Maile calls for urgent meeting with City of Tshwane speaker over chaotic council meeting
17 January 2020
Gauteng Human Settlements, Urban Planning and Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile has called for an urgent meeting with the City of Tshwane speaker following the chaotic events that unfolded during a special council meeting on Thursday.
The sitting - which was meant to deal with motions of no confidence against the mayor, speaker, acting speaker and the chair of chairs - descended into pandemonium as parties battled over the sequence of the motions.
Arguments led to shouting matches, disruptions, protests and a scuffle between ANC members and the chief of staff in the speaker’s office.
Speaker Katlego Mathebe refused to bend to calls by the ANC and EFF to change the order in which the motions would be heard, or to recuse herself, which ultimately led to the collapse of council as the two parties staged a walkout.