Phuti Mosomane
COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa said all the political parties in the Government of National Unity have agreed to take decisive actions against municipalities that are continuing to be dysfunctional despite national government support.
Hlabisa was speaking at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest house in Pretoria on the side-lines of the first cabinet lekgotla on Saturday. Chaired by the President, the Lekgotla is a strategy planning session for the government and sets key priorities for the year.
He said the first thing the government does when intervening in a dysfunctional municipality is to provide support but that cannot go indefinitely as has been the norm over the years.
Hlabisa added that the government will dissolve dysfunctional municipalities and call for elections.
“A line must be drawn somewhere if you realise that when the government tries to intervene and cooperation is bad, the government will have no option but to
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