Hon Chairperson, good afternoon Deputy President, it would appears that the accountability for local government failures just does not exist in the dictionary of our ruling party. Civic organisations like, Save the Environment have on numerous occasions tried to enforce the law by going to court. One of these court cases ensured that the previous Municipal Manager Mr Sam Tshabalala had six warrants against his name and nothing happened.
Mr Deputy President, his transgression was that he did not ensure that the sewerage flowed into the Vaal River. You have now spoken about the pump stations that are working and you have cleaned this and that. If we do not hold officials to account we cannot expect the Vaal River to be cleaned up. What I would like to know from you is when will Mr Sam Tshabalala be arrested and when will the current municipal manager be held accountable for the failures that are currently taking place? Thank you.