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The Makhanda High Court order has set aside Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu's decision to fire the board, but the minister is not ready to oblige.
Problems at the Amatola Water Board appear far from over after the Makhanda high court on Wednesday ruled in favour of five board members whose term of office was terminated by water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu in 2022.Mchunu fired the 10-member board in March 2022 citing instability in the water utility as the reason.
Human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu has laid down the law with Amatola Water Board chair Mzi Malotana and his deputy Buhle Tonise. They were abruptly removed from their positions this week and Zama Xalisa was made acting interim board chair. Earlier in the week, Malotana was invited to Cape Town by Sisulu, and came back demoted to be an ordinary member of the board.