An FF Plus councillor will have to vacate office after his election as Theewaterskloof Municipality mayor was declared unlawful.
The Western Cape High Court ruled in favour of the DA.Freedom Front Plus councillor Tienie Zimmerman will have to vacate office after his election as Theewaterskloof Municipality mayor was declared unlawful.
In the High Court, the DA argued that the council meeting leading to De Bruyn’s removal as mayor was procedurally flawed.Theewaterskloof Municipality’s manager of corporate services, Marelize Faul, initially issued a notice to councillors announcing a special council meeting scheduled for 29 August. Additionally, the party contended that providing less than 24 hours’ notice for a motion of no confidence was procedurally unfair.The speaker defended his actions before the High Court, stating that the 10-day notice requirement for introducing a motion had not yet elapsed by 29 August, preventing its inclusion in that meeting’s agenda.
“The above rules of order explicitly indicate that a special council meeting may be convened by either the speaker or the municipal manager, contingent upon the submission of a written request by a majority of the councillors. “I must state that the speaker’s contention that the meeting of 2 September 2024 was a new meeting and not a continuation of the special meeting of 29 August 2024 is unsupported by the objective facts and cannot be correct,” the judgment further reads.Lekhuleni also found that De Bruyn should have been given adequate notice of the motion of no confidence against him.
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