Storm over legal opinion on building collapse being under wraps

The content of the legal opinion on George Municipality's delictual liability in the Victoria Street building collapse, commissioned by the local authority itself, is not being made public.

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It was tabled in confidence at a council meeting on Friday 30 May, a step that elicited vehement opposition from Good's Cllr Chantelle Kyd, who subsequently announced her resignation from the Mayoral Committee for Planning and Development.

In a statement issued after the meeting, she accused the DA-led council of suppressing the truth and avoiding accountability. She said the coalition partners are denied the opportunity 'to address the public truthfully' around the building collapse matter.

The day before the meeting, Good's secretary general, Brett Herron, said the DA caucus in the coalition decided it was too risky to allow Kyd to speak on the matter at the meeting. The only members of the coalition allowed to speak would be the DA mayor and deputy mayor.