so now the SACP marches against the ANC? On 3 November 2011 05:24, <[email protected]> wrote: > Mawende Jack, The New Age > > Residents from several township wards marched into the Port Elizabeth city > centre under the banner of the SACP in protest against lack of service > delivery and political interference by ANC leaders in the Nelson Mandela > municipal affairs. > > Among the demands by the party and Cosatu members were for the ANC regional > leadership to cease meddling in Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s > administration. > > They also called for the release of the Kabuso forensic report findings and > for those implicated in the report to be criminally prosecuted. > > The probe, which was instituted by the provincial government into corruption > in the municipality, found widespread corruption that implicated senior ANC > regional leaders and business people in tender irregularities. > > The SACP Mbuyiselo Ngwenda district deputy secretary, Msingathi Sipuka, said > residents, especially in townships, were faced with huge service delivery > problems daily. > > Among those were deteriorating infrastructure, poor health services, > sub-standard refuse collection, unreliable meter reading, high unemployment, > crime, HIV-Aids and widespread corruption. > > The march by the SACP members appeared to have been directed at certain ANC > regional leaders, including party chairman Nceba Faku. > > The party claimed Faku’s businesses were involved in the Nelson Mandela Bay’s > major housing and other infrastructural projects. > > Last week SACP leader and human settlements director Mvuleni Mapu spoke of > rampant interference by the ANC regional headquarters in the affairs of his > directorate, including in the payment of contractors. “We are even told who > to pay and from which funds,” Mapu said. > > Last week the party and SA Municipal Workers Union came out in support of > mayor Zanoxolo Wayile on the appointment of Bhisho-seconded acting municipal > manager Themba Hani. > > [email protected] > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put > anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this > address (repeat): [email protected] . >
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