The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) will tomorrow, Tuesday, 21 February 2017, visit the troubled Nquthu Municipality to ascertain whether the request by KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cogta to have this municipality’s council dissolved has sufficient merit.

Tomorrow’s visit will enable to Committee to solicit views from Nquthu stakeholders, including political parties represented in the municipality, organised labour, the South African Local Government Association, the business sector, as well as women and youth formations on whether they support the MEC, Ms Nomusa Dube’s, intention to dissolve the council. These views will assist the community in formulating its report and advise the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on whether to endorse what is envisaged by the MEC’s request.

Engagements with stakeholders are scheduled to commence at 10h00 at the Nquthu Council chambers.

MEC Dube, on behalf of the KZN Provincial Executive Council, submitted a notice in terms of the requirements of section 139 (3) of the Constitution for the intervention and dissolution of the municipal council of Nquthu local municipality as provided for in Section 139 (1) (c) of the Constitution. Notice was submitted to the NCOP on 08 February 2017.

 

Issued by Parliamentary Communication Services on behalf of the Chairperson of the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Jihad Mohapi