By Obakeng Maje
The Democratic Alliance notes with concern the flagrant disregard by the ANC-led Bojanala Platinum District Municipality to adhere to its own Council order rules and processes.

This follows the report leaked to the Beeld from Provincial Treasury stating that intervention is needed in 14 of the 23 Councils in the North West Province.

“The various Council Committees do not provide oversight over their departments as no committee meetings are held” DA Tiaan Kotze said.

DA said they are only committee that does hold meetings is MPAC (Municipal Public Accounts Committee) which holds oversight over Municipal funds.

“The Integrated Development Plan (IDP) committee had two sittings in the last 5 months, where no quorum was reached either time. The Bojanala District is regarded as the fastest growing district in the North-West Province which includes Rustenburg and Madibeng as part of the Platinum Belt” Kotze said.

DA said the decisions that the committees should make go directly to council for approval, where it gets bulldozed through by the ANC majority.

“The roles of a robust and representative council are being blurred into a rubberstamp “yes-house. The DA will not stand for this, as we promised the voters to represent them and carry their best interests in Council” he said.

He said as public representatives they should strive for service delivery excellence in all our decisions they make.-TDN
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