04/09/2025
Ramotshere shows us: provincial leaders only act when Parliament shames them. Too little, too late?
Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality is burning — debt, water shortages, protests, and even gunshots in council chambers — yet the North West Premier and his MECs only remembered their constitutional powers when Parliament shamed them into action. For years they sat back, blaming local councils while residents suffered. Now they parade an “intervention plan” like heroes, but the truth is clear: this crisis could have been prevented if they acted sooner.
This is not leadership, it’s negligence. Committees and meetings won’t restore trust if the provincial executive keeps treating governance failures as fires to put out only when the smoke is visible from Cape Town. Ramotshere is the symptom, but the disease is a provincial government that hides until it’s forced to lead.
Full Article: https://revvnetwork.co.za/the-ramotshere-crisis-exposes-a-lazy-provincial-executive-hiding-behind-municipal-failures/
