{"id":299005,"date":"2026-06-18T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=299005"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:22:16","slug":"lejweleputswa-management-under-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/lejweleputswa-management-under-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Lejweleputswa management under scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The DA in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/about-government\/contact-directory\/fs-municipalities\/lejweleputswa-district-municipality\">Lejweleputswa District Municipality<\/a> will intensify oversight and monitoring of governance, accountability and consequence management following the appointment of a new executive mayor amid ongoing concerns over financial mismanagement, governance instability, and declining service delivery in the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the Free State ANC provincial leadership 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