Gauteng MEC Lebogang Maile believes it is in Tshwane residents’ best interest for the provincial government to appeal the Pretoria High Court’s decision to quash the dissolution of the metropolitan council.
Gauteng MEC of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Lebogang Maile believes it is in Tshwane residents’ best interest for the provincial government to appeal the Pretoria High Court’s decision to quash the dissolution of the metropolitan council.
“The court’s interpretation of what constitutes executive obligations, we would respectfully submit, was completely misconstrued, given the crisis of service delivery in Tshwane arising out of the political instability and governance collapse, resulting in human rights crisis such as the Hammanskraal water crisis,” Maile said.
Maile said the executive committee’s decision to place the embattled metro under administration was not politically motivated but in line with the provincial government’s mandate. Moriarty said the party would continue to oppose Maile’s questionable decisions. He said they had written to Gauteng Premier David Makhura many times pleading with him to fire Maile.
More than 200 councillors are expected to attend a special council sitting on Saturday, despite the national lockdown regulations which ban large gatherings. “We believe national leaderships have seen how destructive the behaviour [of those parties] was and adversely affected service delivery in the city of Tshwane and no one comes out of this looking good,” he said.
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