Afriforum NPC v Ngwathe Local Municipality and 14 Others (2264/2024)
Afriforum NPC v Ngwathe Local Municipality and 14 Others (2264/2024) [2025] ZAFSHC 184 (20 June 2025)
The court found that Ngwathe Local Municipality is in persistent breach of its constitutional and statutory obligations, including failure to provide basic services, maintain a safe environment, and manage its finances. The evidence of contaminated water, sewage spills, financial insolvency, and poor governance was overwhelming and largely uncontested. The Provincial respondents failed to take mandatory steps under section 139 of the Constitution and the MFMA, despite clear jurisdictional facts requiring intervention. The court held that exceptional circumstances justified dissolution of the…
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- Municipal Dysfunction
- Mandatory Provincial Intervention
- Structural Interdict
- Service Delivery Failure
- Local Government Finance
- Declaratory Relief