Maile, stop using taxpayers in your crusade | The high court judgment has painted a picture of an MEC obsessed with getting even, writes Rapule Tabane
The immediate impact of his decision to dissolve the council left hundreds of councillors without an income as a result of what the Pretoria High Court has since ruled an ill-conceived action.
Tshwane has demonstrated the complexities of coalition governments in modern times, where changing loyalties and unstable relationships keep municipalities in a sense of perpetual crisis. The formerly ANC-led municipality was taken over by the DA with the support of the EFF after the 2016 elections.After the EFF’s relationship with the DA collapsed, the municipality battled to survive, leading to a protracted deadlock.
The court said: “The answering affidavit signed by [Gauteng Premier David Makhura] sets out in detail that the Gauteng government was aware of the collapse of municipal council meetings as well as the role of ANC and EFF councillors in causing these collapses.“No basis is provided in the answering affidavit as to why only the speaker was targeted for corrective action while there were more and bigger issues at stake.
It held that such conduct was neither prioritised nor addressed by the MEC, despite its centrality in the conundrum, and that Maile failed to use the code of conduct that governs the behaviour of councillors, including addressing their walkouts and enforcing their statutory duty to attend meetings and stay in attendance.
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