EMBATTLED City of Tshwane Mayor, Dr Murunwa Makwarela, has given the City Manager Johann Mettler until Thursday of business to withdraw a letter of complaint sent to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
Makwarela was elected Mayor of Tshwane last week Tuesday on 28 February, and upon his election, Mettler asked him to produce a certificate showing that he has been successfully rehabilitated within seven days.
His insolvency case dates back to 2016. On Tuesdays March 07, Mettler wrote a letter informing the IEC that Makwarela has been “disqualified as a Councillor” because of failure to produce proof that he has been rehabilitated.
The sequestration matter relates to an outstanding debt of R255 000 owed to BMW’s financial services department.
Makwarela is not giving up the fight, arguing that he has assured Mettler that he has been fully properly rehabilitated by the Pretoria High Court, and had asked to be
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