Mayor hires bodyguard
“The council did not take a resolution about this,” Mr Gumede said.
Mr Linda Dhlamini, Lekwa mayor, recently became a victim of robbery at a guesthouse in Gauteng.
The mayoral vehicle was stolen in the incident, but later recovered.
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His bodyguard, Mr Steve Nhlapo, was not with him when the incident occurred.
Mr Nhlapo serves as a driver as well because the mayor does not have a driver.
According to Mr Sipho Gumede, PAC councillor, Mr Dhlamini is the first mayor of all the democratically elected mayors to have a bodyguard.
“The council did not take a resolution about this,” Mr Gumede said.
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