SA Politics Thread Part 11: The GNU Normal

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TheChamp said:
Do you now get the difference between the incompetent DA and the new, highly competent administration?
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Can you maybe direct some of that delicious awesomeness to the Free State? It's literally almost nonexistent... service delivery that people don't see, can't touch, but definitely feel :ROFL:

@TheChamp , why does your GlOrIoUs LiBaTiOn MoVeMeNt hate its own people so much? Haai man, kom nou... don't be like that....

Free State municipalities collapse in plain sight
Parliament got a front-row seat to the collapse of local governance in the Free State, as municipalities struggled to explain years of mismanagement, financial disorder, and service delivery failures before a joint oversight delegation.


From billions in unpaid water debts to pension funds deducted but never paid over, the hearings exposed municipalities drowning in dysfunction and a lack of accountability.


Among other issues, MPs were told how officials with poor track records, including fraud and illegal contractor appointments, continue to move between municipalities, leaving trails of destruction behind.


Many of them hold senior roles such as municipal managers, CFOs, or administrators.


“The crisis in the Free State is no longer a matter of concern – it is a matter of urgency,” said Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Portfolio Committee chairperson Dr. Zweli Mkhezi.


Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on CoGTA, Standing Committees on Public Accounts (SCOPA), and Auditor General, along with Members of the Free State Provincial Legislature, hauled 23 municipalities from across the province before them.


This came following a lacklustre performance by Free State municipalities, as flagged by the Auditor-General’s (AG’s) latest audit.


Based on the AG’s report, the province ranks among the worst in the country, with 70% of municipalities running unfunded budgets and accumulating R4.2 billion in unauthorised expenditure.
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