Intervention in Bay pays off

[caption id="attachment_96334" align="alignright" width="295"] SPELLING IT OUT: Premier Phumulo Masualle, left,
and ANC Bhisho spokesman Mlibo Qoboshiyane
address the media Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI[/caption]

ANC working committee believes metro is making progress

MONTHS into its intervention, the ANC said yesterday it believed its efforts to stabilise Nelson Mandela Bay had paid off and it was making visible progress in cleaning up the city’s administration.

The ANC’s provincial working committee, led by premier Phumulo Masualle, was in the Bay to assess the state of the metro since mayor Danny Jordaan took over in June.

Briefing the media after a series of meetings yesterday, Masualle said the committee was pleased with the performance of the city’s leadership so far.

“We received progress from the troika about the stability this council had achieved in a relatively short time and that there is focus,” he said.

“The impact is felt, for example, in budgets that had to be engaged immediately.

“The leadership came in and worked with the councillors, and the budgets were approved.

“We think Nelson Mandela Bay is on a sound and positive footing.”

Although the committee was pleased with the progress made by the leadership, Masualle said it was aware of challenges remaining in the municipality.

“The public protests taking place in [this] environment are a concern,” he said.

-Avuyile Mngxitama-Diko