Loyiso Nkohla and Andile Lili have been re-instated as members of the ANC after they led protesters dumping human faeces around Cape Town.
ANC councillor Loyiso Nkohla has been expelled from the party for his involvement in faeces-dumping protests in Cape Town last year.
Marchers gathered outside court to support councillor Loyiso Nkohla as he lodged an appeal against the decision to fire him after sanitation protests.
Following violence and looting in the Cape Town city centre, the DA has lashed out at the ANC and its youth league for "pure vandalism and thuggery".
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s loyalists in the Western Cape and Limpopo are due to retain power in their respective provincial conferences.