THE DA KwaZulu-Natal leader, Francois Rodgers MPL, together with uMngeni mayor-elect, Christopher Pappas, are headed to the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday following the failure of the acting municipal manager, Sandile Buthelezi, to call a lawful council meeting.
The inaugural council meeting collapsed on Friday after suspended municipal manager Thembeka Cibane arrived and demanded to chair the meeting.
DA mayor-elect objected to Cibane’s presence and asked her to leave as she was still suspended, but she apparently refused, saying she was no longer under suspension.
Cibane, a member of the African National Congress, was suspended at the end of August after she was implicated in a Special Investigating Unit report.
The DA won the November 1 polls by garnering 13 seats while the ANC clinched 10.
“The failure to elect the office bearers and the Executive Committee of the Municipality means that there is currently no official political leadership, which is against the will
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