DA Set To Elect New Tshwane Mayor Despite MEC Lebogang Maile’s Threats of Legal Action

Lucas Ledwaba

The DA in Tshwane said it was preparing for a Council meeting to elect a new mayor and appoint an acting city manager on Saturday.

The party’s mayoral candidate Randal William told Inside Metro on Friday morning that they were waiting for the office of Gauteng MEC for cooperative governance and traditional affairs Lebogang Maile to send them legal papers of an appeal against last week’s high court decision.

Last week, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria overturned Maile’s decision to dissolve the Tshwane Council.

“We are still of the firm view that the reasons for Exco’s decision to dissolve the Tshwane Municipal Council are very solid, with much merit still, as contained in the dissolution notice. Both the Minister of COGTA and the National Council of Provinces were persuaded by the same reasons hence their concurrence,” Maile said in announcing his decision to appeal the judgment