Pic: Bitou Municipality
Bitou mayor, Peter Lobese was ousted in a vote of no confidence during a special council meeting that was held on Friday.
In a surprising move, the two rival parties, the DA and the ANC, voted together - stating that cooperation was necessary to deal with issues “of critical importance to the Bitou community”.
Lobese, who represents the AUF, became mayor after a close local government election result in 2016.
DA Caucus Leader Bill Nel described Lobese’s reign as a “chaotic and irresponsible dictatorship”.
He will now become an ordinary PR councillor and the deputy-mayor, Sandiso Gcabayi of the ANC, will act as mayor until the results of the upcoming local government elections are announced.
