Eastern Cape co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams has been caught on a recording lashing out at the poor performance of municipal officials in the province.
No letter of complaint over three ignored court orders and the failure of Buffalo City Metro to budget for the repair of sewage-damaged Nahoon River has reached the office of Cogta MEC Zolile Williams, says his spokesperson Pheello Oliphant.
The Eastern Cape co-operative governance and traditional affairs department has defended the province’s municipalities after questions were raised about the qualifications of municipal managers.
A disgruntled UDM councillor in the Mhlontlo municipality has written a scathing letter to Cogta MEC Zolile Williams, accusing the ANC-led council of trying to privatise a municipal BnB at the Tsitsa Falls, one of the area’s biggest tourist attractions near Qumbu. In his letter, seen by the Dispatch, Zakheni Nondaka alleged that the municipality had taken a resolution a few years back to develop Tsitsa Falls in Shawbury village as a major tourist destination and built the BnB as one of the as.