The DA today walked out of Sol Plaatje’s illegal Special Council Meeting, because the meeting was unlawfully convened by the Speaker, Nomazizi Shwababa, on 26 November, ten days after she resigned as Speaker with immediate effect.
The meeting attempted to swear in ANC cadres, Dipuo Peters and Martha Bartlett, who the ANC has identified to take up the reigns of Mayor and Speaker, but because the meeting was illegal, their swearing in is likely illegal too.
We will ask the MEC of COGHSTA, Bentley Vass, to investigate and intervene.
Sol Plaatje is not a dumping ground for recycling ANC cadres nor does it exist to serve the political agenda of the ANC. It has serious business to do to address the escalating water crisis in the city, which is once again leaving Kimberley residents high and dry.