Mpho Phalatse reinstated as Joburg health MMC after suspension for Israel remark
Johannesburg member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for health Mpho Phalatse has been reinstated after being suspended for expressing support for Israel.Mayor Herman Mashaba said on Thursday that her return to the mayoral committee was effective from Thursday. Mashaba said the decision followed an investigation by the city’s multiparty government into the matter."Arising from the conclusion of this process‚ it is my decision … that she should be publicly reprimanded for her remarks in name of the City of Johannesburg‚" Mashaba also said."As the executive mayor for the City of Johannesburg‚ I have spoken to MMC Phalatse and I am appreciative that she is remorseful for the impact of her remarks." Mashaba disclosed the findings of the investigation:• Phalatse had not contravened the DA’s policy position on its "commitment to a two-state solution in which a secure and prosperous Israel co-exists peacefully alongside a secure and prosperous Palestine".• Phalatse had failed to exercise sou...
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