Central SA
EFF holds third Free State provincial assembly─── 07:45 Fri, 04 Nov 2022
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in the Free State is set to elect its new leadership this weekend.
This comes as the party holds its 3rd Peoples Assembly in Bloemfontein for three days, starting on Friday 4 November 2022.
The party has been critical of the Free State Provincial Administration and also raised numerous concerns about the financial status of municipalities, including the cash-strapped Mangaung Metro, where the national government has intervened.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Mangaung chairperson, Gopolang Lipale, said the council has failed to fulfil its task of serving residents in the metro while corruption thrives, allegedly under their watch.
Lipale said that "thieves, crooks and criminals must be jailed and keys must be thrown away" if the national government is serious about dealing with the troubles in the ailing metro.
He further called on the national government to disband and dissolve the council because it has allegedly failed its basic mandate of ensuring corruption is rooted out and those in question are dealt with according to law.
The metro has, on two occasions, failed to pass and adopt its 2022/23 budget after neglecting to adhere to governing legislation.
