Statement by George Michalakis MP – DA Parliamentary Leader:
The Municipal Manager of the failing Kannaland Municipality served a half-hearted “cease and desist” letter on the DA, in an attempt to stop us laying criminal charges against him today.
The DA cannot, and will not be prevented from fighting for better service delivery for the people of Kannaland, by a Municipal Manager hiding behind legal letters. The DA’s promise in this election is to stop corruption, delivery basic services and create jobs.
We have continued to lay criminal charges.
Advocate Dillo Sereo, Municipal Manager of Kannaland, is the accounting officer and is responsible for the failures of his administration.
Kannaland is currently governed by a Mayor from the ICOSA party who is a convicted rapist. Advocate Sereo has a legal duty to uphold the law in the administration, while the political leadership is led by a convicted criminal.
The DA therefore proceeded to lay serious criminal charges for what we believe to be grossly negligent financial management and reporting failures against Kannaland Municipal Manager, Adv. Dillo Sereo.
Under Adv. Sereo, appointed in 2024, Kannaland has been unable to receive a clean audit. The municipality has been unable to properly account for its use of taxpayer and residents’ money. Kannaland has received disclaimed audit opinions for the past four financial years, with no improvement under Adv. Sereo’s leadership.
And residents feel the pain.
There is no reliable water supply, and residents rely on water tankers for their daily needs. While public money has already been spent, a critical sewage plant project has stalled. The roads are poor, and because the municipality is failing, there are no jobs for residents struggling to get by.
This is why the DA is acting – to get Kannaland working for all its residents!
Voting for the DA on 4 November will not only ensure funds can be accounted for, but we will use public funds to lay the foundations for a new chapter of growth and hope for Kannaland.
There is a reason why the worst governed municipalities in the Western Cape are the ones that are not governed by the DA.
The DA’s tour against poor municipal management continues.
Wiccan Trouble
Diary of an Englishman after he moves to South Africa….
**August 1**: Just got transferred with work from London, UK to our new home in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa. Now this is a town that knows how to live! Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool yesterday. It was beautiful. I’ve finally found my new home. I love it here.
**September 1:** Really heating up now. It got to 31 today. No problem though. Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I’m turning into a sun-worshipper – no blasted rain like back in London! Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me! Another scorcher today, but I love it here. It’s Paradise !
**October 1:** The temperature hasn’t been below 35 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it’s windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit. Acclimatizing is taking longer than we expected. Fell asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed three days off work. What a dumb thing to do. Got to respect the old sun in a climate like this!
**October 25:** This wind is a bastard. It feels like a giant fucking blow dryer. And it’s hot as hell! The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged R200 just to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from @#$# Johannesburg. The wife & the kids are complaining.
**October 30:** The temperature’s up around 40 and the parts still haven’t arrived for the fucking air conditioner. House is an oven so we’ve all been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bleeding R4 million house and we can’t even go inside. Why the hell did I ever come here?
**November 4:** Finally got the fucking air-conditioner fixed. It cost R1,500 and gets the temperature down to around 35 degrees. Stupid repairman. Fucking thief. If one more smart bastard says ‘Hot enough for you today?’ I’m going to fucking throttle him. Fucking heat! By the time I get to work, the car radiator is boiling over, my fucking clothes are soaking fucking wet and I smell like baked cat. Fucking place is the end of the Earth.
**November 9:** Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black leather upholstery in my car. I thought my fucking backside was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and off my fucking behind. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried bum and baked cat. The Weather report might as well be a fucking recording – hot and sunny. Hot and sunny, Hot and fucking sunny. It’s been too hot to do anything for 2 bleeding months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Fuck!!
**November 15:** Doesn’t it ever rain in this darn place? Water restrictions will be next, so my R5,000 worth of palms might just dry up and blow into the fucking pool. The only things that thrive in this hell-hole are the fucking flies. You don’t dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the little buzzards!
**November 20:** Welcome to HELL! It got to 45 degrees today. Now the air conditioner is gone in my car. The repair man came to fix it and said, ‘Hot enough for you today?’ I wanted to shove the car up his backside. Anyway, had to spend the R2,500 of the mortgage payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid fool. Fucking PHALABORWA! What kind of sick, demented idiot would want to live here!
**December 1:** WHAT!!!! The FIRST day of Summer!!!!
You are fucking kidding me, right?
Tomcat
Fun South African Fact: South Africa is the Rainbow Nation.