The 15 Eastern Cape municipalities Nhlanhla Nene has lost patience over
The finance minister wants the provincial government to take over the running of distressed Eastern Cape municipalities
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene wants the provincial government to take over the running of 15 Eastern Cape municipalities who are in distress.These include Makana in Grahamstown; Ngqushwa in Peddie; Enoch Mgijima in Queenstown; Emalahleni in Dordrecht; Intsika Yethu in Cala; Great Kei; Dr Beyer Naude in Graaff-Reinet; Sakhisizwe in Khowa (Elliot); and Walter Sisulu municipality in Aliwal North.Nene said that when matching the "cash and cash equivalents" for this period against the "total creditors" for the same period‚ "it showed that municipalities with unfunded budgets are not able to pay their total creditors within the prescribed 30-day period".These details are contained in Nene’s written response to parliamentary questions from the DA’s co-operative governance and traditional affairs shadow minister, Kevin Mileham.Grahamstown’s infrastructure and financial woes have been a worrying factor for years‚ and were in the spotlight this week when Co-operative Governance and Tradition...
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