Sewage has been spilling from Nompumelelo township into the Nahoon River Estuary in East London ‘for many years’ without the municipality attending to it, conservationists say. Now a court has ordered the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality to come up with a plan to fix the problem.
A group of African National Congress (ANC) members in the Eastern Cape stopped a regional elective congress from going ahead, which could have a dire impact on the provincial congress. Ondela Sokomani, Anelisa Songqumase, Fundiswa Sizani, Lusapho Coto and Xolani Lobese approached the East London High Court to interdict the Dr WB Rubusana regional conference from going ahead on Friday.
The Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality has taken Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and two MECs to the East London High Court seeking an interim interdict to restrain them from unlawfully interfering with the municipality's constitutional mandate and duties.
Enoch Mgijima Municipality wants to interdict Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and two MECs from interfering with the municipality’s mandates. The council’s debts are spiralling, allegedly as a result of the province’s decision to put it under administration.