Mogale City official asks Mashatile to intervene
22 December 2016
Johannesburg - Mogale City's acting municipal manager has appealed to the Gauteng provincial government to intervene in the embattled municipality, claiming that the new mayor will lead it to dysfunction.
"It is my expert opinion that the road the executive mayor is taking would lead to a breakdown of the municipality," acting municipal manager Abe Mbulawa said in a letter addressed to MEC of co-operative governance Paul Mashatile.
The letter asks Mashatile to invoke section 139(a) of the Constitution.
This section makes provision for an intervention by the MEC into municipal matters when it has been determined the local body is not fulfilling its obligations.