ActionSA opposes R6billion KZN Government precinct

ActionSA has launched a campaign to have the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature moved back to Ulundi as opposed to the building of a new precinct in Pietermaritzburg at a costly R6billion.

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According to IOL, the IFP, says economic development through tourism will be boosted in Zululand if the legislature is back in Ulundi.

The provincial legislature was moved in 2004 by the ANC to Pietermaritzburg, once it took power from the IFP.

ActionSA leader Zwakele Mncwango, says the money needed to build the new precinct could be put to better use.

“Why spend that kind of money when  the people of KZN need better housing, water and sanitation infrastructure  and sustainable energy supply” says Mncwango.

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The provincial government currently spends around R11million in rental space for office space in the city.

“ActionSA intends to support the call for this government to utilise the state of the art infrastructure already in place in Ulundi” he adds.

IFP CALLS OUT ANC FOR BACKTRACKING ON ’94 AGREEMENT

In a press conference in March 2022, IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa highlighted on a 1994 agreement made in the Legislature to have Pietermaritzburg and Ulundi used interchangeably.

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“After the 1994 general elections, which were won by the IFP in KwaZulu-Natal, an agreement was reached by all parties in the Legislature that both Ulundi and Pietermaritzburg would be utilised interchangeably for the sittings and committees of the Legislature. This was the most sensible agreement for the resolution of this problem”, he says.

“When the ANC gained majority in the Legislature in the 2004 elections, they took a decision to write off Ulundi and relocated everything to Pietermaritzburg – both Legislature and government offices.”

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“The IFP does not want to pit Pietermaritzburg against Ulundi and vice-versa. We cannot duplicate in Pietermaritzburg what already exists at Ulundi. There is no money to waste”, Hlabisa concluded.