7 JULY 2014
RE: CURRENT STATUS OF THE BITOU MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
The high court application will be heard on 29 July 2014, when it will be decided by the court whether to grant our request to force the Speaker of Bitou to convene the council meeting as per our request by the majority of councillors.
The ANC is deeply disturbed by the false and malicious allegations levelled against us that we purportedly want to "take over" the municipality by force, etc.
We are further deeply disturbed by the DA's reckless conduct herein where they patently rape our country's young democracy by trying every dirty trick in the book to avoid the majority to hold a council meeting in which the minority will be unseated.
Just like they did in Nama Qoi (Springbok municipality) when they refused to give effect to the by-election results where the ANC won, they kept the minority DA councillors in control for almost a year, losing 7 High Court applications in the process on the tax payers tab, they are now taking the Bitou tax payers on the same road.