The DA has threatened with court action following the removal of Maryke Davies as speaker of the Mangaung Metro on Wednesday (20/9).DA Caucus Leader Johan Pretorius told OFM News the motion .
On Thursday 1 June 2023, Acting Judge Sharon Chisiwe confirmed her interim order which she delivered on 20 April 2023. The 20 April order temporarily barred the Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats.
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality acting mayor Gregory Nthatisi, whose mayoral prospects are precarious as a result of political instability in the city, took the bold decision to appoint a team of 10 men and women to help him stabilise the municipality.
When newly elected Mangaung mayor Papi Mokoena was scheduled to announce members of his mayoral committee, the ANC in the Free State successfully interdicted him from occupying the higher office.