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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>City of Johannesburg chair of chairs Colleen Makhubele has been suspended after voting in a motion of no confidence in speaker Vasco da Gama last month.<\/p>\n

Cope provincial interim committee coordinator Mxolisi Ntobela confirmed Makhubele’s suspension on Monday night.<\/p>\n

In a letter of suspension seen by News24, the party’s Gauteng interim provincial committee said it had resolved in a meeting on 10 September to suspend the councillor with immediate effect, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n

The letter stated Makhubele would be informed of the disciplinary process within seven working days.<\/p>\n

The councillor broke rank with her party when she voted to oust Da Gama.<\/p>\n

She then irregularly took on his role as speaker to call an extraordinary sitting of the council for 13 September where a new speaker would be voted in.<\/p>\n

‘I wanted to prevent blood on the floor’ – Da Gama on being unseated as Joburg speaker<\/p>\n

But members of the DA coalition cried foul as some opposition members said they would be voting against Mayor Mpho Phalatse in a motion of no confidence in the next council sitting which is set for next week.<\/p>\n

On 12 September, the court ruled against Makhubele’s self-appointment as speaker, making the extraordinary council sitting void.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. City of Johannesburg chair of chairs Colleen Makhubele has been suspended after voting in a motion of no confidence in speaker Vasco da Gama last month. Cope provincial interim committee coordinator Mxolisi Ntobela confirmed Makhubele’s suspension on Monday night. 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