15 August 2019
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Moses Mabhida Province (KwaZulu-Natal) welcomes the recent developments announced by the African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal that all ANC members serving in Executive Committees of Ethekwini and Umsunduzi Municipalities be redeployed.
The SACP in the Moses Mabhida Province applauds the ANC leadership for this revolutionary move which will go a long way in restoring the trust of the people in the ANC as a governing party. This move will show that the government is serious about fighting corruption, incompetence, mismanagement and maladministration in all sectors of government and state-owned entities.
Over the past few years Ethekwini Metro and Umsunduzi Municipality were driven to the brink of collapse. Corrupt elements in these municipalities coalesced and pushed these two local government structures to the edge while depriving citizens, especially the workers and poor, access to basic services. Consequently, our democratic gains and achievements were undermined, which is partly why we experienced electoral declines in these municipalities in the 2019 general elections. The recall of the respective executive committees of these municipalities must be followed by further scrutiny in the running of strategic units in Ethekwini Metro such as transport (Metro Buses) and security (Ethekwini Metro Police).
The ANC needs to look at the role of its caucus in the Ethekwini Metro and thoroughly scrutinise how the deterioration of governance and mismanagement slipped the organisation’s caucus within the Metro.
The SACP calls for the re-opening of all adverse forensic reports in the possession of Ethekwini Metro and swift implementation of the recommendations of those reports. The ANC leadership will underpin its revolutionary move to recall these comrades by ensuring that it deploys the most senior cadres to take over the leadership of Ethekwini Metro and Umsunduzi Municipality.
Issued by SACP Moses Mabhida Province
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