Removal of two Mogale City ANC councillors is unlawful, department says
The Gauteng department of co-operative governance, which was called in to intervene in the Mogale City municipality, has declared the removal of the ANC speaker and chief whip unlawful. DA mayor Michael Holenstein convened a council meeting last week Friday, attended by 39 councillors from the party and its coalition partners, where a vote of no confidence was passed, and speaker Patrick Naga Lipudi and chief whip Sipho Dube were removed. The two were replaced by Ernest Modise and Jacques Hoon, both from the DA. After the August local government elections, the DA won the mayor’s seat in the municipality with 39 votes to 38. The ANC retained the position of the speaker of council and also clinched the position of chief whip.
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