DA’s Mpho Phalatse files a court application to overturn Dada Morero’s election as Joburg mayor

FORMER Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse has filed a court application at the Gauteng High Court in a bid to have the council meeting that removed her from office to be declared unlawful and unconstitutional.

Phalatse wants the court to declare her as the mayor of Johannesburg, and to declare the election of ANC caucus leader, Dada Morero, as mayor unlawful and be set aside.

She argues in court papers that the newly elected council speaker, Colleen Makhubele, contravened municipal legislation for political motives by calling an extraordinary council sitting without giving sufficient notice to councillors.

The court application will be heard on 11 October.

“I have filed papers in the Gauteng high court in Johannesburg to have last week’s special council meeting of the City of Johannesburg declared unlawful,” Phalatse confirmed in a media statement on Tuesday.

“We will not stand by while the ANC and its allies use corrupt