DA wins court case over Mpho Phalatse’s removal as Joburg mayor

DA wins court case over Mpho Phalatse’s removal as Joburg mayor

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has won its court case challenging the removal of Mpho Phalatse as the executive mayor of Johannesburg.

Phalatse has been declared to be the executive mayor of the city of Johannesburg.

The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday delivered its judgment on the DA’s urgent application to reinstate Phalatse.

Judge Keightley ruled that the programming committee meeting chaired by Joburg council speaker Colleen Makhubele that tabled the motion of no confidence in Phalatse on 29 September was unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid.

The DA lost control of the city after Phalatse was voted out of power last month in council through a motion of no confidence brought by minority parties and backed by the ANC.

ANC Joburg regional chair Dada Morero was voted in unopposed as the metro’s executive mayor, after the DA-led multi-party government coalition collapsed.

We won for democracy👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽@Our_DA pic.twitter.com/mCdrWlWSrv

— Executive Mayor Mpho Phalatse (@mphophalatse1) October 25, 2022