Keetmans protests over ejected mayor

Dalene Kooper

KEETMANSHOOP – Supporters of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) on Monday protested the removal of Keetmanshoop mayor Melody Swartbooi, calling the decision unlawful.

A group of protesters, led by former regional council chairperson Joseph Isaacks, marched to the Keetmanshoop Municipality’s offices to hand over their petition to the council.

Isaacks said that the removal of Swartbooi is questionable. “There are no grounds or reasons advanced or provided for such removal in the withdrawal letter, which infringes on the principles of legality and administrative justice,” Isaacks said.