IN TWEETS: Council kicks off with boos from ANC but applause from DA
JOBURG – As the City of Joburg Speaker entered the council, ANC members could be heard booing. The ANC then requested a 25-minute break.
The first day, 21 June, of the two-day June council sitting in the City of Johannesburg came and went with no official council business being considered. This was due to African National Congress’ (ANC) disruptions, which stemmed from a motion about expropriated land in Rabie Ridge not being accepted for debate in council by the programming committee.
After taking a lunch break, ANC councillors continued to fill the chamber with loud song and protest, resulting in the Speaker of Council, Vasco da Gama, suspending the meeting. Read the details here.
The council sitting continued this morning and our journalist, Chantelle Fourie, is at the meeting to provide updates.
@ANCCaucusCoJ disrupted Joburg council yesterday, leaving the meeting to be suspended to today @NewsNMT @Sandton_News
— Cllr Chantelle Fourie-Shawe (@cfshawe) June 22, 2018
Council has started with booing from the @ANCCaucusCoJ and applause from the @DA_JHB as speaker @CoJSpeaker enters council @NewsNMT @Sandton_News
— Cllr Chantelle Fourie-Shawe (@cfshawe) June 22, 2018
@ANCCaucusCoJ leaving council after asking for a 25 min caucus break @NewsNMT @Sandton_News pic.twitter.com/tDhVr2Ryl5
— Cllr Chantelle Fourie-Shawe (@cfshawe) June 22, 2018
@ANCCaucusCoJ says after deliberation it has decided to let council continue with business, in interest of democracy @NewsNMT @Sandton_News
— Cllr Chantelle Fourie-Shawe (@cfshawe) June 22, 2018
@CoJSpeaker asks @ANCCaucusCoJ Mfikoe, to speak further away from mic so her voice does not distort, Mfikoe responds that he needs to get used to her voice @NewsNMT @Sandton_News
— Cllr Chantelle Fourie-Shawe (@cfshawe) June 22, 2018
