Lerala residents petition Moroka to step down

Lerala residents want their chief to step down
Lerala residents want their chief to step down

PALAPYE: Over 400 Lerala residents signed a petition calling for Kgosi Sello Moroka to step down from his position as chief. A number of residents recently gathered at the area's office of the Member of Parliament (MP), Prince Maele to give him a petition for him to deliver their message to the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on their behalf.

The chairperson of the delegation that represented the residents, Cornelius Mathare told Mmegi that as residents they are fed up with Moroka’s leadership and want him out. Mathare said: “Residents signed the petition to the Ministry of Local Government (and Rural Development) through our area MP to call for Moroka to step down, who for a long time has not been leading the village well. He is a dictator who makes decisions affecting the village alone without the input of other village leaders and the people at large.”

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