SUSPENSION
DA acts against Joburg council member
A notice of suspension will be issued to suspended Joburg councillor Sharon Peetz on Thursday
The DA’s federal executive committee has suspended councillor Sharon Peetz, the City of Johannesburg’s fired member of the mayoral committee for economic development, from party activities pending the outcome of an investigation by the metro’s ethics committee. Mayor Herman Mashaba fired Peetz from his mayoral council after she allegedly falsified evidence that she gave to the metro in an investigation that initially cleared her. Mashaba announced late last week that he had removed her from his executive team, following a meeting with the DA’s federal executive. A notice of suspension would be sent to Peetz on Thursday, James Selfe, chairman of the party’s federal executive, said on Wednesday. DA policy states that the party should hold back on any internal investigation of its own if an organ of government is conducting an investigation into a matter, until such an investigation is concluded. The federal executive was awaiting the outcome of an ethics inquiry by the City of Johanne...
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