ANC in Tshwane to challenge appointment of deputy speaker
The African National Congress (ANC) in Tshwane has filed an urgent application in the high court in Pretoria against council speaker Katlego Mathebe and chief whip Christo van der Heever.
The party is asking the court to rescind the appointment of Zweli Khumalo as acting council speaker.
The ANC's regional chairperson in Tshwane, Kgosi Maepa, says the appointment of Khumalo was an unconstitutional decision.
He believes Mathebe abused her powers by appointing Khumalo.
#TshwaneANC | Maepa explains the court action: pic.twitter.com/qKeXPIHyVL
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"Zweli Khumalo from the DA was given an unconstitutional delegated authority to be a deputy or permanent acting speaker. The majority of councillors want to revoke that resolution as stipulated in Rule 14, but the speaker is denying councillors their constitutional right to make such a decision through a vote.
"Council remains the highest decision-making structure in the city and it is not precluded nor prejudiced from exerting or revoking any powers delegated by it," says Maepa.
Listen Maepa below:
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