PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - A court application by the DA in Bitou to declare a recent special council meeting - during which a successful vote of no confidence was brought against two DA councillors - illegal, was set to be heard in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday 8 May, but the party withdrew the application at the eleventh hour over "technical issues".
The court application was sparked after town mayor Peter Lobese, of the Active United Front (AUF) voted against his coalition agreement with the DA - a coalition that appears to have now run its course - and sided with the ANC in a vote of no confidence in speaker Annelise Olivier and deputy mayor Jessica Kamkam during a special council meeting. They were replaced with ANC councillors Euan Wildeman and Sandiso Gcabayi.
The DA claimed that the special council meeting was illegally convened on several procedural grounds and that subsequent decisions, including the vote of no confidence, were therefore null and void.
They subsequently applied for a declaratory order to declare the meeting illegal and the matter was set to be heard in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.
DA caucus leader in Bitou Bill Nel said they decided to withdraw the application due to "technical issues" with the application.
"We can however sort out these issues and do the application again," Nel said.
Read more in Thursday's Knysna-Plett Herald and online.
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