LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Coalition doubts as Mogale City misses deadline
Mogale City’s coalition-led government is now in the hands of Paul Mashatile
The future of Mogale City’s coalition-led government is now in the hands of Gauteng’s co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC, Paul Mashatile. After being in office for only nine months, the council could not pass its budget and integrated development plan at its scheduled council meeting on Tuesday. This made it noncompliant with the timelines set out in the Municipal Finance Management Act. If the budget and the development plan are not passed by July 1, Mashatile could put Mogale City under administration. The ANC lost its majority in the municipality in the 2016 local government elections, but there was no clear winner, resulting in a hung council. The municipality has a DA mayor and an ANC speaker and chief whip. Motions of no confidence have been tabled on all three of the officials. Councillors from the coalition partners and the EFF on Wednesday requested an urgent council meeting, but speaker Patrick Lipudi, who would have to call the meeting, was not in the pro...
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