The recently toppled mayor of Mpumalanga’s Mkhondo Local Municipality in Piet Retief, Mthokozisi Simelane, has filed court papers in the Mpumalanga High Court in a bid to return to power.
The EFF has threatened to apply for an urgent court interdict against the new mayor and Speaker of Mkhondo Local Municipality in Piet Retief because they claim that Mpumalanga Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Mandla Msibi did not comply with legislation when he called a special council meeting on Wednesday.
A fifth suspect, arrested for the assassination of ANC councillor, Sibonelo Mthembu (36), in Mkhondo (Piet Retief) is expected to appear in the local court on Wednesday.