DA rejects report on state of municipalities
22 September 2019
Following a joint oversight of municipalities in the Zululand District by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) and the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Legislature during this past week, the Democratic Alliance (DA) is of the view that KZN municipalities are in distress.
The week was a non-comedy of errors in terms of mismanagement, poor planning and disorganisation which saw the programme change repeatedly, long distance travelling, unprepared municipalities and late night meetings.
The way things are organized is usually an indication of what the outcome will be. If we are to take the work of oversight seriously, go to the lengths of incurring costs, and have the NCOP join us, then we must do so properly.
In a last minute frantic effort to hustle a report together, members of the NCOP and KZN legislature were expected to accept a flawed, incomplete and poorly put together document.