The six expelled EFF Mogale City councillors’ court bid to have their removal as councillors interdicted pending an appeal of the of the outcome of the internal disciplinary hearing, has been scrapped from the urgent court roll in the Johannesburg High Court. EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said in a statement on Thursday that the party welcomes the judgment, in which the councilors’ bid was dismissed with costs. It is, however, understood that the councillors are not yet done with the legal route, and are drafting papers to take the case through ordinary court processes, as they feel they were wronged.

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