'Service delivery is the priority'

THE newly appointed Moses Mabhida ANC regional convener, Nathi Mdladla, in Pietermaritzburg, will next week meet Msunduzi Local Municipality Mayor Mzimkhulu Thebolla and his caucus to discuss the administrative and service delivery challenges facing the municipality.

- WILLEM PHUNGULA

Mdladla was appointed alongside 10 regional conveners by the KwaZulu-Natal ANC provincial task team and directed to prepare for the upcoming elections.

In an exclusive interview yesterday, Mdladla said that as a citizen in the municipality, he also experienced service delivery problems, such as water and electricity cuts.

However, he would not want to publicly state his opinion about the possible causes before allowing the municipality's leadership to present to him their version of what was causing the challenges.

"By the end of the next week, I would have met the mayor and our caucus in Msunduzi. I want to hear from them first about the challenges facing our municipality before the regional task team takes a position and gives our opinion as to how to overcome these challenges.