Despite the progress report, the major challenges facing the municipality is the resignation of municipal managers, negative audit opinion and lack of capacity. There is a report on absence of audit committee and lack of internal audit capacity, convergence and sabotage by some officials. Security threat hampering the smooth operations of the municipality and the involvement of senior managers in business, neglecting their judiciary responsibility.
"Select committee observation and opinion". All representative of political parties serving in the municipal council has acknowledged the Provincial Executive Committee, PEC decision to evoke section 139 (1b) of the Constitution, further acknowledged the progress made by the administrator, stakeholders accordingly, recommended the extension of the period of secondment of the administrator to enable implementation of outstanding work related to intervention.
Recommendations: Having conducted the oversight visit to Ramotshere Local Municipality and interacted with the local structure of political parties. The local community and the representative of organised labour, youth, ward committee members, and South African Local Government Association, the Select Committee of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, recommend as follows; The NCOP
approves the intervention of Ramotshere, Moiloa Local Municipality in terms of 139 (1b) of the Constitution. Administrator should fast track the process of implementing the municipal turnaround plan in accordance with the term of reference assigned by the North West MEC for Cogta.
Administrator should ensure that the municipal turnaround plans improve and provide solutions on all issues related to non functioning of the local labour forum, absence of the youth desk in the municipality and capacity of ward committee members. The North West MEC for Cogta should table quarterly progress report to the NCOP on the status of the intervention in the municipality, including challenges encountered. The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs incorporation with relevant portfolio committee in the North West, State Provincial Legislature should in future conduct a follow up oversight visit o municipalities in order to evaluate the progress made in respect of the intervention in this municipality. I table this report.
Debate concluded.
Question put: That the Report be adopted.
Voting.
Report accordingly adopted in accordance of section 65 of the Constitution.