{"id":980,"date":"2026-06-04T05:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/?p=980"},"modified":"2026-06-04T06:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:32:56","slug":"will-the-an-recall-the-mayor-of-madibeng-for-the-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/will-the-an-recall-the-mayor-of-madibeng-for-the-third-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the ANC recall the mayor of Madibeng for the third time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"881\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1780549830260-881x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1780549830260-881x1024.jpg 881w, https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1780549830260-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1780549830260-768x893.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1780549830260-1024x1191.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1780549830260.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ANC on Wednesday, revoke its decision to recall the executive mayor of Madibeng local municipality, Douglas Maimane<br>This was to avoid an embarrassing court action.<br>Secretary general Fikile Mbalula stated in a press statement on Tuesday, that Maimane has been recalled with immediate effect as the executive mayor and proportional representation councillor in Madibeng.<br>This was despite the high court in Johannesburg ruling that stopped the ANC from recalling Maimane.<br>His lawyer, Cerneels Lourens, wrote a letter to Mbalula informing him that he was in contempt of court, and if charged he would have to be subjected to the step aside rule of the ANC.<br>Lourens demanded that Mbalula retract the statement by Wednesday at 8am or they will meet in court.<br>Mbalula conceded and retracts the statement. Stating that the ANC respects and abides by the orders of the courts of the Republic, was the ANC not aware of the May 12 order?<br>Mbalula had no choices!. He was going to be defeated in court.<br>He did not mention reasons to recall Maimane, leaving us to conclude that there were no new reasons or grounds to recall the mayor.<br><br>Mbalula said :\u201cThe ensuing recall is a new process which will be matched with a proper legal action on an urgent basis.\u201d<br>Will this new legal action be completed by October?<br>The ANC cannot use a motion of no confidence to remove Maimane from office<br>He has an interim court order stopping the Speaker of Madibeng from tabling the motion and the council from debating it.<br>This is until July 27 when the high court in Pretoria would hear reasons why the order should not be made permanent.<br>Given the unfolding situation I do not see the ANC dismissing Maimane before the end of the current term of local governt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ANC on Wednesday, revoke its decision to recall the executive mayor of Madibeng local<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","chromenews-featured":"","chromenews-large":"","chromenews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rapula Mancai","author_link":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/author\/rjmancai\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/category\/politics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":983,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions\/983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestunlocked.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}