A recent report by public protector Kholeka Gcaleka has revealed that the City of Cape Town has failed to provide basic municipal services to residents of Langa Flats, and Khayelitsha Township as required by the Constitution.
Releasing the report following
a systemic investigation, Gcaleka reportedly said the investigation found that
complaints of poor service delivery were substantiated, with the municipality’s
conduct amounting to improper conduct, maladministration and prejudice against
affected residents.
Political Parties and organizations
have critisized the city of these findings.
Action SA says the report
highlights shortcomings in housing, sanitation and other basic municipal
services under successive Democratic Alliance administrations.
The party argued the findings,
together with a recent Constitutional Court ruling on affordable housing, show
a pattern of unequal service delivery.
Meanwhile the ANC says the
Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town failed to meet their
constitutional obligation.
“The ANC in the Western Cape
has welcomed the landmark constitutional court judgement, confirming that the
Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town failed to meet their
constitutional obligation to address the apartheid era spatial quality.” ANC
Western Cape spokesperson, Sifiso Mtsweni
Done By: Elona Sibunzi
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