Update

KNYSNA -  Knysna remains without an elected executive mayor after today's (Wednesday 23 September)  special council meeting failed to reach a quorum and was adjourned. 

The council has not provided a new date for the election of the executive mayor.

The development follows the ANC’s formal notification that former mayor Thando Matika is no longer an ANC member. 

Matika and Ward 3 councillor Lukhanyiso Nohana are listed by the IEC as candidates for the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the upcoming local government elections. 

The municipality previously confirmed that Matika had ceased to be executive mayor and that the mayoral committee (mayco) had been dissolved. Deputy Mayor Morton Gericke was expected to act as mayor pending the election of a new executive mayor. 

However, with Wednesday’s meeting unable to proceed, there is currently no mayoral committee, as only the newly elected mayor can appoint a mayco.

Councillors absent from today’s meeting were DA councillor Hilton Stroebel, who was absent with leave and a medical certificate, as well as Kay Andrews (ANC), Russel Arends (ANC), Neil Louw (EFF), Pindile Petros (ANC), Beauty Charlie (PA), Richard Kokora (PA) and Morton Gericke (PBI).

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