Lebogang Maile reverses decision to suspend DA councillors
Vasco Da Gama and Katlego Mathebe are mulling civil action after the Gauteng MEC reverses their suspensions
27 January 2020 - 18:01
Gauteng MEC for co-operative governance & traditional affairs Lebogang Maile on Monday backed down from a legal stand-off with the DA, reversing his earlier decision to suspend two senior councillors of the Johannesburg and Tshwane metros.
The DA took the provincial government to court after Maile suspended the former speaker of the Johannesburg metro, Vasco Da Gama, and his Tshwane counterpart, Katlego Mathebe, for three and six months respectively. Both were suspended without pay. ..
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