[1] As apparent from the Notice of Motion, this litigation concerns a dispute between the Speaker, on the one hand and the Municipal Manager and the Executive Mayor on the other, of Mnquma Local Municipality.

[2] The Applicant seeks an urgent review and setting aside of the entire proceedings and resolutions of the Third Respondent’s Council meetings which were held on the 30 March 2012 and on 29 May 2012, respectively. He also seeks an interdict restraining the implementation of the resolutions and/or anything emanating from the meetings held in the aforesaid dates. He sought an interim interdict on these two reliefs pending the final determination of the application.