The DA in Gauteng has welcomed a court decision to put on ice the sacking of Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa and council speaker Katlego Mathebe.
This comes after the party approached the North Gauteng High Court on an urgent basis on Friday after a chaotic council meeting a day earlier which saw the ANC team up with the EFF to have the pair sacked.
In a statement on Friday, Gauteng DA leader John Moodey labelled the relationship between the ANC and EFF a “coalition of corruption”. “We note that the coup d’etat was overturned by the court and their banana republic behaviour was crushed. The outcome of this ruling means that the DA mayor and speaker will retain their positions until the matter is heard in the same high court“The DA will not allow this coalition of corruption to reverse the three years of good work done by the DA-led administration in the City of Tshwane.
This means the election of EFF councillor Obakeng Ramabudo as acting speaker and the motions on both the mayor and speaker are suspended until the matter can be heard in court.
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