Riyaz Patel
City of Tshwane’s DA Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa’s two-month special leave was withdrawn during Thursday’s council sitting.
Scandal-hit Mokgalapa was placed on leave after an audio recording of him emerged of him purportedly having sex with the MMC for Roads and Transport Sheila Senkubuge, while also criticising colleagues.
The mayor maintained his innocence, saying he was being blackmailed with the leaked recording.
A motion of no confidence was also planned for Thursday afternoon but was delayed.
The ANC and the EFF successfully put the DA Chief Whip under pressure to withdraw Mokgalapa’s special leave.
ANC and EFF councillors insisted the correct processes were not followed when his leave was approved.
The parties demanded chief whip Christo van den Heever withdraw the leave, which he eventually agreed to.
The EFF underlined that council, and not the DA, must approve his leave.
The DA has also instituted a Federal Legal Commission probe against the mayor
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