Court dismisses ANC’s bid to overturn Mashaba and Da Gama no-confidence rulings
A motion of no confidence against Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba and Joburg speaker Vasco da Gama will have to wait for the Johannesburg ANC, as the High Court in Johannesburg scrapped an urgent application by the ANC from the urgent court roll. Acting Judge Sydwell Shangisa scrapped the application from the roll, citing a lack of urgency. He ordered the ANC to pay the legal costs of both Mashaba and Da Gama. ANC Johannesburg spokesman Jolidee Matongo said on Tuesday evening the party would approach the Constitutional Court on an urgent basis as it still believed a decision taken in the city’s programming committee was unlawful. Tony Taverna-Turison, Mashaba’s legal adviser, said they welcomed the outcome, since the application had been frivolous. Earlier, Mashaba and Da Gama’s counsels accused the ANC of abusing court processes in its attempt to have a decision not to table motions of no confidence against Mashaba and Da Gama declared unlawful and unconstitutional. The ANC also ...
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