The ANC is putting itself before the residents of the Mbombela Local Municipality (Mbombela/Nelspruit, Barberton, Hazyview, Kaapsehoop, Skukuza, White River) by refusing to support the Freedom Front Plus’s (VF Plus) motion concerning the provincial and national government’s outstanding debt of R241 million.
This amount is owed to Mbombela for services rendered over the past thousand days or more.
The Freedom Front Plus’s motion requested the Municipality to enforce its credit control and debt collection by-law, which provides for a series of steps that could ultimately lead to the disconnection of defaulters’ services.
According to Mbombela’s Executive Mayor, Ms Sibongile Makushe-Mazibuko, this by-law has been enforced in the past.
Yet, after more than a thousand days of non-payment, the ANC chooses to protect its own structures and refuses to disconnect services, as is done with ordinary residents and businesses.
Residents and businesses are forced to pay for the same services and if they fail to do so, their water and electricity supply is suspended at once.
The party will now approach the Public Protector (PP) and launch a petition to pressure the ANC in Mbombela into putting residents first.
Freedom Front Plus Education: The FF Plus calls for quality education and the protection of language rights in schools.

Hen Skittle
A new teacher enters a classroom full of students.
The teacher stands at the front of the room and greets the students, \”Good morning, class.\”
None of the students say anything. One boy at the back of the classroom stands up, \”Good morning, teacher.\”
Puzzled, the teacher carries on. The following morning, the same thing happens. Day after day goes by, and it\’s the same routine.
One morning after greeting the class and the same student standing and greeting, the teacher has had enough, \”Why is it, that every time I walk in and greet the entire room, only you stand up and greet me?\”
In the most broken English, the boy replies, \”Because I are the only one here, what\’s name are Klass\”
Jester
Fun South African Fact: There are 11 official languages, each with equal status, in South Africa