Gauteng legislature subpoenas Emfuleni Local Municipality over service delivery failures

By Lungile Ntimba

The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Standing Committee on Petitions has subpoenaed Emfuleni Local Municipality for failing to account for several unresolved service delivery petitions lodged by local residents.

Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions, Vuyiswa Jentile, held a public hearing on Thursday to assess eight service delivery petitions submitted by residents. 

To the Committee’s utter dismay, only one of the eight petitions was addressed, with no senior municipal officials or the mayor present to account for the rest.

Critical service failures in Sebokeng, relocation issues in Tshepiso, disputes over municipal rates, the Evaton Township Mega Project, and residential land disputes in Evaton were highlighted as of the major issues affecting residents’ lives.

The lack of urgency received strong criticism from Jentile, who described it as undermining community concerns and the integrity of the petitions system.

“The Committee cannot accept continued failures to respond. Emfuleni’s inaction delays resolution