As an organisation responsible for ensuring that its members are empowered and capacitated to provide good services to the people at local level, what programmes are in place and what are the challenges that are being faced by the SA Local Government Association? The organisation has previously mentioned that some barriers to good service delivery by its members include political party infighting, bad leadership and councillors that are not competent. As the municipal election date nears, we have heard how residents complain about indifferent mayors and councillors. So, what can be done to address this? To interrogate this, we are joined on the line by... 

 

Guest: Councillor Bhekumuzi Stofile – Chairperson: Councillor Welfare, Governance and International Relations

Guest: Professor Jaap de Visser - Director: Dullah Omar Institute University of the Western Cape