ANC-led Umdoni Local Municipality Goes On A ‘Witch-hunt’ After Poor Audit Outcomes

SANDILE MOTHA

AS a knee jerk reaction to the damning Auditor- General’s report on the poor financial state of municipalities, the ANC under the uMdoni local municipality is now targeting opposition councillors accusing them of sharing sensitive affairs of the council to the media.

According to Francois Rodgers, the Democratic Alliance chairperson in KwaZulu-Natal, two party councillors have received written notifications hauling them before the Municipal Ethics Committee.

The charges were laid by the ANC Municipal Speaker, Cllr Nombuso Mpanza-Mngadi, against Cllr Shara Singh and Edwin Baptie of the DA.

The councillors are accused of discussing municipal finances with the media.

“They are facing charges of breaching section 11 (a) of schedule 1 of the municipal systems act. The relevant section 11 (a) of the systems act quoted in both charge sheets state that a councillor may not except as provided by law interfere in the management or administration unless