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Border control and immigration policy are National Government responsibilities.
A municipality and/or Ward Councillor does not have any power to control our borders nor order deportations.
The people of South Africa will soon discover that political parties which campaigned on those promises in the Local Government Elections promised powers that municipalities do not possess.
All these dishonest parties simply played with the emotions and vulnerabilities of our people.
Voting is done now. The question you must ask the party you voted for is; will they close the border? The answer is NO!
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Your Minister of Human Settlement, struggle hero Comrade Thembi Simelane* has axed the board of directors of the Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS) for their refusal to appoint her imposed candidate, one Comrade Kedibone Phetla as an interim chief ombud of the CSOS.
Comrade Kedibone allegedly has a chequered past: she faces allegations of ignoring internal advice & signing an unbudgeted R50 million ICT tender which plunged the entity into financial difficulty (in her previous stint as acting CSOS ombud in 2024). Other questionable contracts she concluded during her tenure are also under scrutiny. The Board is however pushing back on Comrade Thembisile, citing procedural irregularities in their sacking, political overreach & interference.
*You will remember Comrade Thembisile Simelane from her R575 000 VBS Bank gratuity which was disguised as a loan (she got the alleged kickback after “investing” R349 million of the doomed Polokwane Municipality’s cash in VBS). In Dec 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa quietly moved her from the Justice & Constitutional Development Department to the Human Settlement portfolio after she successfully convinced him that she was no longer a thug & a looter. Or whatever.
Human Settlements Minister threatens to dissolve board after it refuses to appoint her compromised candidate for top job. ebx.sh/zQxx4d
