Hon House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the Masilonyana Municipality in the Free State is still under administration 29 months after section 139(1)(b) intervention began;
2) also notes that the municipal Eskom debt has in this period increased and the municipality's financial position is now worse than before;
3) further notes that the municipality is also still unable to provide water on a regular basis to many residents, an issue over which they have been reported by the DA amongst others to the Human Rights Commission on various occasions;
4) acknowledges that such interventions happen at a huge cost to the taxpayer without a clear recovery plan in place, nor an exit strategy or regular or financial reports to the NCOP, despite this issue being related to the delivery of most basic services to the people;
5) resolves that in all interventions, including this one, a three month progress report be required from the administrator to be submitted to the select committee on a regular basis with reasons for the progress or decline in the state of the municipality under intervention.
I so move.