The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it’s “deeply concerned” that the exact same rot that ruined the Sedibeng District Municipality in Gauteng will proceed after African National Congress (ANC) councillor Lerato Maloka was re-elected as mayor.
Maloka was elected mayor throughout a particular council sitting on Tuesday, 18 February. Her reinstatement comes weeks after she was ousted through a DA-sponsored motion of no confidence on 29 January. A complete of 26 councillors voted in favor, whereas 21 voted in opposition to.
ANC’S LERATO MALOKA RE-ELECTED AS SEDIBENG MAYOR
On Tuesday, Maloka was up in opposition to DA councillor Prudence Hlanyane whom the celebration nominated as mayoral candidate.
The outcomes of the election had been as follows:
- ANC’s Lerato Maloka – 25 votes
- DA’s Prudence Hlanyane – 24 votes
DA caucus chief in Sedibeng, Sibusiso Dyonase mentioned the re-election of Maloka as govt mayor is a stinging indictment in opposition to the Sedibeng councillors who voted for extra of the identical. It was time for change, however the councillors put the ANC forward of the folks.
“Our fight for Sedibeng and its residents goes on, and the DA will continue to fight for and enforce principles of good governance and accountability, and we will hold this failure of a District Mayor to account,” Dyonase mentioned.
Likewise, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng additionally expressed its disappointment over the re-election of Lerato Maloka.
The celebration mentioned the choice to reinstate Maloka is an insult to the folks of Sedibeng whom the celebration says have endured years with out fundamental providers resembling clear consuming water, electrical energy, waste assortment and security.
“By renominating a person who has overseen the decline of the municipality and the mismanagement of its finances, the ANC has once again demonstrated its total disregard for the residents of Sedibeng. Communities continue to suffer without water, electricity, proper roads, waste collections, and security, as crime escalates even within clinics and hospitals,” the celebration mentioned.
WHY WAS SHE OUSTED IN THE FIRST PLACE?
The South African beforehand reported that the movement in opposition to Maloka was introduced in 2024, following her failure to, amongst different issues, implement the monetary restoration plan, as was required of her by the MEC of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, leaving the municipality’s funds in limbo.
The DA mentioned this, together with a hefty enhance in fruitless, wasteful, and irregular expenditures, unfunded budgets, and the municipality’s reaching some extent the place 75% of its funds are being spent on salaries, severely impacting service supply, made her exit as we speak a foregone conclusion.
In addition, Maloka allegedly refused to make use of a Mercedes-Benz GLB supplied to her for a complete 12 months. The Blue Party mentioned when she was lastly pressured to make use of it by the council, the automobile developed mechanical issues – technicians discovered that brown sugar had been poured into the engine.
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