
Dipaleseng Municipality Speaker vacates office
The municipality said the Municipal Structures Act requires that a ward councillor elected on behalf of a political party automatically vacates office if they cease to be a member of that party.

The municipality said the Municipal Structures Act requires that a ward councillor elected on behalf of a political party automatically vacates office if they cease to be a member of that party.

After South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, Lekota served as the Premier of the Free State and later as Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2008.