ANC Limpopo provincial secretary Soviet Lekganyane says 2021 elected municipal councillors should desist from fighting over trivial issues and instead focus on the needs of communities.
In an interview with News24, Lekganyane said infighting over trivial issues was another factor that could delegitimise the ANC in the eyes of communities yearning for infrastructure development in their areas.
"They have to develop strategies that deal with employment creation. We want substantive items on the council agenda," Lekganyane said.He raised the issue against the backdrop of a significant drop in support for the ANC and voter turnout in the recent municipal elections in the province. Two municipalities, which were controlled by a DA-led coalition, Modimolle Mookgophong and Thabazimbi were hung entities.
"The people can observe and they know what position you occupy, the way you live, the things that you have and they will know you are corrupt," Lekganyane said. "Things like these may look small, but to the people who live under the jurisdiction of those municipalities it is very serious," he said. "The best teachers of political education are the ones who convene factional meetings because they are wrestling for power and struggling for state resources," Lekganyane said.
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