'DA fails to address apartheid legacy'

THE Western Cape's municipal governance model is not the best in the country as it fails to address the legacy of apartheid, especially segregation, says Deputy President Paul Mashatile.

- MAYIBONGWE MAGHINA

The optimal model that was required was the one that would accommodate all individuals, regardless of their race or colour, he said.

Mashatile was responding during a question-and-answer session yesterday when he was asked by EFF leader Julius Malema what he found to be the reasons that there have been no notable improvements in governance in some municipalities since he assumed he implemented rapid response interventions on service delivery and troubleshooting service delivery hotspots.

Malema also asked whether he had found that municipalities in the Western Cape offered the best model for municipal governance than elsewhere in the country.

Malema questions were a sequel to controversial comments President Cyril Ramaphosa made during the ANC’s recent roll call, where he lauded the DA-controlled municipalities as examples of good governance. Mashatile said Ramaphosa was quoted out of context.

“But you know, the media has got its own way of reporting. They are only focused on this issue, giving an impression that our president was praising the DA?