Tshwane needs a stable city government after fall of ANC-EFF puppet mayor
7 March 2023
The DA in Tshwane welcomes the decision of the city manager of the City of Tshwane, Johann Mettler, to declare a vacancy for the seat held by the sole councillor for COPE, Dr Murunwa Makwarela.
This follows Cllr Makwarela’s failure to produce evidence that he is not an unrehabilitated insolvent, and so ineligible to hold office as a councillor in terms of section 158(1) of the Constitution.
Last week, shortly after Cllr Makwarela’s election as the ANC-EFF candidate for mayor of Tshwane, a member of the public informed the Multi-Party Coalition that Cllr Makwarela had been sequestrated by the Gauteng High Court in August 2016.
We were unable to find evidence of a rehabilitation order in the matter, and so we wrote to the city manager and the IEC to ask that Cllr Makwarela be requested to produce evidence of his rehabilitation.