The Department of Cooperative Governance in KZN has urged anyone with information on allegations of corruption at the Nongoma Local Municipality, to come forward.
UDM councillor Zakheni Nondaka, who has become a fierce voice against the alleged looting of resources in the ANC-led Mhlontlo municipal council, has escalated his fight against corruption to co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Thembi Nkadimeng. Over the years, Nondaka, has accused those in power of systematic looting and has on several occasions written to the office of the Eastern Cape co-operative governance MEC to intervene.
Tshwane metro mayor Cilliers Brink has dismissed claims by ANC that he plans to leave his post and return to parliament as an MP amid the municipality’s financial troubles with R23bn owed to it and at risk of losing millions in development grants.
The South African Local Government Association in KZN has described as unjustified the decision to place the Abaqulusi Municipality under administration.