MUNICIPALITIES
Serving citizens needs less agenda and more co-operation
Two months ago, I addressed the South African Local Government Association (Salga) Gauteng conference, which also elected its new leadership. Several resolutions were adopted, including the need to enact provincial legislation that ensures Salga is consulted on all policies and laws that have an impact on local government. The Gauteng government supports this important resolution and we will work with Salga’s provincial executive committee to implement it. At the conference, we warned mayors against the tendency by big municipalities to think they do not need Salga. Those municipalities and cities that work in isolation from Salga will not get support from the provincial government. How can they refuse to co-operate with other municipalities and still expect co-operation from other spheres of government? It is naive and narrow-minded to do so. Salga is the collective voice of local government and it must not be undermined by those who pursue narrow political agendas. Without a stron...
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