ANC North West warns municipalities to get their houses in order

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The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West province has sent a stern warning to its deployees, saying resolutions taken at its extended Provincial Executive Committee Lekgotla will not be a box-ticking exercise. Speaking on the second day of the Lekgotla, the party’s provincial chairperson, Nono Maloyi, said time was running out to fix failing municipalities and improve service delivery across the province.

This comes ahead of the much-anticipated local government elections expected to be held this year. This, as the province is marred by allegations of corruption and defiant party deployees, leading to local government’s failure to render basic services like water.

The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West has sent a stern warning to its deployees, saying resolutions taken at its Extended Provincial Executive Committee Lekgotla will not be a box-ticking exercise.

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The ANC in the North West was assessing organisational readiness, governance and service delivery challenges in the province.

ANC NEC deployee to the North West, Reginah Mhaule, says, “When we started, we outlined the resolutions of the National Executive Committee Lekgotla of the ANC. We then localised them because, when they are taken at the NEC level, they are broad and apply to South Africa as a whole. Here, we focus on resolutions that address issues affecting the North West, such as water, electricity, roads and potholes in our municipalities. We know that our councillors often spend most of their time fighting amongst one another. Now, we are saying, let us focus on service delivery because that is what our people want,” says Mhaule.

ANC Chairperson in the province, Nono Maloyi, says improving service delivery and creating jobs will be a priority.

“We need to fix local government as quickly as possible. Secondly, we need to ensure that we transform the economy in order to create jobs and better the lives of our people, particularly here in the North West. This is not a talk show; we are not here to repeat decisions that were taken in previous makgotlas or meetings. What we have said is that what we will be doing today is determining who is doing what and by when,” says Maloyi.

Maloyi added that they will no longer tolerate lawlessness in local councils.

“There is quite an unfortunate situation in some of our municipalities where administrators, whether it is your MM, CFO, or other senior officials, involve themselves in wrongdoing. When they are found out, they then convince politicians who happen to be councilors to agree with them or to condone their wrongdoing. We are no longer going to tolerate such things. Anybody who is in conflict with the law must face the law, but at the same time, we as the ANC must act against those rogue elements who are in our institutions,” she adds.

The PEC is expected to also meet with caucuses of Matlosana, Moses Kotane, Rustenburg and Madibeng local unicipalities to address ongoing challenges.

ANC PEC Officials joined by the Provincial Spokesperson briefed the media on the outcomes of the ANC PEC Lekgotla, outlining the movement’s binding Programme of Action for 2026 and reaffirming the commitment to decisive implementation to fix local government#ANCPECLekgotla pic.twitter.com/dAZOVGWtVH

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