Fired ActionSA councillors take party to court

Several former ActionSA councillors in the City of Joburg have threatened to intensify their legal action against the party if they are not reinstated.

- Itumeleng Mafisa

The councillors were dismissed for allegedly failing to meet their performance targets, which include ensuring that they sign up 200 people as new members of the party.

Group spokesperson Elmari Atterbury told The Citizen the matter was supposed to be heard in the High Court in Johannesburg yesterday.

However the party and its lawyers decided that engagements should take rather place outside the court.

"The court case was to interdict ActionSA to stop the process of employing or appointing new councillors in our positions while this dispute is ongoing," Atterbury said.