By Simon Nare
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has revealed some of the government’s plans to intervene at certain municipalities to ensure that service delivery is achieved.
Mashatile revealed in a question and answer session in the National Council of Provinces that an extended joint meeting was held on Tuesday where ministers, deputy ministers and premiers agreed that service delivery needed to be executed timeously.
He said the meeting committed to more involvement from the executive and the provincial government in ensuring that District Development Model was implemented.
Mashatile pointed out that when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his medium-term budget, he revealed that 50 of the 257 municipalities had an active financial recovery plan.
He admitted that this number was quite low.
“The minister also highlighted that three municipalities are under national intervention. I had a meeting with both Minister of the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini
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