After Colleen Makhubele was fired from COPE, her position as Speaker in the Joburg council has been left vacant. Eyewitness News reporter Alpha Ramushwana explains what this means and who is likely to take over.
Party president, Mosioua Lekota, said while it had considered forming part of the alliance, Colleen Makhubele was not given the go-ahead to sign up the party.
On Monday, Lekota announced that Joburg Council Speaker Colleen Makhubele’s membership had been terminated after claiming the party had joined a newly formed alliance named the South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA).
The membership of Joburg Council Speaker Colleen Makhubele in the political party COPE has been cancelled after she stated the organisation is part of a newly
COPE leader Mosioua Lekota axed Colleen Makhubele on Monday for announcing that the party had joined a newly formed political alliance, the South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA), without his sign-off.