'We will resist this' - DA prepares to fight City of Tshwane administration decision
5 March 2020
Gauteng Premier David Makhura's decision to place the City of Tshwane under administration is an assault on democracy, DA interim leader John Steenhuisen says.
Makhura and Gauteng Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile held a media briefing earlier on Thursday invoking Section 139(1)(c) of the Constitution.
It meant the City would be dissolved and placed under administration, and by-elections would take place within 90 days of the appointment of administrators.
Steenhuisen alleges that this is an ANC attempt to grab power through the back door.