“The battle for the city of Tshwane goes much deeper than a dispute about service delivery and its ability to hold council meetings.”
Tshwane, one of the country’s biggest municipalities, has been placed under administration by Gauteng premier David Makhura on March 05 2020. The council has been dysfunctional since November 2019, with Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa resigning early last month. Here's all you need to know.
The DA in Tshwane says it is likely to interdict the Gauteng executive's decision to dissolve the Tshwane municipality. Responding to the decision during a media briefing on Friday morning, the party's Randal Williams denied claims made by the ANC's Kgosi Maepa on Thursday that the DA is corrupt and has crippled service delivery in the city.“The battle for the city of Tshwane goes much deeper than a dispute about service delivery and its ability to hold council meetings. The fight is a principled one, making the constitution and the democracy the battlefield.
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