ANC trying to get Potch mayor reinstated
2013-01-11 10:38
Potchefstroom - The North West branch of the ANC is looking
for legal loopholes in order to get its mayor reinstated in Tlokwe, the
municipality that Potchefstroom falls under, Business Day reported on Friday.
The party is hopeful that the appointment of the Democratic
Alliance's Annette Combrink as mayor is invalid because she turned to her
cellphone to accept the nomination.
"She sent an SMS to accept the nomination. According to
the legal opinion, that does not stand," ANC mayoral committee member for
economic development Lucky Tsagae told the newspaper.
He said that the party was waiting for a council meeting to
be called by the speaker in order for the matter to be discussed.
Motion of no confidence
In November, a motion of no confidence in ANC mayor Maphetle
Maphetle was passed by warring factions in the party.
Combrink subsequently replaced him.
ANC provincial spokesperson Kenny Morolong told Business Day
that the provincial branch of the party would be "intensifying its resolve
to reclaim" the municipality.
"The ANC will observe all legal process in the quest
towards the reinstatement of comrade Maphetle Maphetle as the mayor of
Tlokwe," he told the newspaper.
- SAPA
