MEC Lebogang Maile ordered to launch investigation into the deadlock in the capital city, and make recommendations for appropriate sanction
The Constitutional Court has ordered Gauteng MEC human settlements, urban planning, cooperative governance and traditional Lebogang Maile, to launch an investigation into the crisis in the City of Tshwane.
The ruling was in favour of the DA, which ran the municipality until the council was dissolved in March, and had argued that the dissolution of the council by the Province was unlawful as it failed to comply with the procedural requirements of the Constitution. The apex court altered the mandamus granted by the high court, which is a court order to a government official ordering the official to properly fulfil their official duties.
Maile said the reasons for dissolving the council were: the instability resulting from the municipality being without a mayor, mayoral committee or city manager at the time, a leadership crisis that left its council barely able to function, widespread corruption, the water crisis in Hammanskraal, the grave concern of returning grants allocated for service delivery, and failing to fulfil its obligations on grant spending.
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