Johnathan Paoli
Opposition parties in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality have condemned the recent appointment of the 10 Members of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) and called it a political power play between the ANC and EFF that is in stark contrast to the needs of the people.
DA Ekurhuleni leader and former Mayor Tania Campbell issued a statement on Tuesday, and said that while her party has noted the announcement by the Executive Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza of the new committee, she remained concerned over what she referred to as an impending collapse of service delivery for residents and businesses in the city.
Campbell said the recent reshuffling was merely familiar faces in new positions and the rewarding of EFF councilors with “big, tender-heavy portfolios”.
She said the incompetence of the MMCs illustrated the inability of the coalition to engage the mandate of the people they claimed to represent and was further
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