Section 139 News Today

A Knysna council meeting descended into chaos on Friday as municipal manager Ombali Sebola and DA councillor Jason White got into a heated argument that ended in White being called a “small boy” and sworn at.

A division bench of Justices BR Gavai and MM Sundresh was of the view that the standard proof to rebut the presumption under section 139 of NI Act is that of preponderance of probabilities.

Officials from the North West municipality told the NCOP earlier this week that the dysfunctional municipality had failed to pay pensions and the medical aid of its employees.