Co-operative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has committed to six-monthly reports to Parliament on Cape Town’s implementation of remedial action following the Public Protector’s findings on service delivery failures.
Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has committed to reporting to Parliament every six months on the City of Cape Town’s implementation of binding remedial action arising from the Public Protector’s findings on service delivery failures in Langa Flats and Khayelitsha.
Hlabisa made the commitment in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Wednesday after MPs questioned how the City would be held accountable for addressing the failures identified by the Public Protector.
“I do make that commitment of a six-monthly report to Parliament on progress made on the recommendations by the Public Protector to the City of Cape Town,” Hlabisa said.
The Public Protector found that complaints about the City’s failure to provide basic municipal services in Langa Flats and parts of Khayelitsha were substantiated with shortcomings in housing, sanitation, water, electricity, waste management, public lighting and safety at municipal clinics amounting to maladministration, improper conduct and prejudice.
