{"id":56551,"date":"2025-03-28T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/?p=56551"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:19:14","slug":"countless-issues-at-moqhaka-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/countless-issues-at-moqhaka-persist\/","title":{"rendered":"Countless issues at Moqhaka persist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Madli Grobbelaar\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many residents of the Moqhaka Municipality believe that those in charge should be held accountable for ongoing failures and the lack of urgency in tackling critical service delivery issues stemming from what is termed mismanagement, neglect, and poor governance under the current leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cllr Chris Dalton of the DA says one of the leadership failures by the municipality involves its unsettled Eskom account, which is a looming crisis. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;The absence of a clear plan to address this issue is deeply concerning, leaving residents anxious about the inevitable consequences of inaction,&#8221; says Dalton.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Another failure by the municipality is the deliberate dumping of sewage into the river, which is an environmental catastrophe in the making. 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