The running of the dysfunctional Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West will be overseen by the deputy ministers of Finance and Cooperative Governance.
A political oversight committee co-chaired by the deputy ministers of Finance and Cooperative Governance, Dr David Masondo and Dr Namane Masemola, respectively, will direct the national government intervention at the troubled Ditsobotla Local Municipality.
The committee is tasked with monitoring progress and unblocking any political challenges that may hinder the intervention’s success in the municipality, which has had eight different Section 139 interventions in terms of Section 139 of the Constitution (being placed under administration).
According to the revised financial recovery plan presented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to the ailing municipality on Friday, this is the highest number of interventions undertaken in one municipality since the advent of the Constitution.
The past interventions were triggered by the municipality’s consistent failure to fulfill its constitutional obligations, chronic governance failures, maintain financial discipline, and provide adequate basic services to the communities.
