Theewaterskloof Speaker and Family Receive Death Threat

GOOD Statement by Brett Herron, Unite for Change Leadership Council Member & GOOD Secretary-General:

Speaker of Theewaterskloof Municipality, Weldon Wells, and his family have been warned that if he does not step down from his position, they will be murdered.

Wells has reported the threat, received by text message, to the police and municipality.

Wells is a member of the GOOD Party, which is in coalition with the DA in the south-western Cape Municipality.

Earlier this week, the GOOD Party publicly rebuked the DA mayor for unilaterally instructing the Municipal Manager to stop attending to water and sewerage leaks outside office hours.

It’s difficult to determine where the threat originates. The rebuke won’t have made the DA happy, but it may equally have created unfulfilled expectations in other parties that GOOD was going to exit the coalition.

The GOOD Party does not participate in coalitions to become horse traders. We enter coalitions which we believe will govern most coherently to the best advantage of communities. Even so, our entering coalitions does not mute our independent voice or our values, as the Mayor of Theewaterskloof experienced this week.

The looming Local Government Election is shaping up to be the most contested in history. Elections are not gang or faction fights; they are battles of ideas.

It is incumbent on all political parties to educate their supporters about what democracy means. Citizens in democracies have the power to change their governments. This power is exercised through using their votes.

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