Since the 2016 municipal elections, the Mogale City Council is dysfunctional with no established committees which form part of the structures of the Council.
Mogale City Council does not have the following section 79 committees required by the Municipal systems act; Ethics Committee, Petitions Committee, Programming Committee and Rules Committee.
This clearly indicates that this local municipality is governed by lawlessness as these committees are crucial for the day-to-day running of the Council.
Each one of these committees plays a significant role in ensuring that the Council abides by the rules enshrined by the Constitution. They are also an oversight mechanism to ensure that adequate services are rendered to the residents.
According to the Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Lebogang Maile the Mogale City Council has not yet established the Petitions Committee due to a lack of consensus among political parties represented in Council. MEC Maile was responding to the DA’s written questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
The Petitions Committee serves as a mediator when residents of Mogale City are not satisfied with the services they receive from the municipality.
This means, since 2016, residents have been robbed of a structural ear that seeks to listen to their cries and complaints.
We call on MEC Maile to intervene as a matter of urgency to ensure that this Council establishes these much needed committees. This is to ensure that this Council does the work its mandated to do for its residents.