News24 | Court slaps KZN MEC with costs order after 'failing' to facilitate six municipal by-elections

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Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg lambasted the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi for "failing" to facilitate six municipal by-elections.

It also slapped the MEC with a costs order.

However, the court granted the Sithole-Moloi's main request: to postpone the by-elections to mid-June, after the national elections have taken place.

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