Thank you, Chair. I want to differ with the Minister on one aspect. That is, the province does not intervene or it fails in its subsection 4 and 5 intervention in terms of 139(7), the national government has a responsibility to intervene in the province and that is the fair and safe mechanism that are system of intergovernmental relations has in terms of the Constitution. So, the national government does have a role to play, Minister.
Of course, it is not suggested that national government place a province under administration every time there is a problem in the municipality, but surely there is a role to play actively to address these things. Minister, the DA is in possession of an email sent by the deputy manager of corporate support services of the Mogalakwena Local Municipality last year November. The email invites general workers, who had already been appointed to come and submit their curriculum vitae, CV. Which suggest that this is after the fact of regularising of an irregularity. We also have sources who give us information to this effect.
My question is, when the Minister is confronted with evidence of this nature of irregularities in the municipality what does she do? And, will she take up this issue of Mogalakwena Local Municipality? I do have a copy of the email for her perusal. Thank you very much, Chair.
The MINISTER OF CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS: Thank you very much. I know that the Member of the Executive Council, MEC, and the province are dealing with the matter. We will just await their conclusion, but
I know that they are dealing with the matter. Not because of the email but because of many other things. They are dealing with the matter of Mogalakwena Local Municipality ...
AN HON MEMBER: ... what do you do?
The MINISTER OF CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS: ... we are waiting for them to conclude their process but they are dealing with it. We just need to wait for that. In terms of the national intervening, yes, we have been intervening. In the North West we intervened. However, it does not mean that as you say it yourself that if there is one municipality that has a problem then the province has to be under administration, no, it won't happen like that. However, Mokgalakoena is being dealt with, just wait a week or so, it is being dealt with you will see. Thank you.