Hon House Chairperson and hon Minister, in the Northern Cape, there are municipalities where the relevant provincial MECs already intervened and written letters to the councils for Members of the Mayoral Committees, MMCs, to vacate their positions because they did not meet the minimum competency requirements. Yet after two years, these MMCs are still in their positions.
Who is liable for the millions in unauthorised irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure during their tenure? [Applause.]
The MINISTER OF CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS: The MMCs are actually employed by the municipalities. So, it is the municipalities and the councils that keep them when they know they should not be keeping them. Thank you.