The ANC in Ekurhuleni has condemned the forced removal of its caucus leader Mzwandile Masina from council chambers on Thursday.
On Thursday, the ANC had issued a release that Masina would issue his own alternative state of the city address. When such a procedural matter was interrogated by our ANC caucus party leader, the incompetent speaker chose to suppress the enquiry and clearly ventured into suffocating the ANC caucus. ANC female supporters can be heard screaming and yelling at the security to stop.โ Nomazima Nkosi (@Zima_B_Nkosi) #EkurhuleniCouncil @SowetanLIVE pic.twitter.com/jHCgOgh2Ma March 31, 2022
What a fall from grace this is: The former Mayor of Ekurhuleni, Mzwandile Masina, has been ejected from a Council he once ran the rule over.
1 step at a timeโ Salt & Pepper๐๐ฟ๐ฆ (@D_Bhekza) pic.twitter.com/44z1zu7Hxv March 31, 2022 However, in a bid to regain control, the summoned security officers leapt into action. Itโs not clear what initially sparked this disruption, but the planned session taking place at the Ekurhuleni Council soon descended into chaos.
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โThe speaker as the council chair dismally failed to lead the proceedings but resorted to apartheid bullying tactics. โIt was apparent that the questions for written reply had not reached the speaker for proper council engagement. The ANC Caucus is disgusted by the unlawful act of both the speaker of council and his instruction to EMPD to forcefully manhandle and assault our party leader.
The Ekurhuleni state of the city address debate descended into chaosafter Mzwandile Masina was forcefully removed from the chambers.
They were distracting the business of the day.โ โANC members think they are entitled to everything. There was no ANC member who attacked any member of the opposition. โI was badly beaten. There was no need to call the bouncers. I was beaten up for no reason by those officers.โ
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โI was badly beaten and am still ashamed that as an elected party representative, I could be manhandled that way. They opted to use an iron first and humiliate us,โ Masina said. Former Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina said he would on Friday lay charges against Ekurhuleni speaker Raymond Dlamini and mayor Tania Campbell after he was dragged out of council chambers on Thursday.
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From the onset, the speaker of the council is incompetent. Dlabathi says, โThere was never disorder from the side of the ANC caucus, all that we were doing, we were engaging within the prescripts of the standing orders which provide for us to raise a point of order as and when we realise that the proceedings are not going according to the rules. Reports say the speaker of the council ruled that the ANC Caucus leave the chamber after allegedly causing numerous disruptions.