Lichtenburg municipal crisis: government persists in failure, Sakeliga intensifies legal action
Neither the administrator of the Ditsobotla local municipality nor the North West government is apparently capable of restoring proper water supply to the towns of Lichtenburg, Coligny and others in terms of a court order that Sakeliga obtained on 13 October. Sakeliga is therefore now intensifying our legal action against the president, the North West […]
Sakeliga Special Report: how state entities can immediately start procuring responsibly and independently
This report reconfirms municipalities’ apparently forgotten but constitutionally mandated discretion and independence in procurement.
STATE ENTITIES MAY CEASE MANDATORY BEE IN PROCUREMENT IMMEDIATELY
National Treasury overwhelmed with more than 700 applications for preferential procurement exemptions in wake of Sakeliga’s ConCourt victory Sakeliga can today announce that owing to a five-year litigation battle against the Minister of Finance, BEE and local content requirements in public procurement have finally been scrapped. New regulations promulgated last week by the Minister of […]
Urgent relief granted in Sakeliga case in Ditsobotla
The High Court in Mahikeng yesterday granted urgent relief in Sakeliga’s court application concerning the crisis in Lichtenburg and Coligny in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality. The judgment forms part of a court case by Sakeliga and others aimed at facilitating the orderly restoration of water supply by communities and forcing national government to intervene. The […]
Sakeliga heads to court for urgent order to restore water services and force national government to intervene in Lichtenburg
In a far-reaching urgent court application, Sakeliga is now asking for a court order to force the national government to intervene directly in the Ditsobotla local municipality (Lichtenburg and Coligny) and to empower community organisations to undertake emergency interventions. The application requests authorisation for community organisations to intervene on an interim basis in the delivery […]
Lichtenburg under “gangsterism” management, but government drags feet
“This place is managed by gangsterism” – these were the words used by the director-general of a national government department to describe the Ditsobotla Municipality. The admission came in a meeting held on Friday morning, 30 September, between government representatives, Sakeliga, and various parties interested in and affected by the failure of Ditsobotla Municipality. Nevertheless, […]
Sakeliga will exercise its constitutional obligation to ensure the Expropriation Bill does not become operative
As with the failed constitutional amendment before it, Sakeliga will exert all necessary pressures and undertake litigation as required to ensure the Expropriation Bill, passed this week by the National Assembly, does not become operative. Secure property rights are a precondition for a secure and flourishing society and commercial environment. The Expropriation Bill does great harm […]
Government to meet with Sakeliga on Friday regarding Lichtenburg crisis
The state attorney and members of government will meet with Sakeliga on Friday 30 September regarding the crisis in Lichtenburg and the greater Ditsobotla Local Municipality. The meeting comes after demands by Sakeliga on 23 September, for urgent rectification of the Northwest Province’s chaotic and irrational intervention in the collapsed Ditsobotla Local Municipality. Businesses and […]
Sakeliga making progress with contempt case following weeks of evasion by Mogalakwena municipal management
Sakeliga has finally succeeded in serving a court application on the acting municipal manager of the Mogalakwena Local Municipality in Limpopo, Mr Hendrick Ngoepe. He has seemingly been dodging service of Sakeliga’s court application* to have him found guilty of contempt of court.In particular, he is never at his office, and his staff time and […]
Sakeliga makes urgent demands of president and premier regarding Lichtenburg crisis
Sakeliga demands urgent proper intervention by the Premier of North West regarding the municipal crisis in Lichtenburg, alternatively by the President of South Africa. The urgent letter of demand by Sakeliga’s attorneys on Friday follows after the provincial government once again improperly intervened and caused an acute crisis in the Ditsobotla Municipality. The provincial government […]