Mashaba drags Parks Tau to court for defamation
3 December 2018
City of Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba is dragging his predecessor Parks Tau to court.
On Monday, the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg is expected to hear a defamation case in which Mashaba is demanding R2m from Tau.
In 2016, soon after Mashaba's election as mayor, Tau was reported to have verbally attacked Mashaba at the funeral of ANC councillor Nonhlanhla Mthembu, claiming Mashaba was sexist and anti-black.
Mthembu died in August 2016 after collapsing during proceedings to vote for the new mayor of the city.