Potch votes in ANC mayor
2013-02-26 16:19
Potchefstroom - Maphetle Maphetle has been returned as
mayor of the Tlokwe municipality in the North West on Tuesday.
He won by 31 votes to 21 votes for former DA mayor
Annette Combrink.
As the results were announced ANC members in the council
erupted into applause and cheers.
Earlier a vote of no confidence in Combrink was passed by
the municipal council.
The vote and the motion of no confidence was passed by 30
votes to 22.
As Combrink left the desk at the front of the council
house, Councillor David Legoete who brought the motion, gave her a mock
standing ovation.
Combrink pulled a face and gave him a thumbs down sign.
Legoete brought the motion, on behalf of the ANC caucus in Tlokwe city council, to have Combrink removed from
office with immediate effect.
In the motion, Legoete said Combrink was a member of the
DA and as such was bound by the policies of the DA.
"The major constituents within the jurisdiction of
the Tlokwe City Council voted for the ANC and, therefore, expect the executive
mayor to abide by the national, provincial and local policies, and manifestos
of the ANC to be implemented for purposes of service delivery to them," he
submitted.
"It is [untenable] for the Tlokwe city council,
which has the majority of councillors representing the ANC, [to be] led by a
member of the DA in the executive."
Fighting ANC factions passed a motion of no confidence in
party-aligned mayor Maphetle in November.
He was replaced by Combrink - the first DA mayor in the
province - when she defeated ANC candidate Lucky Tsagae by 20 votes to 19 for
the mayoral position.
- SAPA
