ANC exposes DA failures in annual reports
The ANC Western Cape says it is clear the DA still caters mostly for its rich constituency, while in general neglecting the poor and the DA seems to be satisfied that inferior services are rendered to those who need it most.
The annual report that today served before the Western Cape legislature shows severe problems of massive underspending (under delivery of services) amounting in excess of R411 million, with many targets not reached, overly use of consultants, still too many incidents recorded of wasteful and fruitless or even irregular expenditure as well as fraud and corruption that is rife under the DA.
Despite reduced targets, the DA since 2009 still builds far less houses, while there are serious problems with health and education provision. Far too many positions are still not filled across most departments leading to less people to do the job.
ANC Western Cape leader Marius Fransman says: "The Western Cape is the province where the divide grows under the DA and racism is on the up in rich areas. This is part of the trend where the DA claims to do a lot for the poor, but when the reports come out, in too many cases it proves failure - even after targets were lowered or deliberately set too low to project so-called ‘successes' and the main budget was adjusted to paint a more rosy picture.
"In just the provincial department of public works and transport we saw only 8% going to historically disadvantaged individuals and it does not comply with legislation. More than R110 million was paid to a suspect contractor Filcon who did not complete the projects it was paid to and alternatives must now be sourced to finish the schools in Darling and Atlantis.