DA to probe KZN CoGTA’s commitment to consequence management
2 June 2021
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is preparing to file Public Access to Information Applications (PAIA) in order to gain access to all Section 106(b) reports produced in the province since 2016.
The applications come after a recent parliamentary reply by KZN CoGTA MEC, Sipho Hlomuka, (view here) to questions by the DA, which indicate that 16 municipalities have been issued with Section106(b) reports during the past five years.
Section 106 of the Municipal Systems gives the MEC the power to designate a person to investigate and report back where there is reason to believe that a municipality in the province cannot or does not fulfil its statutory obligation and includes maladministration, fraud, corruption or any other serious malpractice that has occurred or is occurring.
The DA’s applications come in response to the ANC government’s continued “hot air” when it comes to ensuring consequence management. Of particular concern is that the reports being presented to municipalities by KZN’s CoGTA Department are largely being ignored or remedial action is not being implemented.