Synopsis:
An urgent application for direct access to order the injunction of proclamation of local elections and to force the Municipal Demarcation Board to consider carving a municipality of Soweto out of the Johannesburg Metropolitan area. The Court refused to adjudicate the case as the Foundation failed to comply with the Court rules regarding direct access and its request for the establishment of a municipality in Soweto could not be granted as the Municipal Demarcation Board has no power to establish a municipality. The Court pointed out that the Constitution confers that power on the provincial governments. Judgment of the Court.
