DA demands MONC meeting from Kgatelopele mayor
13 September 2017
The Democratic Alliance will formally table a motion of no confidence in the mayor of the Kgatelopele Local Municipality, Norman Prince. This comes after Mr. Prince has failed to accede to the councillors’ request to convene a council meeting to discuss a motion of no confidence in the mayor.
All of the councillors in Kgatelopele have requested this meeting and in terms of section 29(1) of the Municipal Structures Act, the mayor is obligated to convene the meeting. Mr. Prince has chosen instead to send a warning letter to one of the councillors to withdraw the request for a meeting.
Mr. Prince has since vanished from the council buildings and has been seen moving around the community trying to gain support from community members, in the form of a petition to prevent the motion of no confidence. As he hasn’t responded to previous grievances and complaints voiced by the community to this date, it is disingenuous for him to now want the community’s support.
It is clear that he is acting to protect his own interests and not the interests of the public who elected him to serve. Some of his questionable behaviour over the past months include: