President Cyril Ramaphosa will today lead a delegation on an oversight visit to Emfuleni Local Municipality in Gauteng to assess progress made in the delivery of basic services.
The municipality has been struggling to deliver services such as water and sanitation.
This has led to the Water and Sanitation Department intervening in upgrading critical bulk pipelines and pump station infrastructure.
The President will also visit the area’s waste water treatment plant and highway pump stations before meeting with stakeholders.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Thembi Nkadimeng, says there are serious problems in the municipality.
In a statement, the Presidency says Ramaphosa’s visit to Emfuleni will be undertaken within the context of the District Development Model, which aims to improve cooperative governance through integrated intergovernmental planning and budgeting.
No progress
In a report released in March, the office of the Auditor-General (AG) said the Gauteng government’s partial intervention in Emfuleni had not benefitted the community.
The AG said there had in fact been a regression in some cases.
Gauteng government had placed Emfuleni under partial administration in 2021 to try and get its fiscal administration in order however, the intervention was terminated 18 months later.
The Emfuleni Local Municipality is one of three local municipalities founded in 1999 comprising the Sedibeng District in Gauteng.
It is composed of 45 wards and is an ANC-led coalition government.
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