Beaufort West faces political turmoil amid disputes and service delivery issues

Last year tensions came to the fore when he expressed dissatisfaction with how certain issues were handled, he said. “I'm direct, and they don't like that,” he said.

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Charges were ultimately brought against him, however Van der Linde said they did not stick because he did nothing wrong.

“The disciplinary hearing I was in was two months ago. Those panel members told me there and then that they found no evidence that I transgressed anything.”

Then came the appointment of Duimpies as mayoral candidate around two weeks ago, “without a process”, said Van der Linde.