BY KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
The new Administrator and Chief Financial Officer were roped in by local government and human settlements inquest to rescue financial distraught, Tswaing local municipality. The municipality has been under administration since last year.
Section 139(1)(b) was invoked at the municipality after dissipation of funds. Acting MEC for local government and human settlements, Fenny Gaolaolwe said they brought in finance officials from national and provincial government for assistance.
She said the team will also ensure that the municipality is able to stick to key deadline such as submission of adjustment budget for 2015/2016, draft the budget for 2016/2017 and submit Eskom tariffs to NERSA for approval.
Gaolaolwe said she visited the municipality on Thursday to assess whether the provincial government’s Section 139(1)(b) of the Constitution which was invoked last year yields any positive results.
“The mandate of the then Administrator at the time of the intervention was to ensure that there is service delivery. Water and sanitation were the primary issues. The administrator was also expected to stabilise and improve administration. Another matter was to 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. We are re-assessing the situation now,” she said.
-TDN
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