Central SA
Cogta moves to thwart administrative chaos in Mangaung─── LUCKY NKUYANE 09:27 Sat, 02 Apr 2022
The minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is said to be planning a move on the Mangaung Metro Municipality and its council which will see it being stripped of its executive powers.
Dlamini Zuma allegedly has an impression that the provincial Cogta Department, led by MEC Mxolisi Dukwana, is treating the Metro with kid gloves.
The Metro has been in the spotlight recently for all the wrong reasons - and was under scrutiny during a National Council of Provinces (NCOP) sitting this week held at the Free State Legislature.
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The Metro has been under administration since 2020, following its failure to perform the most basic functions of service delivery.
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Giving a detailed briefing to the members of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Provincial Cogta Head (HOD) Mokete Duma said the national department would be attending to the issues of this troubled Metro.
The alleged political infighting at the Metro is said to be at the forefront of the failed administration.
Senior officials with political affiliations at the Metro are allegedly at a crossroads with one another.
