
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says government is implementing measures to stabilise municipalities facing persistent service delivery challenges.
Responding to questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday, Mashatile acknowledged that municipalities, such as Ditsobotla Local Municipality and Emfuleni Local Municipality, continue to experience governance and service delivery difficulties.
He said the challenges stem from governance instability, financial mismanagement, weak institutional capacity and long-standing service delivery backlogs.
Mashatile noted that Section 139 interventions, which allow provincial governments to intervene when municipalities fail to…
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