By OBAKENG MAJE
Today, the Greater Taung Local Municipality mayor, Oageng Seleke is expected to resign from his position as a mayor as per ANC Interim Provincial Committee (IPC)’s instruction.
Seleke is expected to announce his resignation today at 2pm during a press conference. He was elected unopposed as the new mayor of the municipality back in April 2021, following the unceremonious removal of the then mayor, Kgosi Nnyoko Charles Motlhabane.
Motlhabane who is expected to be reinstated as the mayor during the course of this week, was ousted through a motion of no confidence sponsored by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
Seleke was once adamant and said he will not recuse himself from the mayoral position.
“No my chief, a true leader cannot just instruct you. A selfless leader will listen to the cause then addresses the matter. So, it means the IRWC is not interested in addressing the cause, but they are interested in pleasing some bitter comrades.
“We need to shelve the spirit of arrogance first. To them, they are not interested in solving municipal issues but in pleasing their own interest. This is a revolution, so let them decide but the revolution continues. One day people will be reminded of their deeds,” he said.
However, the ANC IRWC coordinator in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati region, Walter Mabogola said in a letter that was sent to Seleke requesting him to resign: “The IRWC has noted with great concern that Nnyoko Motlhabane who is the ANC mayor of Greater Taung Local Municipality (GTLM) was removed without proper consultation with the party that deployed your good self.
“It was further noted that the council meeting, which was held in GTLM on 13 April 2021, has elected you as the new municipal mayor after you have accepted the nomination.”
Mabogola further said in their view, Seleke’s election was done without proper consultation with the ANC.
Meanwhile at the time, the ANC IPC coordinator, Kenny Morolong said they have noted with concern the decisions of both Madibeng and Taung Local Municipal councils to remove both their mayors through motions of no confidence.
“We have also learned with utter shock that ANC deployees collaborated with the oppositions to remove both mayors of the ANC and did so without the organisation’s directive. These developments represent a continuation of a new and worrying tendency in our caucuses across the province.”
“This tendency seeks to erode the centrality of the ANC as the only centre of power. He said they would like to remind their deployees that the deployment and re-deployment of the mayors remain the exclusive domain of the IPC,” he said.
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