BCM denies recalling Rustenburg councillor
The Botho Community Movement is not recalling Ofentse Kombe, its sole councillor in the Rustenburg City Council.
|||Rustenburg - The Botho Community Movement (BCM) is not recalling its sole councillor in the Rustenburg City Council, the organisation said on Tuesday.
“We are not recalling anyone,” said general secretary Lindile Mlotywa.
“We are having a meeting today [Tuesday], to review the work we have done in our campaign leading to the local government election and paved a way forward. We dismissed speculations that Ofentse Kombe will be recalled. These rumours are malicious and aimed to spread division within our organisation.”
Speculations were high in Boitekong that BCM was recalling Kombe for going into a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC).
Mlotywa said the decision to go into a coalition agreement with the ANC was a collective decision of BCM and not individuals.
“The MoU [Memorandum of Understanding] was signed by BCM not Ofentse, the chairman signed on behalf of the organisation.”
The ANC and BCM signed an agreement coalition on August 22. The two parties concluded the deal on August 21, two days after the ANC scored a shocking victory in the council meeting, winning the positions of the Speaker, mayor and single whip with 46-43 votes.
The ANC went into the council meeting facing a defeat against the Democratic Alliance/Economic Freedom Fighters’ lead opposition coalition. The ANC had 43 seat plus one from the African Independent Congress while the EFF led coalition had 45 seats.
The ANC roped in BCM to cement its control in the platinum rich city. Rustenburg was the only municipality in the North West where the ANC failed to win an outright majority to govern.
African News Agency