COALITIONS Archives - Brett Herron

THEEWATERSKLOOF MPAC: PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY IN ACTION

The GOOD Party welcomes and applauds the leadership of Theewaterskloof Municipality for its proactive commitment to transparency and community inclusion through its Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). The Speaker of Council, GOOD Councillor Weldon Wells, has reaffirmed that MPAC meetings will be open to the public, and that notices of these important oversight sessions will be actively communicated to all residents. This is a commendable step in strengthening accountability and building trust between the municipality and the people it serves. In a political climate where far too many municipalities shield executive actions from public scrutiny, Theewaterskloof is setting the right example.

GEORGE BUILDING COLLAPSE: GOOD EXITS COUNCIL COALITION AFTER PLANNING MMC BANNED FROM SPEAKING

GOOD Statement / By Brett Herron

George Councillor Chantelle Kyd was the MMC for Planning in a coalition municipal government led by the DA, and the leading advocate in council for transparency around investigations into the collapsed George building, which claimed 34 lives last year.

But when the Council meets to table the first of two (technical and legal) investigations into the disaster tomorrow – confidentially, without media present – the DA caucus in the coalition has decided that it is too risky to allow Kyd to speak. The only members of the coalition allowed to speak are the mayor and deputy mayor, both representing the DA.

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