of tenders and failing to perform the duties of the municipal manager in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Property Rates Act.

"Since the allegations are of a serious nature, Mr Ntuli is prohibited from contacting any municipal employee or employee of any of the service providers appointed by the municipality and from entering any of the municipal premises without the supervision of the appointed administrator."

Mabaso said the administrator contended that Ntuli's continued presence at the municipality might jeopardise the investigation of the allegations made against him.

The Mtubatuba municipality was placed under administration by the provincial cabinet after the collapse of governance to the extent that operations had almost grounded to a halt, compromising the delivery of services.

As part of their mandate administrators had to implement the recovery plan and take action against anyone compromising good and clean governance in the municipality, he said.

He said the intervention in the Mtubatuba municipality had yielded more improvements, including moving from a disclaimer audit opinion to a qualification in the 2012/2013 financial year.

"There has been improvement in project implementation with the MIG [municipal infrastructure grant] expenditure. Operating deficit has been reduced from R27 million to R8m."

He said the municipality managed to clear a bank overdraft of R6m in June 2013.

Collection had increased from R900,000 a month to an average of R1.6m a month.

The infrastructure implementation programme had managed to complete all MIG projects implemented in the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 financial years, he said.

Source : Sapa /mm/lp
Date : 22 Oct 2014 19:16