Court declares City of Joburg’s VIP protection decision for mayor invalid

“The papers in this case suggest that the city council might have thought that it could obtain a threat assessment after passing and implementing the March 20 2024 resolution.“If the city council did think that, then it fell into error. Both the minister’s determinations and the act [Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act] require a threat assessment to be conducted before an expansion of security provision beyond the default limits set in the determinations can be implemented,” reads the judgment.Wilson also noted how the city failed to outline in its papers what the practical…