{"id":106274,"date":"2015-11-29T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/106274\/da-forcefully-removed-from-council\/"},"modified":"2015-11-30T09:17:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T07:17:19","slug":"da-forcefully-removed-from-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/11\/29\/da-forcefully-removed-from-council\/","title":{"rendered":"DA forcefully removed from council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DA was forcefully removed from the Germiston Council Chambers, on Thursday, during the ordinary council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Ward 36 councillor Chris Swanepoel confirmed the incident to the GCN.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106275\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/11\/IMG-20151126-WA0016_49910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106275\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/11\/IMG-20151126-WA0016_49910-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"EMPD and SAPS officers remove the DA from the council chambers.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/11\/IMG-20151126-WA0016_49910-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/11\/IMG-20151126-WA0016_49910-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/11\/IMG-20151126-WA0016_49910.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EMPD and SAPS officers remove the DA from the council chambers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This came after the DA challenged the ANC and demanded that the metro immediately expel the allegedly illegally appointed city manager, haya Ngema.<\/p>\n<p>DA councillors were forcefully removed from the council chambers by armed EMPD and SAPS officers.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>They were protesting against being forced to participate in the consideration of illegal items, after they relentlessly challenged the Speaker of council, Patricia Kumalo, and the executive mayor, Mondli Gungubele, to finally act on the now infamous \u201cCity Manager High Court Order\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This followeds the Speaker disallowing an urgent motion brought by the DA and the Independent Ratepayers Association of South Africa (Irasa), regarding the vacant municipal manager position.<\/p>\n<p>The motion details how the mayor allegedly misled council by withholding vital information from the MEC of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Jacob Mamabolo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DA will continue to fight the illegal appointment of Ngema at every level; the mere fact that the ANC ignores the express opinion of the High Court shows how little they respect the rights of the people,\u201d said the DA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other DA articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/105178\/da-to-petition-metro-rand-water-to-appear-before-portfolio-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\">DA to petition metro, Rand Water to appear before portfolio committee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=95970\" target=\"_blank\">DA celebrate Mandela Day with local community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='0a62cbbf9e15cfbed0899bc2d1725c10'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DA believes that every decision that is taken by council with Ngema present is illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":106276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-106274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}