Sep
13
2019
City argues that court doesn’t have jurisdiction to do that
By Lucas Nowicki
On Thursday the High Court in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) heard an application by the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) to dissolve the Makana Municipal Council for violating its constitutional mandate by failing to provide basic services to the community.
The UPM is calling for the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional...