MPs slam Kannaland mayor’s ‘network issues’ absence excuse

SOME MPs have described the embattled Kannaland Municipality as having “no leadership” after mayor Jeffrey Donson snubbed a meeting with the National Assembly’s co-operative governance and traditional affairs committee, claiming “connectivity challenges”. The intention of the engagement this week was for the committee to be updated on the implementation of recommendations during its oversight visit in January last year as the municipality faced financial woes and other issues. Provincial government involved in assisting the municipality told the committee that while there were programmes to support it, systemic issues that hamper optimal municipal functionality persisted as it kept on changing administrative leadership. Senior manager Sandra Greyling said: “As the province, we would have to go back and do orientations in relation to the support plan implementation process. There is still a…