Councillors reinstated after court ruling

The High Court has interdicted the Keetmanshoop municipality from implementing or enforcing its decision to remove two councillors from the management committee, effectively restoring them to office pending a full review.

The ruling follows an urgent application by councillors Easter Isaak and Anneliza Knaus, who challenged resolutions adopted on 7 May and 4 June that had passed a vote of no confidence against them and triggered their removal. The court further barred the swearing-in of any replacement members pending finalisation of Part B of the case.

The matter is now set to proceed to Part B, where the court will consider whether the decision should be declared unlawful and set aside in full.

-Elizabeth Kheibes