Move to oust mayor

MOSES KOTANE: COUNCILLORS ACCUSE NKOTSWE OF INCOMPETENCE

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

Greenpeace activists in front of an inflatable tanker with balloons in the likeness of US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a protest against fossil gas next to the European Council in Brussels yesterday.

(AFP)

The Bojanala district's Moses Kotane municipality is again engulfed in political turmoil.

This time, councillors are demanding the head of mayor Nketu Nkotswe, accusing her of gross incompetence, failure to implement council resolutions and reckless staff transfers that have fuelled labour unrest.

Councillor Fortune Luvuno, backed by fellow councillor Mookamedi Thale, has tabled a motion of no confidence, arguing that under Nkotswe's leadership, the municipality has become a textbook case of maladministration.

Auditor-general (AG) reports and media coverage have long flagged Moses Kotane as one of the North West's most underperforming municipalities.

Now, councillors themselves are acknowledging the rot.