LUCAS LEDWABA
A GROUP of residents fed up with the alleged break down of service delivery in the Lekwa local municipality will meet on Wednesday to finalise plans to take court action against the entity.
The Lekwa Ratepayers Association has even started a Facebook fund raising campaign to cover legal costs they estimate could be around R500 000.
Spokesperson Wilma Venter told Inside Metros that service delivery in the town of Standerton and surrounds “has totally collapsed.”
Venter blamed this on what she said was mismanagement by the municipality which falls under the Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga.
The municipality’s area covers at least 32 200 households in the area whose economy centres largely around commercial agriculture.
“We are definitely going ahead with legal action,” said Venter when asked if they had already submitted court papers.
She said a final decision on when such action will be taken will
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