Solidarity ad bunfight rages

TIT FOR TAT: GP PREMIER AND UNION TRADE WORDS AND LEGAL ACTION OVER G20 BILLBOARD

- Marizka Coetzer

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis during the testing and preparations for the annual Cape Town festive lights switch-on in Adderley Street on Tuesday. Picture: Gallo Images

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The catfight between Solidarity and Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi continues following the removal of a 70-meter-long billboard banner alongside the M1 in Johannesburg on Monday welcoming G20 summit leaders to what the billboard described as the most racially regulated country in the world.

Experts call on them to address the city's problems.

Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann said the court papers naming Lesufi and the Johannesburg Metro as respondents over the removal of the Solidarity banner were served on them because they could use state power to suppress the truth.

"The metro unlawfully removed the banner. We should be in urgent court on November 18. The fact is, South Africa is the most racially regulated country in the world," he said.

The urgent case was brought against the City of Joburg, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Depart (JMPD), Lesufi and the advertising agency, listed as Kwaito Trading Company.