Makana Council Executive To Meet Following Landmark Ruling Ordering Its Dissolution

Riyaz Patel

Makana Council in the Eastern Cape is meeting Friday to discuss their response after a landmark High Court ruling Tuesday, ordering the municipality to be dissolved and put under administration.

In the first judgment of its kind in South Africa, the Eastern Cape’s Provincial Executive has been ordered to dissolve Makana Municipality and appoint an administrator until a new council is elected.

The mayor and municipal manager, in their personal capacities, face a punitive cost order, along with various national and provincial government entities.

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the application of the judgment would be suspended until the provincial government had decided how to respond to it.

“The judgment has far reaching implications and the Eastern Cape Provincial government is considering appealing the judgment,” Mabuyane told local paper Grocotts Mail.

“Therefore, the application of the judgment, or its effect, will be suspended until such