The following speeches were delivered in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature today by DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, Mervyn Cirota MPL and DA Gauteng Spokesperson on Cooperative Governance and Human Settlements, Makashule Gana MPL, during the debate on the Cooperative Governance 2017/18 budget.
Speech by
Mervyn Cirota MPL
“DA’s Midvaal shines as ANC municipalities regress”
- Only one municipality in Gauteng for year 2015/16 was able to receive a clean audit according to the latest figures released by the Auditor General. This was the achievement of the Midvaal Municipality.
• The failure to comply in Ekurhuleni and Mogale was due to irregularities in the supply chain process. In Johannesburg, previous clean audits for JRA and Pickitup were changed due to inadequate contract management.
• MEC, perhaps you should follow the steps that are being taken by the administrations in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Midvaal to ensure effective governance free of corruption and which implements responsible financial management.
The full speech can be obtained here.
Speech by
Makashule Gana MPL
“MEC Mashatile lacks political will to effect change in COGTA”
- A closer look at the budget reveals that we are in essence being asked to approve an increase in spending on employees’ cost and a decrease in spending on municipal direct support. The employee costs for this department sits at 65% of the entire budget, everything else only accounts for 35% of the budget.
• In the last two financial years almost 90 million rand was transferred to these municipalities to assist with various projects. For the MTEF period only R22 million is put forward as the amount to be transferred to the municipalities.
• In the last two financial years almost 90 million rand was transferred to these municipalities to assist with various projects. For the MTEF period only R22 million is put forward as the amount to be transferred to the municipalities.
The full speech can be obtained here.