By Obakeng Maje
Tlokwe-The ANC today again tried to take control of Tlokwe illegally by switching council agendas and sneaking in a motion of no-confidence in the DA Executive Mayor, DA said.

“An independent councillor was forced to leave the council chamber in an artificial attempt to achieve a majority in the council” Democratic Alliance Chris Hattingh said in a statement.

DA said the meeting to remove the DA mayor could not be constituted since it was not quorate.

It is alleged that the ANC councillors proceeded, without the council being quorate, to debate
the salaries of MMC members.

“They also put reasons forward to the North West MEC for Local Government to conduct a Section 139 intervention into the Tlokwe municipality and to appoint an administrator to take control of the council” Hattingh said.

ÐA said this is an obvious attempt to re-instate ANC control by stealth.

“It is all part of sustained attempts by the ANC to destabilise the council in the run up to the by-elections on the 23rd of October” he said.

DA outlines that since it took over in Tlokwe, the ANC has done everything in its power to destabilise the council and prevent real service delivery from happening.

“DA will continue working to make sure that Tlokwe is a corruption-free and effective municipality that delivers services to its people”.

They said ANC’s delaying tactics, together with the persistent attempts at vote-buying by ANC and government officials form the backbone of the ANC’s election strategy for the upcoming by-elections.

“The ANC has been forced to resort to these tactics because they know that they have no service delivery record to run on in the Tlokwe municipality” Hattingh said.-TDN
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