DA approaches the courts over Tshwane deputy mayor’s code of conduct breach penalty [SOUND]

# The DA has filed papers in the High Court in Pretoria seeking a review of the City of Tshwane council’s decision to fine deputy mayor and mayoral committee member for Finance, Eugene Modise. He was found to have breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct after failing to legally disclose his financial interests linked to Triotic Protection Services. The company has a security services contract with Tshwane. The DA’s Cilliers Brink says the council’s decision fundamentally undermines the integrity of local government: