The continuous political squabbles among political parties in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro in the Eastern Cape has directly affected service delivery. Not a single house was built in the last term and its human settlements budget was returned to National Treasury. This was revealed by Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Thembi Nkadimeng who expressed concern that the poor who were desperate for housing were disadvantaged in the process.
had spent much time and energy on motions of no-confidences against the incumbent mayors instead of service delivery.should be a priority over political squabbles. “The metro had to return an estimated R500 million during the last term to the fiscus. As required by law, if a municipality failed to spend its allocation, the money should be re-allocated to another municipality or national or provincial government departments.
Nkadimeng, a former president of the South African Local Government Association and ex-mayor of Polokwane local municipality in Limpopo, replaced Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who was moved to the Youth and People with Disabilities portfolio.