The governing multi-party coalition in the City of Johannesburg welcomes the ruling by the South Gauteng High Court this evening.
The judgement declared that:
The meeting called by Chair of Chairs is invalid and interdicted;
Makhubele is not the Acting Speaker and is interdicted from purporting to be such; and
Makhubele be ordered to pay costs of the application.
This ruling is a humiliating defeat to the ANC and EFF voting bloc which called this meeting with the sole purpose of trying to take back the City of Johannesburg through an unlawful coup. It is clear that this grouping will stop at nothing in a coordinated attempt to prevent the positive alternatives from ANC misrule and state capture.
The ruling is also a complete vindication of the governing multi-party coalition government and, most importantly, a victory for the residents of Johannesburg.
The interdict means that the City of Johannesburg will elect its Speaker at the Special Council meeting scheduled by the Acting City Manager for 26 September 2022. At this meeting a unified multi-party coalition majority, having dealt with Councillors who betrayed the residents of Johannesburg on 31 August, will elect a speaker.
The multi-party coalition has filed a motion of no confidence in Chair of Chairs, Makhubele, that will be heard on 28 September 2022. The multi-party coalition will be unequivocal in how we act to remove Makhubele for betraying the residents of Johannesburg from the position of leadership entrusted to her within the coalition.
The multi-party coalition wishes to assure the residents of Johannesburg that their government remains hard at work and focussed on the important task of reversing the legacy of failed service delivery and corruption. This is what the ANC and EFF want to prevent at all costs and this multi-party coalition will not let this happen.
Coalition Welcomes Court Ruling Interdicting Meeting & Makhubele
The governing multi-party coalition in the City of Johannesburg welcomes the ruling by the South Gauteng High Court this evening.
The judgement declared that:
This ruling is a humiliating defeat to the ANC and EFF voting bloc which called this meeting with the sole purpose of trying to take back the City of Johannesburg through an unlawful coup. It is clear that this grouping will stop at nothing in a coordinated attempt to prevent the positive alternatives from ANC misrule and state capture.
The ruling is also a complete vindication of the governing multi-party coalition government and, most importantly, a victory for the residents of Johannesburg.
The interdict means that the City of Johannesburg will elect its Speaker at the Special Council meeting scheduled by the Acting City Manager for 26 September 2022. At this meeting a unified multi-party coalition majority, having dealt with Councillors who betrayed the residents of Johannesburg on 31 August, will elect a speaker.
The multi-party coalition has filed a motion of no confidence in Chair of Chairs, Makhubele, that will be heard on 28 September 2022. The multi-party coalition will be unequivocal in how we act to remove Makhubele for betraying the residents of Johannesburg from the position of leadership entrusted to her within the coalition.
The multi-party coalition wishes to assure the residents of Johannesburg that their government remains hard at work and focussed on the important task of reversing the legacy of failed service delivery and corruption. This is what the ANC and EFF want to prevent at all costs and this multi-party coalition will not let this happen.