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The Citizen reports that the recent secondment of Joseph Mogale as acting municipal manager of the Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality (RMLM) in Zeerust has been set aside by Mahikeng High Court in North West.
This came after a member of RMLM council from Forum For Democrats (FFD), Thabiso Morebantwa, took the cash-strapped municipality to court alleging that the processes to second Mogale had been flawed. The ruling was released on Monday. The court ordered that the secondment/appointment be set aside and that the respondents should pay the costs of the application. Morebantwa said that he and his party felt vindicated following their victorious court outcome and added: “We do not care if the municipal manager hails from around our municipality or outside, we are more concerned with the application of the Constitution. We need the Constitution to be used and then a competent person be appointed, that’s all.” According to Morebantwa, the decisions that were made under Mogale would also need to be challenged in the court, and be set aside too. When approached for a comment, the RMLM mayor Dina Pitso said that she was giving the matter attention and it would be addressed in due course. Mogale had been the municipal manager of the controversial Kgetlengrivier local municipality. In his former position, he had been forced by the court to provide residents with drinkable water.
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