DA writes to minister Hlabisa over alleged irregular appointment of Helen Botes as Joburg’s Acting Chief Operating Officer [SOUND]   

# The DA in Johannesburg has written to Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to demand his intervention in what it called the continued violation of Section 56 of the Municipal Systems Act by the city. The DA alleges the appointment of Acting Chief Operating Officer Helen Botes was done without councl approval: