The ANC in the Western Cape Eden
ANC`s Pierre Uys said the motion to have Van der Westhuizen removed as
councillor was unanimously carried yesterday after a disciplinary committee
found he breached the councillor’s code of conduct and should be removed as a
councillor.
Uys also said various corruptive charges were brought against him and he
was found guilty by a multiparty committee of irregular, fruitless and wasteful
expenditure as well as that he attended a DA function, but the municipality had
to pay the cost.
“Van der Westhuizen was found guilty on a number of serious charges and is not fit to hold public office at a local government anymore. He is a dysfunctional mayor and all decisions taken by him and his mayoral committee will be questionable and in effect wrong” Pierre Uys said.
He must resign now. The ANC will vigilantly watch if he is going to be
offered a soft landing or the DA will deploy him elsewhere.”
Van der Westhuizen is a councillor in both Eden
“He breached the Municipal Finance Management Act, transgressed the code
of conduct for councillors and should be removed as a councillor in both
councils as he is unfit to hold such office. Further to this, criminal charges
should be laid by DA speaker Doris Nayler as was recommended in a forensic
report and all the other implicated parties (municipal manager Godfrey Louw and
officials too) should also be charged accordingly. All the money lost should
now be recovered soonest from Van der Westhuizen and all others implicated,”
Uys says.
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