Mayor Memory Booysen looks like an idiot. Not only was there no lives or properties damaged the past two days, the opposition turned up for work at Bitou Municipality as if it they were normal days.

The ANC’s Phaki Mbali said that he and Deputy Mayor Adam van Rhyner had a conversation with Colonel Michael Nolans, the station commander, who told them that no threat had been reported.

The real battle is in the court room but even if the DA wins it it’s likely that Memory Booysen will be in trouble for his illegal actions that were blatantly an attempt to not lose power. The DA were already failing in public opinion but the black eye that Memory Booysen’s given the party must still hurt.

Locally, it’s further proof that we suffer a crisis in leadership.