DA to table No Confidence Motion in Walter Sisulu Speaker, after her arrest

Dear Editor

The DA will today table a Motion of No Confidence against Walter Sisulu Municipal Speaker Kholekile Lange to be dealt with in the next Full Ordinary Council Meeting.

Yesterday’s Special Council meeting was abruptly disrupted when the HAWKS stormed the council chambers of Walter Sisulu Local Municipality to arrest Speaker Lange.

The Municipal Manager, Thembinkosi Mawonga, was seen talking to the HAWKS after Councillor Lange was escorted to a vehicle and driven to Aliwal North Police station; where he spent the night.

The Speaker appeared in court to today and was granted bail of R5000 and the case was postponed until Tuesday, the 21st of March 2017 pending further investigation.

ANC Councillors, the Mayor as well as the MM were in support of their “dishonourable Speaker” at today’s court appearance.

The office of the Speaker is meant to act objectively, fairly and with great integrity when it comes to council matters and we cannot have a Speaker who is in jail cells, when she should be working to solve the enormous issues of delivery breakdown in Walter Sisulu. The Speaker should step down, or face the DA Motion of No Confidence.

Regards

Matthee Nel Cllr
Walter Sisulu Local Municipality PR Councillor