The ANC in the Western Cape pulled off a heist in the Cederberg municipality when it managed to persuade DA council speaker Bertie Zass to join the ANC and vote with the party in an urgent motion of no confidence in the mayor and deputy mayor.
The West Coast municipality includes the towns of Citrusdal, Clanwilliam, Lamberts Bay and Elands Bay. After the removal of William Farmer and Fransiena Sokuyeko as mayor and deputy mayor respectively, the ANC’s Sylvia Qunta and Mariaan Nel filled these positions. Zass’s vacant speaker position was filled by Paul Strauss.
Zass said his move to the ANC was prompted by the lack of service delivery he saw in the DA-led municipality:I believe in the new dawn, President Ramaphosa’s leadership and land redistribution for people,” said Zass.
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