Metro in contempt of court – Bunny Park interest groups
The Bunny Park volunteer groups are suing the Ekurhuleni metro on the grounds of being in contempt of court.
Ban Animal Trading (Bat) and Save the Bunny Park Animals posted the news on their Facebook pages on Thursday (June 22).
“Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality have decided that they do not have to comply with an order of the court, and despite our many emails to them, pointing out that they are in contempt of court, they did nothing to rectify the situation at the park,” the post stated.
“In fact, the volunteers from Save the Bunny Park Animals group have been locked out of the park.”
This follows after a settlement was reached between the volunteer groups and the metro in July, last year.
The court date is set for June 27, at the Johannesburg High Court.
The metro confirmed receipt of the court papers on Friday (June 23).
“They are seeking an order that the city of Ekurhuleni is in contempt of the agreement which they subsequently made an order of court,” said Themba Gadebe, metro spokesperson.
“The city will oppose the application vigorously as the city is not in contempt of the court order.”
Tania Forrest-Smith said: “I’m delighted it’s finally done, we’ve been working on this for weeks. Thank you to Bat and our lawyers for their help in the matter.”
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