Experts say efforts to intervene at local municipalities, using a section of the constitution, where provincial government deploys an administrator have not helped to improve the state of local governments in the North West because of political squabbles.
“The sad reality with service delivery in local municipalities in the North West province is unfortunately caused by internal political party squabbles, differences and problems. The use of different interventions, they’re being used to fight political battles.
The problem is not isolated to North West but across the country.