Election of Kannaland mayors ‘unlawful’
The Western Cape High Court has declared the election of Nickolaas Valentyn and Leonie Stuurman as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Kannaland Municipality as ‘unlawful, unconstitutional and null and void’.
It ruled both Valentyn and Stuurman acted without a mandate from the ANC, reports The Citizen.
Valentyn and Stuurman were sworn into the leadership positions in January after the mayor of Kannaland Local Municipality convicted rapist Jeffrey Donson and his deputy, fraudster Werner Meshoa, were booted out of office after a motion of no confidence in them succeeded in council.
In the ruling posted by the SABC, the court said the Interim Provincial Committee Coordinator of the ANC had written to the municipal manager of the municipality and informed him that the ANC councillors had no mandate to call for a council meeting and that ANC councillors were to go into the opposition as per the mandate from national.
Valentyn and Stuurman ignored and defied this instruction.
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