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Gauteng MEC in court over decision to di ssolve board

Abuse of Power

Gauteng Economic Development MEC Tasneem Motara has been dragged to court over her suspicious decision to dissolve the board of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA).

Motara last month dissolved the board of the agency that is responsible for multi-billion infrastructure projects. The former board members said she dissolved the board out of ulterior motives, adding that she wanted to get rid of the board to pave the way to start afresh the recruitment process for the appointment of the chief executive of the agency.

They said this is because Motara wanted to open an opportunity for her

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