Murunwa Makwarela’s ‘court order’ is a new low for South Africa’s incompetent and arrogant political class.
If you’re looking for an indication of how low our political bar has sunk, there’s no more embarrassing a case than that of Murunwa Makwarela, the erstwhile mayor of Tshwane, who served in that role for all of 10 days.
Makwarela, who comes from the party of ANC rejects that formed COPE, was first ousted from his position because it turned out he was an unrehabilitated insolvent. The constitution forbids someone from holding office in that case...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.
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