The DA-led multi-party coalition has taken action against the City of Tshwane council speaker, Mncedi Ndzwanana, and it seems that this time he will be removed from his position.
The coalition has confirmed that they have filed court papers to protect two council meetings scheduled for April 12th and 13th, one of which will involve a motion of no confidence against Ndzwanana.
Last week councillors from the DA-led multi-party coalition attempted to remove Ndzwanana from his position, accusing him of unlawfully adjourning an important meeting that was meant to elect a new mayor.
The coalition, at the time, claimed that Ndzwanana’s actions caused unnecessary delays. However, Ndzwanana avoided removal by arguing that the meeting was unlawfully convened and that the petition submitted did not meet the minimum requirements as set out in legislation.
Ndzwanana’s chances of survival are slim as the coalition is attacking him from all sides.
In their court application, the coalition seeks to interdict the speaker from adjourning or interfering with the council meeting to consider the motion of no confidence in himself.
They also seek to interdict the speaker and all councillors from organizing or participating in any unlawful conduct aimed at disrupting the council meetings on either April 12th or 13th, and to seek a punitive costs order against the speaker for his unlawful conduct necessitating the urgent court application.
The coalition has said that they will continue to litigate to ensure that the meetings are not disrupted and that any person who attempts to do so is held in contempt of court.
“The multi-party coalition will not tolerate the ongoing unlawful conduct of the ANC, EFF and their partners in the City of Tshwane Council which continues to try to frustrate the business of the residents of Tshwane in order to regain control of the City.
“With the failure of the efforts to do so through programmes of vote buying, it appears that these parties now act as agents of Panyaza Lesufi to create the environment for the City to be placed under administration.
“All political parties in our multi-party coalition will jointly litigate in this matter as co-applicants as we continue to work together to provide stable and effective coalition governance in the capital city of our country,” the coalition said.
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