To reduce the scourge of initiation deaths, the Amathole District Municipality has embarked on a campaign to provide water tanks to some initiation schools that admit hundreds of initiates.
What started as a good year for the Amathole District Municipality, having finally appointed Dr Bhekisisa Mthembu as its new municipal manager, quickly went south over the appointment of the district’s second most senior official, the chief financial officer.
Amathole district municipality mayor Anele Ntsangani has distanced himself from the debacle that landed the municipality in court over the controversial appointment of its CFO.
ANC provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane says factional fights among party councillors in the Amathole district municipality have compromised service delivery.Speaking at Dr Jongi Klaas’s book launch in Mkhubiso village outside Keiskammahoek on Wednesday, Mabuyane said he was planning to convene a meeting with ANC leaders in ADM.