They have also urged the government to conduct lifestyle audits on councillors and dissolve the troubled municipality
The business organisation, Sakeliga, which made the application, says Covid-19 lockdowns did ‘unprecedented harm to economic and social activity’
Voters can register on the weekend of 18 and 19 September – or they can do it online
Adding to the municipality’s legal costs is a pending case between it and Eskom. The municipality owes the national power utility more than R7-million and, after agreeing to pay R5-million, failed to honour it.
From harbouring sexual offenders, settling a near R4-million claim, to an investigation into maladministration, fraud and corruption; this is the Dr Beyers Naudé local municipality in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.
The high court ruling will delight gatvol South Africans but is unlikely to stand the test of time