The ANC in Johannesburg claims it has learnt of the imminent axing of Johannesburg’s member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for finance, Rabelani Dagada. This comes as mayor Herman Mashaba has "personally" taken charge of the billing crisis in the city. Mashaba has instructed the finance department in the metro to give regular feedback to him on the status of interventions undertaken to address the billing debacle, which has been a problem for years. The finance department traditionally falls under the political leadership of the finance MMC. When contacted for comment on Tuesday evening, Dagada said he had no comment, and referred all queries to the mayor’s office. "The imminent firing of councillor Dagada comes amid continued problems in the city’s revenue department regarding the escalating billing crisis, which in the words of the mayor ’has reached unprecedented proportions’," ANC spokesperson for the greater Johannesburg region Jolidee Matongo said in the statement. "The recent...
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