SOLLY MSIMANGA | Stubbornness and ignorance are a dangerous combination and it seems both Makhura and Maile have an equal distribution of both.
It is also clear that many members of the ANC caucus in Tshwane never supported the decision to dissolve the Tshwane council to begin with.Many ANC councillors eagerly want to return to work, yet their provincial leadership feels they should remain dissolved. What started out as merely disagreements are now becoming open factional battles in the Tshwane ANC.
Stubbornness and ignorance are a dangerous combination and it seems both Makhura and Maile have an equal distribution of both. The decision to approach the courts to appeal is the height of foolishness and will likely blow up spectacularly for them as did their initial decision to dissolve the Tshwane council.
The judgment that indicated that the dissolution was unlawful was passed by a full bench of the high court. Further to that, they ordered punitive damages against both Maile and Makhura in instructing them to pay the DA's legal fees.The first is that they are very confident in their judgment. The second is that they are trying to tell the party that lost the case that they should take the time to go and actually learn what the law says.
*Msimanga is former Tshwane mayor, now DA leader of the official opposition in the Gauteng legislature
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