Endumeni Local Municipality’s young mayor turns things around, but NFP says slow development is driving residents to big cities
The National Freedom Party (NFP), in KwaZulu-Natal, says the main concern in many municipalities in the northern parts of the province is that most are rural and struggle to provide basic services such as water and electricity.
AG report Mkhize says when he came in as mayor, the municipality was dysfunctional, with a massive debt to Eskom and negative commentary from the Auditor General of South Africa.“There are areas with no electricity, with no access roads, with no shopping centres and in most areas, people still need to travel 50 to 60km just to go to town, which is very draining,” he said.
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