Diyanti Refused Request To Change Council In May
Here’s an interesting fact I found while looking through my archives. In May 2006 following the local elections Richard Diyanti turned down the request of ANC council members to place the council under administration. At that time Diyanti found there was “no basis” for intervention. At that time he said he only had two areas of concern: the interim heads of portfolios (who I assume are now properly appointed) and Wallace Mgoqi (who was given the boot later that month).
Now placing the council under administration is different than forcing the council to a adopt a new format however at the time Diyanti was unwilling to do so because there was no breakdown in service delivery
Dyantyi said concerns about service delivery and malfunctioning in municipalities were viewed in a serious light, so he had carefully considered the request.
The justification used by Diyanti now, that the council is not sufficiently representative of the electorate, seems almost absurd by comparison when you consider that service delivery is supposed to be the number one priority of government.