Last Year November the WITBANK NEWS wrote an article about posters placed on municipal property such as stop signs and power boxes. This is illegal and violators can get a steep fine however with the upcoming election political posters have recently been plastered on rubbish bins and power boxes with seemingly no consequences.
“I notice that the ANC have pasted posters promoting the voter registration on Municipal property like electricity boxes and rubbish bins and after almost four weeks the municipal official or law enforcement officers have taken no action,” said Clive Hatch political commentator.
The regional office of the party in question was unreachable for comment and the provincial offices in Nelspruit had a disconnected number therefore they were not able to comment on the matter.
Political posters placed on municipal property is illegal according to municipal by- laws.
The issue stems from the local municipality being unable to effectively enforce their own by-laws. The WITBANK NEWS has on many occasions in the past done stories of illegal abortion services being advertised on almost every stop sign and substation in the city, many of which are still visible today although faded and torn away by sun and rain due to being untouched for so long.
The municipal spokesperson Lebo Mofokeng was once again contacted for comment regarding lack of law enforcement the municipality shows in enforcing their own by- laws in light of the fact that the law enforcement unit was established in 2014 locally to do exactly that.
He said,
“People who wish to report the violation of by-laws can simply log their complaint to the compliance and management unit in the environmental section and contact Mr Nkabinde at 013 690 6350.
In relation to the other complains they can report it to our Law Enforcement unit and contact Mr. Rapolae at 013 690 6288.”
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