No one sets foot at the building, while council holds meetings via Zoom.
Meanwhile, Democratic Alliance councillor at Kopanong Hessie Shebe called for a forensic investigation into the municipality’s finances. She said Kopanong submits financial returns very late, leading to funding always arriving late, and the quarterly funding from the State is used for arrears and salaries, and not for intended service delivery projects.
“Workers who are supposed to have retired are called back to work. Old people are told to start over and work to earn a salary in Kopanong because pension funds are owed millions of rands.Kopanong’s African National Congress Mayor Xolani Tseletsele shrugged at striking unions demanding workers’ wages, accusing them of “not coming to the table”.
“People at Kopanong earn a lot of money, I can tell you that. We got rid of corrupt officials who were doing nothing but loot the coffers before my arrival,” he said.