STATEMENT OF YCLSA EPHRAIM MOGALE DITRICT ON THE DECISION OF THE MPUMALANGA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO PLACE EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY UNDER ADMINISTRATION
18 APRIL 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE The Young Communist League of South Africa [Ufasimba] in Ephraim Mogale District welcomes the decision of Mpumalanga Provincial Government to place the dilapidated Emalahleni local municipality popularly known as the city of potholes under administration. The decision has been taken following the provincial Cabinet meeting on Wednesday motivated by the total collapse of service delivery in Emalahleni local municipality. This decision has been long overdue, the YCLSA in the district made a clarion call to the department of co-operative governmence and traditional affairs last year after its District Executive Committee meeting held on the 28th October 2012 to place the municipality under administration; this was based on the municipality’s inability to provide services to the community of Emalahleni, and uppermost the outcomes of Auditor-General Terrence Nombembe’s report. We, as the Young communist League in the district feel vindicated on our call to lobby our provincial government to impose Section 139 (1)(b) as encapsulated in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa to Emalahleni local municipality after they have subjected the community of Emalahleni to Hell in their lifetime through horrible disservice, and this was exacerbated after claims that the political authorities in the district/region imposed a Municipal Manager to the institution, the MM who possess a dubious managerial track record, hence SAMWU embarked into a strike against him. YCL doesn’t cast doubt of aspersions on the decision taken by the provincial government, we also want to urge government to take harsher actions against those found with their hands in the people’s purse and those who stood in the way of service delivery an act we believe is counterrevolutionary. It will be myopic for those who hold political power in the region to think that the decision is politically motivated. Service delivery is a central pillar of democracy. Statement issued by YCLSA Ephraim Mogale District For more information contact: Tsekiso Machike-District Spokesperson Cell: 078 237 3900 Or January Kabini-District Secretary Cell: 083 692 1528 Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
