OPINION: Local government is a mess, let’s fix it

By Duglas Gibson

Donald Trump’s slogan was, “Trump will fix it.”   Like him or abhor him, the slogan was a winner. He must now fix what he and most voters considered wrong in America. If he fails, it will be tickets for the Republicans next time, and Democrats will again have a turn.

We know that our GNU has pledged to focus on growth as the generator of jobs and the eliminator of poverty. However, one serious matter that deserves urgent GNU attention is the disastrous situation in local government.

All over SA town councils are in financial trouble. The Metros, apart from DA-run Cape Town, are all failing, have a revolving door for the mayoralty and the Mayoral Committee, people appointed who are quite obviously not up to the task and often based on dishing out the spoils to those who have been disloyal to the previous mayor and