Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg lambasted the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi for “failing” to facilitate six municipal by-elections.
It also slapped the MEC with a costs order.
However, the court granted the Sithole-Moloi’s main request: to postpone the by-elections to mid-June, after the national elections have taken place.
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