The Thabazimbi local municipality in the Waterberg region of Limpopo has been threatened that it could be dissolved and its administration take over by the provincial |government. But the DA has vowed to fight any move to hand over control of the council. Limpopo premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba this week gave the council of Thabazimbi only seven working days to state as to why it should not invoke Section 139 (1) of the constitution.
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She added these challenges have severely affected service provision to the residents of Tabazimbi. “Despite previous interventions by the department of cooperative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs (Cogta) and the provincial Treasury, the situation has not improved,” Ramathuba said. “The municipality is currently operating with two separate structures claiming to be the council, further exacerbating the governance crisis.
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