[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Vereeniging service protests yesterday

[Patrick Bond]

(Reported only on the Independent Democrats' site as far as I can tell)

NEW GOVERNMENT SHOULD STRENGTHEN SERVICE DELIVERY MONITORING SYSTEMS

8 JANUARY 2009-Khosi Mncedane, ID Gauteng MPL says the rate at which 
service delivery protests are taking place across Gauteng, is an 
indication that local governance has failed and that an improvement is 
needed in the monitoring systems which regulate service delivery.

Khosi Mncedane, ID Gauteng MPL says the rate at which service delivery 
protests are taking place across Gauteng, is an indication that local 
governance has failed and that an improvement is needed in the 
monitoring systems which regulate service delivery.

Mncedane’s comments follow protest action and road blockages, by a large 
group of Vereeniging residents this morning, in the area. These 
residents raised a number of issues including housing, and the supply of 
water and electricity.

‘It is not as if our people want Government to provide everything for 
free, but are only calling on assistance for the things they can not 
afford like land and houses. These are budgeted for by National 
Government but the money does not seem to arrive at the various 
departments.’

‘The Independent Democrats understands that not every need can be 
immediately met, but Government needs to radically improve service 
delivery,’ Mncedane says.

‘It is not an ideal situation when people revolt against their own 
government for simple things like water and electricity that could be 
easily attended to with effective delivery and monitoring.’

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