This comes in the wake of rumours that the ANC in Mangaung in fact wants to dethrone Mlamleli and have someone else appointed in her seat. The party in the region’s Titi-Odili says the dissatisfaction lies primarily with the metro’s struggles regarding service delivery, which includes waste collection as well as adequate provision of water.

These are among some of the issues the party in the region raised with the PEC over Mlamleli. Titi-Odili further says the party in the region does not have the powers to have someone unseated.

OFM News tried to get a comment from Municipal spokesperson, Qondile Khedama, who said it would be better if the ANC in the province commented on the matter and thereby declined to comment. This is not the first time Mlamleli’s ability as the executive mayor of the metro has been questioned.

In August last year, she survived a motion of no confidence that was levelled against her by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the region. The EFF’s Baba Sebolao at the time told Bloemfontein Courant that they filed the motion owing to their belief that Mlamleli is incompetent as a leader, citing the fact that the metro does not pay its service providers on time, the lack of service delivery, particularly with regards to refuse collection, as some of the reasons for their view.

Mlamleli survived the motion owing to the fact that ANC Councillors outvoted the EFF and other opposition parties in the metro, including the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Congress of the People (Cope). The letter that Titi-Odili says the party wrote to its PEC, which is the highest decision-making body in the province, comes in the wake of renewed calls, this time from the DA, to file a motion of no confidence against Mlamleli.

DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, who was in Bloemfontein last week Wednesday, also called for the removal of Mlamleli, stating that the damning report by the Auditor-General was proof of her alleged inability to lead the metro. The party in the province has also expressed that it would be tabling another vote of no confidence against Mlamleli this year.

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