Sir
The so-called “T Ndlovu” is not a card-carrying member of the IFP and nothing appears on our systems as T Ndlovu.
I, Bhekani Shabalala, Publicity Secretary for the IFP, stand to correct what was commented on by T Ndlovu (ANC member), Courier, dated September 4.
It is untrue that former senior officials are aggrieved and are joining IFP so that they get back on to the Endumeni Council as Councillors. They have joined the IFP as this is the party you can trust and has previously set a good record in municipal leadership and performance reports.
For record purposes, these officials have been members of the IFP for years and it is not correct that they have joined the IFP after their dismissal from office.
I wish to support my statement as follows: during the IFP leadership from 2007-2011 April, both Umzinyathi District Municipality and Endumeni Local Municipality received a “clean audit/ unqualified audit” in financial performance.
Many ANC led municipalities are dysfunctional. Â Umzinyathi and even Endumeni administrated by the MEC delegation from COGTA.
That attests to “no service delivery”. The people must know that recently the National Treasurer intended to take R7,9 million from our MIG funding because there was no plan where to commit the money, whereas our roads in town needs to be upgraded.
We can get more than R30 million for MIG if for all our roads. It’s easy – the IFP can do it as we did it before, eg. Karellandman Street, including the electrification of Ebusi, Thelaphi, Wasbank and Stratford farm.
What has been done by ANC since 2011 to date?
Because the housing project, currently under construction, in extension 18 and in Colley Street is an old project from 2008-2009.
Today we are experiencing water shedding something that our people have never thought that it will happen, indeed it has never happened when the IFP led.
The ANC is still failing to supply clean water and water tanks. Areas such as Stratford Farm, Mpilonde, Ndumeni, De Jagersdrift, Livangeli and Emankamane are experiencing serious water shortages.
Surprisingly, many ward councillors are not aware of this.
I wish to name our former senior officials: Mr CJ Carelse was holding the position of Assistance Manager Technical Services, Bart Maltman was Executive Manager Technical Services, TW Ndlela was Manager Social Development, Mr PG Mabilisa was Manager Communication, BA Mbatha was Executive Manager Corporate Services and TP Biyela is the suspended Municipal Manager.
All were competent in their work and they had a vision of changing our Dundee town and both Wasbank and Glencoe towns.
The problem was the fact that all good plans to upgrade our town and its neighbouring towns in terms of service delivery were not supported by the ANC and the outcome of that was to find ways to dismiss them from office.
That is why our municipality is collapsing. And the Municipality will still pay a lot of money to these dismissed employees since they have won all the cases in the bargaining council and the municipality still wants to take these awards for review which will be another wasteful expenditure.
One must not blame these youngsters but blame the ANC leadership for failing to account for youth unemployment issues.
In conclusion, I wish to urge the people that before they put their X during voting time, think before you do and exercise it at your discretion.
I also wish to alert the people that they must not, not and not vote for food parcels and big underachieved promises, but for proper service delivery which the ratepayers of Endumeni deserve.
Bhekani Shabalala, Publicity Secretary for the IFP
