She had no connectivity issues. Instead a small picture of a microphone, with a line through it, kept appearing on her screen.During this the speaker repeatedly asked members not to mute her “but took no real steps to address the problem or identify who was doing it”.The IFP presenter, who spoke next, had no issues.
“As councillors, the adoption and debate of the budget is probably the most important work we perform. This is even more so during this pandemic, because local government has been called upon to rise to the challenge of supporting communities. We have been required to provide housing, food, economic and social relief which calls for extra judicious budget adoption processes going forward to ensure funds are utilised where they are needed most.”“There will be a dispute as to whether the muting of my speech was intentional or not. It matters not.
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