City of Tshwane Without a Mayor Again As Murunwa Makwarela Found to Be Insolvent, SA Amused

• COPE member Murunwa Makwarela was found to be ineligible to hold the mayoral position in the City of Tshwane
• Tshwane’s city manager Johann Mettler wrote to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Gauteng about the vacancy
• Citizens were in stitches over the drama in Tshwane after Makwarela was dismissed over an insolvency declaration case

TSHWANE - The City of Tshwane is without a mayor again after COPE member Murunwa Makwarela was disqualified from holding office.

This comes after Makwarela’s insolvency declaration case in 2016. The Constitution states that individuals declared insolvent cannot hold public office.

However, Makwarela vowed to fight the insolvency claims against him. According to TimesLIVE, the recently unemployed mayor believes the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Freedom Front (FF) parties are using the old case to "teach him a lesson" for switching coalitions.

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Makwarela claimed that the insolvency declaration case was never an issue when he was involved with the DA and FF.

The COPE councillor was elected as Tshwane mayor last Tuesday, 28 February, and was backed by the African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

According to The Citizen, Tshwane’s city manager Johann Mettler wrote to the Gauteng office of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to inform them of the vacancy in the mayoral office.

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@EdwardthembaSa said:

“This country and its politics, hayi so every week there’s going to be a new mayor in Tshwane and the City of Jhb?”

@static_an commented:

“Not even a week in the office. Not only did he lose the mayoral post but he is no longer eligible to be an ordinary councillor.”

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@Gorba_G8 added:

“Mara he was going to pay his debts after first mayoral salary.”

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Briefly News also reported that an employee who works for a contracted service provider for the City of Tshwane is reportedly responsible for threatening defaulting customers.

The City of Tshwane released a statement that said the debt collector has been suspended while more investigations are being conducted.

The spokesperson of the city, Selby Bokaba, added that the contracted company promised to do an internal forensic investigation and the findings would be revealed to the city, reported TimesLIVE.

Source: Briefly News