Our deputy mayor, Cllr Thulani Ntuli, sadly passed away a few weeks ago and this may have resulted in a power struggle among ANC councillors, as many may be vying for his position.
Currently there is no deputy mayor and no chairperson for the Infrastructure and Technical Portfolio Committee (Cllr Ntuli was the chairman).
There is no leadership by the mayor of KwaDukuza either since business at the municipality appears to be at a standstill.
For example, a very important special council workshop and meeting was supposed to be held on Tuesday, May 2, but it was cancelled just moments before it commenced. The long-outstanding Lekgotla resolutions were going to be adopted at that meeting.
Most opposition parties were already present when they were informed by the municipal manager that “the people” had postponed the meeting.
It is this unprofessionalism that is delaying good governance and suffocating the delivery of services which residents so desperately need.
In addition, our Infrastructure and Technical Portfolio Committee meeting had to be postponed due to the absence of ANC councillors, who were probably still in the back rooms jostling for power and position.
Have they lost sight of the fact that the Infrastructure and Technical Committee has to oversee the 401 disaster recovery grant projects, other capital projects and various reports on work in progress among many other matters?
This committee is critical to service delivery but it has not sat in over a month.
It is very inconsiderate for politicians to continuously ignore the plight of residents who have been waiting for over a year for the restoration of the infrastructure destroyed by the April 2022 floods.
It is no doubt a time for change in the political landscape. A saying attributed to Einstein states: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”.
Our short history of democracy in South Africa has shown that we need to do things differently to obtain a different result. It is time we start having difficult conversations about voting and our future.
Let us start by finding out whether we are registered to vote and where our voting stations are located.
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