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The multiparty coalition in Tshwane and council speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana are heading to court today (Tuesday) as the DA-led government want him to recuse himself from a special council meeting to debate a motion of no confidence against him.

Tshwane speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana says as speaker of Tshwane he has every right to chair Wednesday’s planned council meeting set to debate a motion of no confidence against him.

Politics in SA are currently rife. Here's how to create cooperation in shambolic political coalitions – Erwin Schwella.

IEC clarifies the requirements needed for the nomination of candidates as councillors.

The City of Tshwane does not have a legally constituted mayoral committee (mayco), says council speaker Dr Murunwa Makwarela.

An internal dispute in the Defenders of the People (DOP) party that led to the expulsion of two councillors saw a Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting collapse after questions were raised about whether they could legally participate.

Judgement has been reserved in the case of former JOHANNESBURG Mayor Mpho Phalatse challenging the legality of her removal from the position

Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse's tenure is safe, for now, after the Johannesburg High Court upheld an application by Joburg City manager's contention that the meeting would have been unlawful because its convenor had no authority to do so.

The African National Congress (ANC) in the metro, together with some smaller parties, want her removed from office.

Fighting to save her job, Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson has turned to the courts in the hope of halting a council meeting that seeks to oust her.