The Democratic Alliance will be tabling a motion to the Provincial legislature asking for a forensic audit into the affairs of the Ikwezi (Jansenville) amidst allegations of gross mismanagement and corruption.
The DA will also be requesting the MEC for Local Government, Sicelo Gqobana, to invoke Section 139 of the Constitution, allowing the province to intervene into the affairs of a municipality.
The allegations are raised in a petition from the community dated 25 February 2010 and received by a staff member of the MEC's office. Despite undertakings by the MEC that he would visit Jansenville, he has failed to do so.
The petition contains allegations of bribery, misuse of a council credit card, awarding tenders to friends, the reallocation of funds and the non enforcement of bylaws.
Bad management of the Municipality, failure to properly collect revenues, maladministration and nepotism are further serious allegations contained in this petition.
What is more, having visited the town on 10 June 2010, I saw horrors pertaining to housing delivery.