A parliamentary reply (view here) to questions by the DA has seen KZN CoGTA MEC, Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, admit that Msunduzi Municipality’s R27million sponsorship of the Royal AM soccer team may have been unreasonable.
In an attempt at spin, the MEC then states that this is due to correct processes not having been followed.
Msunduzi municipality remains in a dire financial position – confirmed by the MEC’s own admission. The last thing it should be doing is sponsoring a soccer team owned by a wealthy individual.
The MEC knows this is a bad decision. She admits it’s a bad decision. Yet she does not publicly come and say so to Msunduzi’s ANC-run council.
As always, she remains the MEC of inaction and too scared to speak up when her ANC comrades are involved.
The Auditor-General has also lamented the state of Msunduzi’s finances and has confirmed that correct processes were not followed in terms of the sponsorship.
The DA calls on MEC Sithole-Moloi to have the courage of her convictions and prevent this sponsorship from taking place. There is no money for nice-to-haves when services are so severely lacking in Msunduzi and across the province.
The DA will maintain its pressure on the municipality and at provincial level to ensure that – like the SAMAs – this sponsorship is cancelled. It is not in the best interests of the people. We will also write to Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube to request intervention over this shocking misuse of public money.
In 2024, KZN’s people will have the opportunity to rescue our province when they go to the polls and vote for a government that puts them first.