CCT29/02

[2003] ZACC 4

2003 (1) SACR 561 (CC)

2003 (5) BCLR 476 (CC)

2003 (4) SA 1 (CC)

Langa DCJ Majority judgment

Sachs J separate judgment

O'Regan J dissenting judgment

25 February 2003

3 April 2003

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2165

Appeal against the decision of the High Court, in which the appellants challenged the exclusion of its members from the mayoral committee.

A decision by Langa DP. The mayoral councils as contemplated by the Municipal Structures Act are not committees of the council as contemplated by s 160 of the Constitution. Concurring judgment by Sachs J . O'Regan J dissented and argued for a purposive approach to s 160(8) - if the mayoral committees carry out the constitutional powers and functions of the local government council, then they are committees of that council.