New Mayor demands council empowerment
Thursday, January 09, 2025 | 1390 Views |
Oarabile Motlaleng. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Motlaleng who was elected the Mayor back in December 19, 2024 shared with the media today that, in order for him and councillors to have a successful term, they should be allowed to work with people that are skilled, have the right arsenal to spearhead projects of the council.
“We are going to demand certain things in the council; things like situational analysis, making sure that we align ourselves with the manifesto of UDC with plans for the council. Mostly we are going to demand that our leaders give us employees we want to work with better,” Motlaleng demanded.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...