The President raised the matter of DDM in the context of that all provincial government departments were able to collectively work together in addressing service delivery issues in Mamusa Local Municipality in January 2020.
Mamusa Local Municipality was stabilised after it's dissolution as all senior manager posts were filled which were vacant for a number of years also there was significant improvement in revenue collection and the municipality was able to pay its long outstanding obligations.
However, in the advent of new council that came in after local government elections these gains were reversed as currently the Political in fighting by councilors and that affects service delivery. The Premier has established a team of MECs who are on the ground in a bid to resolve the challenges.