Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with shock the resignation of one of the most experienced and well respected municipal officials in South Africa, municipal manager of Stellenbosch municipality, Mr Dave Daniels, who stated that he is not prepared to turn a blind eye to the modus operandi of secrecy and otherwise of the DA mayor and his mayoral committee, in that -
a) they fail and/or refuse to act in a manner that is open, transparent and responsible;
b) they do business and take decisions behind closed doors and in secrecy while failing and/or refusing to inform the council;
c) they unlawfully interfere in the functions and duties of the municipal manager and prevent him from performing his legal duties and the mayor unlawfully assumes the functions of the municipal manager;
d) the mayor has no respect for people and the rule of law;
e) Mr Daniels is not prepared to have his integrity, professionalism and immaculate record contaminated by the unlawful and irregular conduct of the mayor and the mayoral committee; and
2) takes this opportunity to condemn in the harshest possible terms the unlawful and irregular actions of the mayor and his mayoral committee and calls on the Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and on National Treasury to intervene as a matter of urgency.
THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE NCOP: In light of the objections, the motion may not be proceeded with. The motion without notice will now become a notice of motion.