{"id":43845,"date":"2025-02-07T06:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T04:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/keerpunt-in-theewaterskloof-20250205-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T06:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T04:01:42","slug":"keerpunt-in-theewaterskloof-20250205-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/keerpunt-in-theewaterskloof-20250205-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Keerpunt in Theewaterskloof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die Demokratiese Alliansie (DA) in die Wes-Kaap het sy tevredenheid uitgespreek met die Wes-Kaapse hooggeregshof se jongste uitspraak rakende die voortslepende politieke geskil in die Theewaterskloof-munisipaliteit (TWK). Die hof het gelas dat ANC-raadslede die koste van hul aansoek, insluitend regskoste, moet dra, wat \u2019n beduidende ontwikkeling in die munisipaliteit se leierskapskrisis aandui.<\/p>\n<p>Die uitspraak volg in reaksie op die ANC-raadslede se poging om tussenbeide te tree en app\u00e8l aan te teken teen die hof se vorige uitspraak van 15 September 2024. Di\u00e9 vroe\u00ebre beslissing het beide die verwydering van Lincoln de Bruyn, die burgemeester, uit sy amp en die daaropvolgende verkiesing van die Vryheidsfront Plus (VF+) se raadslid Tienie Zimmerman as die nuwe burgemeester ongeldig verklaar.<\/p>\n<p>Die hooggeregshof het voorheen Zimmerman se verkiesing as burgemeester as ongrondwetlik, onwettig en ongeldig verklaar. 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