Ousted City of Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse said on Wednesday she and her party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), were confident the Gauteng High Court will declare last week’s council meeting in which she was ousted as mayor irregular and unlawful.
Phalatse was removed as the mayor of Johannesburg in a special sitting and replaced with African National Congress (ANC) councillor Dada Morero.
On Monday, Phalatse launched a court bid to overturn her removal as Johannesburg mayor. The matter will be heard on October 11.
“I will continue to fight with and for the people of Johannesburg, and the next round of that fight is our court application to have last Friday’s sham council sitting declared unlawful. The sitting, rushed through by the new Speaker Colleen Makhubele, in order to vote me out of office before a court could stop her, was irregular and unlawful and we are confident that the court ruling will confirm
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