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AWKWARD: Four traffic officers wait outside the Makana Council Chamber on May 30. They were called to remove three councillors, Lungile Mxube, Kungeka Mashiane and Philip Machanick, after they refused speaker Mthuthuzeli Matyumza’s instruction to leave their council seats and move to the public gallery. The three are among the five reinstated by a court order. They left of their own accord following a vote on the municipal budget. Picture: SUE MACLENNAN
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Drama in Makana council as traffic cops called to oust trio

Three councillors instructed to leave a Makana special council meeting on Thursday May 30 have accused the speaker of treating the council “like his private property”. This was after Makana Council speaker Mthuthuzeli ‘Mabhuti’ Matyumza…

  • Sue Maclennan