The Department of Local Government and Human Settlements in Bokone Bophirima has step in to rescue the financial distressed Tswaing local municipality by bringing in a team of finance officials from national and provincial government. Another two officials have been deployed to the municipality to immediately assume the positions of the Administrator and Chief Financial Officer, respectively.
The team will also ensure that the municipality is able to stick to key deadline such as submission of adjustment budget for 2015/16, draft the budget for 2016/17, submit Eskom tariffs to National Energy Regulator (NERSA) for approval.
Acting MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Fenny Gaolaolwe said yesterday that her visit to the municipality was to assess whether the provincial government’s Section 139(1)(b) of the Constitution which was invoked last year, was yielding any positive results.
“The mandate of the then Administrator at the time of the intervention was to ensure that there is service delivery especially on issues of water and sanitation, stabilise and improve administration, improve the financial controls as well as investigate and take action against transgression to any applicable legislations or regulations. However, it is quite clear that none of those where realised hence we are re-assessing the situation”, she said.
Enquiries:
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E-mail: msbole@nwpg.gov.za
