The newly established JB Marks Municipality in North West comprising of former Ventersdorp and Tlokwe municipalities, says the funds for the process of amalgamation has dried up and the municipality intends requesting additional funding.
The decision to amalgamate the two municipalities was taken by the then Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Pravin Gordhan.
Gordhan said Ventersdorp municipality was unable to perform its constitutional obligations, as it was not financially viable.
“There was money allocated for these two municipalities to an amount of R13 million, that was used to run all the process of amalgamation like to re-brand the new municipality. So now that money is finished, we must write again to national to submit a new business plan so that we embark on the second process of running the amalgamation,” says JB Marks mayoral spokesperson, Victor Boqo.
