Musina Local Municipality in Limpopo province have discovered grave corruption and malpractice at the Musina Local Municipality; these findings have emerged in cheques, bank statements and financial reports of the Municipality. The situation in Musina is tense and on the verge of a mass uprising.

Workers from the Musina Municipality say “We are sick and tired of the lack of service delivery; the roads in Musina are full of potholes and the Municipalities equipment, such as tractors and vehicles has to be pushed every morning in order to start them because there are no finances to repair them. The
Municipalities account to buy safety equipment and clothing has been closed because of non payment.”

In order to prevent an already very tense situation from spiralling into violence, SAMWU members in the region are requesting that the ANC Regional Executive Committee intervene immediately, in dealing with the blatant corruption by the municipal managers that has plagued the Musina Local Municipality for far too long.

Issues SAMWU will discuss with the ANC Regional Executive Committee;

-Blatant Corruption.
-Vacancies that have not yet been filled.
-Tenders that are being awarded to friends before they can be advertised.
-Companies that are operating in the Municipality without proper contracts of agreement.
-Poor service delivery.
-Mayors continuous intervention in administration.

If these issues are not dealt with as a matter of urgency, we will find ourselves experiencing a situation similar to what the country experienced in Diepsloot and Lekwa Municipalities.

Based on the compelling evidence SAMWU has, the corruption by the Municipal Manager and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has left the Musina Municipality in the red, the Municipality has incurred a deficit of R552,467.43 this year during an annual show hosted by the Municipality, which was riddled with corruption.

SAMWU is outraged by the blatant corruption and shocked by the amount of evidence the members of SAMWU in Musina have accumulated against the Municipal manager and the CFO. We will do all that it takes to root out corrupt practices in Municipalities, that lead to dangerous situations.

A SAMWU official has stated that these corrupt individuals are be taken to task, together with the relevant Government structures to root out corruption in one Municipality at a time.