MEC for the Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal v Nongoma Local Municipality and Others (2565/2022P) [2024] ZAKZPHC 59

Click here to read the full judgment on Saflii   [1]             This application arises out of a dispute between the applicant, the MEC for Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs for KwaZulu-Natal, and the first and third respondents, Nongoma Local Municipality and Zululand District Municipality, relating to the decisions by the first and third respondents to reduce the number of their executive committee members, following the determination of the numbers of these executive committees at inaugural council meetings. The central dispute concerns the interpretation of the provisions of ss 43(1), 45, 46, 47 and 53 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act (the “Structures Act”)[1] dealing with the establishment of executive committees. →