Geagte dr Mhkize/Dear dr Mhikize

As ‘n trotste inwoner van die Mogale City munisipale gebied verwag ons dat u op ‘n uiters dringende basis ingryp om die Mogale City plaaslike munisipaliteit in lyn met die Suid Afrikaanse Grondwet en toepaslike munisipale wetgewing te laat funksioneer.

Ons pogings tot dusver om die sittende speaker en burgemeester mnr Patrick Lepudi tot verantwoording te roep, gesprekke en briefwisseling met die Gauteng LUR vir COGTA mnr Uhuru Moiloa en sy voorganger mnr Paul Mashatile was onsuksesvol.

Ons wend onsself tot u as nasionale minister voordat ons verdere stappe neem.

Die Mogale City stadsraad beskik nie oor ‘n geproklameerde reglement van orde soos deur die Suid Afrikaanse grondwet vereis:

In South Africa, the Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic - law or conduct inconsistent with it is invalid, and the obligations imposed by it must be fulfilled . Section 156(2) of the Constitution provides that a municipality may make and administer by-laws for the effective administration of the matters which it has the right to administer. In addition, Section 160(6) of the Constitution provides that a municipal council may make by-laws which prescribe rules and orders for its internal arrangements; its business and proceedings; and the establishment, composition, procedures, powers and functions of its committees.
Section 162(1) of the Constitution provides that a municipal by-law may be enforced only after it has been published in the official gazette of the relevant province. Section 162(3) of the Constitution provides that municipal by-laws must be accessible to the public.

In the words of Constitutional Judge Cameron: On the contrary, there is a higher duty on the state to respect the law, to fulfil procedural requirements and to tread respectfully when dealing with rights. Government is not an indigent or bewildered litigant, adrift on a sea of litigious uncertainty, to whom the courts must extend a procedure-circumventing lifeline. It is the Constitution’s primary agent. It must do right, and it must do it properly.

For a public official to ignore irregular administrative action on the basis that it is a nullity amounts to self-help. And it invites a vortex of uncertainty, unpredictability and irrationality. The clarity and certainty of governmental conduct, on which we all rely in organising our lives, would be imperilled if irregular or invalid administrative acts could be ignored because officials consider them invalid.

Mnr Lepudi het met sy eie verkiesing as burgemeester as voorsitter opgetree.

Current Mogale City Mayor Patrick Lepudi, used to be the MCLM speaker before he was elected Mayor on 28 June 2017
Although Mr. Lepudi was nominated, he refused to vacate his chair as presiding officer and speaker during the voting process and by implication he therefore oversaw his own election.
Lepudi appointed the municipal manager to act as the presiding officer when the election for the vacant speaker’s position commenced. This is in contravention of the established rules and regulations that prescribe that a chairperson of a council 79 committee needs to act as the presiding officer for such elections.
Councillor Noluthando Mangole was elected as speaker during this unlawfull process.

Onwettige oortrokke fasiliteit

At its meeting held on 22 June 2018 under Item K(ii) 1(06/2018) the municipal council of Mogale City considered a report in connection with the obtaining of a short-term loan of R 100 million to bridge the current cashflow of the municipality during the 2018/19 financial year. The municipal council approved the raising of the short-term loan with Standard Bank – however, only 38 of the 77 councillors voted in favour of this resolution. Section 160(2)(d) of the Constitution provides that the raising of loans may not be delegated and may only be exercised by the municipal council. In addition, Section 160(3)(b) of the Constitution provides that all questions concerning matters mentioned in Section 160(2) of the Constitution must be determined by a decision taken by a municipal council with a supporting vote of a majority of its members. In this instance, at least 39 councillors were required to vote in favour of the resolution to ensure compliance with Section 160(3)(b) of the Constitution.

Onwettige behuisingsprojek Brickvale Tarlton

Verwys na 22 Julie FOKUS SABC 2 (Youtube skakel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcLWyPO1IE&list=PLyxkBFYMs1vwg7iya4qQfdRPgUQWxeyiT&index=1
Meer as 6000 huise word beplan op onstabiele waterdraende dolemiet, sonder ‘n aanvaarde gravimetriese ondersoek, ‘’n omgewingsimpakstudie, sonder bewyse van ‘n insluiting van die ontwikkeling in die statutêre Geïntegreerde Ontwikkelingsplan, enige dorpstigting proklamasie en ‘n openbare deelname proses of konsultasie met die inwoners van die omgewing soos deur die Grondwet en nasionale wetgewing vereis.
Die VF Plus het die LUR vir COGTA en sy regsadviseur ook hieroor gedurende April 2018 en Junie 2018 tydens ‘n persoonlike konsultasie en ook skriftelik ingelig en versoek om op ‘n dringende basis in te gryp.
Tot nou het sy kantoor ten spyte van sy onderneming en talle navrae nie reageer.

Buitengewone omstandighede verg buitengewone optrede.

Ons eis ons grondwetlike regte op en dat u ingryp om die LUR vir GOGTA in Gauteng tot orde roep en dan spesifiek die onwettig verkose uitvoerende burgemeester van Mogale City Patrick Lepudi en die speaker Noluthando Mangole verwyder.

Inwoner van die Mogale City munisipale gebied

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Met die ondertekening van hierdie versoekskrif eis ek as die ondertekenaar my grondwetlike regte op en ondersteun hiermee vrywillig die versoekskrif.