STAFF REPORTER
THE multi-party coalition in the City of Tshwane says it has received confirmation that a special council meeting will be held on Monday 27 to consider a motion of no confidence in the Speaker of Council, Mncedisi Ndzwanana.
This follows from a petition submitted by all councillors within the coalition, who constitute a majority of council, demanding that such a meeting be convened given the “patently unlawful” actions of the Speaker of Council in adjourning the meeting on Wednesday.
Ndzwanana, Speaker of Council and a councillor from the African Transformation Movement (ATM), said last week that he adjourned the council sitting to elect a new mayor in order to seek legal advice regarding the removal of COPE’s councillor Justice Sefanyetso.
“This adjournment was a blatant attempt to protect his coalition partners in the ANC and EFF from losing the vote now that their programme of vote buying has
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