That’s the ruling of the Johannesburg High Court – copies of which were sent out to lawyers on Monday night.
The court ruling also declares Cope councilor Colleen Makhubele not to be the Acting Speaker of the Council.She has been putting out herself as Acting Speaker ever since and even issued a notice for a meeting that was to be held on Tuesday morning to elect a Speaker.There were also reports the meeting had been called to oust Johannesburg Mayor, Mpho Phalatse, in a no-confidence vote.
The High Court has not only declared Tuesdays planned meeting invalid, null and void but also declared Makhubele from being acting Joburg council speaker. She is also interdicted from holding herself out or as purporting to be exercising any statutory function of acting speaker for council.The notice issued for a sitting of Council has been declared “invalid, null & void.”The Respondent has also been hit with a costs order.Motion of no confidence
Last week, the African National Congress in Johannesburg threw its weight behind the looming motion of no confidence against Phalatse.The minority parties, including the African Independent Congress , African Transformation Movement , Congress of the People , United Democratic Movement , Pan Africanist Congress and Al Jama-ah, plan to bring a motion of no confidence in Phalatse.“Residents of Soweto, of Johannesburg, will tell you that she has not done a good job.
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