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Man “tortured” to death [3]
Mayor slams officials
>> Councillors are accused of abusing their positions
Local business woman makes national tracks
“T
HE way officials conduct themselves leaves a lot to be desired,” said KwaDukuza mayor Ricardo Mthembu at the 2014/2015 budget adoption meeting last Wednesday. Mthembu was speaking at the Shakashead Community Hall. Once the budget was approved, he took the opportunity to lay into officials who he said were abusing their positions. “Officials are using their office to do their own thing and the work ethic is poor. We need to respect each other, communicate well with each other and be able to say KwaDukuza has leaders that can be respected, and whowecansayhaveledustoaparticular place. “We are representing the legacies of our forebears,” said Mthembu. “Honestyis the pillar that willtake us forward,” he added. Mthembu said he would be meeting with individuals to make sure all in office were in line with the municipality’s 2030 vision of “prosperity”. He said that it was important for councillorsandofficials toattendmeetings, which they recently had not been doing. There were a number of absentees from the budget adoption meeting, he
Minister of small business develop ment Lindiwe Zulu, and deputy presi dent Cyril Rama phosa congratulate Indrani Govender from Ricinz Con struction during the Shanduka Black Umbrellas 2014 National Enterprise Development Awards in Sandton. Read more on page seven. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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ect(IDP)objectivesandKwaDukuzainfrastructure needs’. An area of concern is the rapid increase of employment cost. This makes up 44% of total expenditure when electricity costs are excluded. The approved budget document
stated there is a ‘danger to the long term financial sustainability of the municipality should this trend continue’. The issue has also been pointed out by Ratings Africa and provincial treasury. Democratic Alliance (DA)
councillor Madhun Sing said he was concerned about the municipality’s ability to spend the capital budget, with a rollover of about R87 million from last year. TURN TO PAGE 2