MK calls on NCOP to intervene in troubled Madibeng

The National Council of Provinces must intervene and disband the council of Madibeng municipality in North West and for its mayor, Douglas Maimane, to be held accountable for making irregular appointments of municipal officials, says the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

MKs provincial convenor Alfred Motsi has threatened to lay criminal charges against Maimane if the council failed to take action to hold him accountable for appointing a number of senior officials to senior positions without following proper processes.

Motsi alleged that an incident where Maimane's personal employee apparently rolled a municipal vehicle he was not authorised to drive, was reported to the council but no action was taken.

The Isuzu bakkie, with registration KPX 120 NW, was allegedly used on Maimane's private farm and was photographed carrying animal feed when it overturned near Madinyane village in ward 34 on 17 September 2024.