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Harrismith proposed name change a cosmetic cover-up for poor governance: DA─── THANDI XABA 07:39 Wed, 10 Dec 2014
Harrismith - The Democratic Alliance says a proposal to change the name of Harrismith in the Eastern Free State to Intabazwe is irregular and illegal.
The party says this a desperate attempt by the ANC to deflect valid criticism of its poor record of governance in the municipality.
Provincial DA leader Patricia Kopane says the process is illegal and its being used to detract from the urgent issues the area faces.
The DA says the ANC launched an attempted name change for Harrismith in 2005 which was rejected outright the residents after thousands signed a petition to keep the original name.
Kopane claims the name change is a blatant attempt by MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Mathabo Leeto to divert attention away from the real issues of poverty, unemployment and collapsed service delivery.
The Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality allegedly owes Eskom R600 million.
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