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ANCWL abandons Gauteng general council set to nominate new provincial leader
This comes as the race heats up between Lebogang Maile and Panyaza Lesufi.
Although the figure represents a decrease of over R14 billion, the provincial government is still worried.
The majority of the debt is owed by household consumers and this covers only the period categorised in over ninety days.
ANC members in the coming months will elect provincial leaders as part of the organisation's preparations towards its much-anticipated elective conference in December where new national leadership will be elected.
As the race towards the ANC in Gauteng's provincial conference heats up, former health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku appears to be vying for one of the top five positions.
He addressed a rally held in his honour in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria on Friday where some regional leaders made it clear that he was their preferred choice to take over from David Makhura when the province goes to conference in a few months.
Maile held a briefing on Sunday in Sandton on the reconstitution of new municipal councils and the election of office-bearers across Gauteng municipalities following the results of the local government election earlier this month.
Maile has spoken out against what he calls unfounded attacks on the competency of the former administrators.
MEC Lebogang Maile has given the government's response to the judgment by the apex court on Wednesday, which found that the decision by the Gauteng executive to dissolve the council was unwarranted.
Cooperative governance MEC Lebogang Maile said he has delegated senior officials to oversee the election process of the new mayor.
The provincial government said it will be spending money to assist the community with service delivery and to better manage their finances, but it won’t be paying the bills for them.
Maile penned a formal letter to the mayor on Monday regarding allegations levelled against his running of the city.
MEC Lebogang Maile has led a briefing on the state of municipalities in the province amid calls for public office bearers to come clean about how government money is being spent.
The call was made during a debate on Cooperative Governance Mec Lebogang Maile’s budget speech on Thursday.
The MEC on Thursday tabled his budget speech which was streamed online.
Many people have not been able to pay for services having been retrenched or forced to take pay cuts over the past three months.
Willy Bila is the current director general of the provincial Cooperative Governance Department.
Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile on Tuesday visited the treatment plant, which is being built to improve water provision to the Hammanskraal area, which has been battling with proper water supply for some time now.
Randall Williams said he had prepared a special response ready for the City of Tshwane.