More turmoil in CT
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nairiporterANC wants city ungovernable - Zille
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=6&art_id=nw20070328165521168C480455
Elements in the African National Congress were planning another bid to make Cape Town ungovernable, Cape Town mayor Helen Zille said on Wednesday.
Tabling the city's R20-billion budget, Zille said Cape Town might declare an intergovernmental dispute over the R500-million it spent every year on unfunded mandates - functions the province should be performing.
She told councillors that the city administration had formulated an integrated development plan (IDP) setting out how the city would be run effectively and efficiently, with good public services.
"I understand that elements in the ANC are planning to use the IDP to stage the eighth attempt to make this city ungovernable," she said.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=6&art_id=nw20070328165521168C480455
Elements in the African National Congress were planning another bid to make Cape Town ungovernable, Cape Town mayor Helen Zille said on Wednesday.
Tabling the city's R20-billion budget, Zille said Cape Town might declare an intergovernmental dispute over the R500-million it spent every year on unfunded mandates - functions the province should be performing.
She told councillors that the city administration had formulated an integrated development plan (IDP) setting out how the city would be run effectively and efficiently, with good public services.
"I understand that elements in the ANC are planning to use the IDP to stage the eighth attempt to make this city ungovernable," she said.
She said the plan apparently was to use section 32 of the Municipal Systems Act, which said local government MEC Richard Dyantyi could refuse to accept the IDP if it did not comply with the requirements of the act.
"I hope that cooler heads in the ANC will prevail and that this attempt to destabilise the city will be stillborn," she said, adding that there had been far more public participation in the IDP than any other before it.
ANC chief whip in the council Peter Gabriel said Zille's suggestion was "a lot of nonsense", and that she was "chasing spooks".
He said the ANC felt that the process of compiling the IDP was flawed, and that there had been inadequate and weak public participation.
The MEC for local government had a right to ensure the IDP had gone through the proper processes.
Gabriel said the "participation" Zille claimed involved piggybacking on provincial imbizos, and that the attendance at gatherings had been low, with inadequate transport and not enough advertising.
Zille also announced on Wednesday that Cape Town's rates and service charges would increase by an average 15 percent.
"We need to take the hard decision to implement a substantial increase in rates and tariffs to ensure that we do not fall further behind in service delivery than we already have," she said.
Electricity charges would increase by an average of 5,6 percent, solid waste removal charges by 11 percent, and water and sanitation by 19 percent.
The city would try to limit the impact of the increases on people with fixed and limited incomes, especially pensioners and the disabled, by increasing rebates and support.
"I am mindful that in spite of these measures, the majority of the people of Cape Town will feel the impact of the rates and tariff increases," she said.
But, Zille said, if Cape Town wanted to avoid the disaster of collapsing services, and wanted to get ahead, it had to invest now. - Sapa
"I hope that cooler heads in the ANC will prevail and that this attempt to destabilise the city will be stillborn," she said, adding that there had been far more public participation in the IDP than any other before it.
ANC chief whip in the council Peter Gabriel said Zille's suggestion was "a lot of nonsense", and that she was "chasing spooks".
He said the ANC felt that the process of compiling the IDP was flawed, and that there had been inadequate and weak public participation.
The MEC for local government had a right to ensure the IDP had gone through the proper processes.
Gabriel said the "participation" Zille claimed involved piggybacking on provincial imbizos, and that the attendance at gatherings had been low, with inadequate transport and not enough advertising.
Zille also announced on Wednesday that Cape Town's rates and service charges would increase by an average 15 percent.
"We need to take the hard decision to implement a substantial increase in rates and tariffs to ensure that we do not fall further behind in service delivery than we already have," she said.
Electricity charges would increase by an average of 5,6 percent, solid waste removal charges by 11 percent, and water and sanitation by 19 percent.
The city would try to limit the impact of the increases on people with fixed and limited incomes, especially pensioners and the disabled, by increasing rebates and support.
"I am mindful that in spite of these measures, the majority of the people of Cape Town will feel the impact of the rates and tariff increases," she said.
But, Zille said, if Cape Town wanted to avoid the disaster of collapsing services, and wanted to get ahead, it had to invest now. - Sapa
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Date: 2007-03-29 08:29 am (UTC)