breaking news Maile backtracks on decision to place senior DA councillors on suspension
The MEC was confident of his decision last week, but obtained legal advice that saw him having to rescind his decision.
The Gauteng MEC for human settlements, urban planning and CoGTA Lebogang Maile has had to backtrack on his suspensions of two DA councillors in Johannesburg and Tshwane, respectively.
He said in a statement on Monday that he had “engaged in a series of consultations with senior counsel, pertaining to a legal challenge brought by the governing Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Tshwane, emanating from a decision taken by Gauteng provincial government to suspend without pay the former Speaker of the City of Johannesburg, Vasco Da Gama and current Speaker of the City of Tshwane Katlego Mathebe for periods of three (3) and six (6) months, respectively, for breaching the Code of Conduct for Councillors as embedded in Schedule 1 to the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000”.
Maile had earlier been confident of his decision but admitted that the legal advice had forced him to change tack.
We have just concluded a very productive consultation with our legal counselor, we will respond appropriately based on law to the papers filed against us. We are a government that upholds the rule of law
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“In light of the advice received, MEC Maile has taken a decision to rescind the suspension of the two Councillors with immediate effect. Such a decision has been formally communicated to Cllrs Da Gama, Mathebe and their lawyers.”
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