DA-led City of Joburg deems ANC’s no confidence motions ‘inadmissable’
On Tuesday, the City of Johannesburg’s programming committee deemed the ANC’s motion of no confidence in the mayor, Herman Mashaba, and the speaker of council, Vasco da Gama, "inadmissable". The ANC recently filed a notice of a motion of no confidence in the mayor, citing financial distress in the city as a reason to remove Mashaba. Funzela Ngobeni, leader of executive business in the city, said in a statement on Tuesday that the committee considered the motions and determined that the resolutions pertaining to the call for a secret ballot were in conflict with the Standing Rules of Council. The committee said the first resolution of the motions of no confidence, which was to hold such a vote, was lawful and may proceed. Ngobeni said the option was provided to the ANC to amend their motions in respect of resolutions that needed to be corrected to bring them in line with its rules, but the ANC declined this opportunity. Ngobeni said the rules of council in the City of Johannesburg ma...
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