Service delivery at the Amathole district municipality stands to take a big knock, with almost half a billion rand meant for infrastructure development in danger of being forfeited to the National Treasury as the ailing council struggles to spend its conditional grant allocation. The council’s dismal spending has been blamed on an ongoing staff protest in the form of a go-slow.
ANC presidential candidate Lindiwe Sisulu fired a salvo at President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday for his part in the scandal on his Phala Phala farm, saying no-one should be above the law, and criticised leaders who hoard money under mattresses while the nation starves.
“I need to make sure I’m representing the people and not my heart, pocket or somebody else, but the will of the people.” These were the words of ANC presidential hopeful Lindiwe Sisulu in an exclusive interview with DispatchLIVE (http://www.dispatchlive.co.za), after she was given an endorsement by party members in Ngqushwa for her quest to take the top seat at its electoral conference in December.
Protesters who this week forcibly evicted an international film crew of 48 people from the Fish Studios at the former Fish River resort have been interdicted from entering the resort or threatening, assaulting or intimidating staff or clients.