The meeting was held before the Mangaung Metro council held it’s third meeting in an attempt to vote in favour of the proposed budget by executive mayor, Mxolisi Siyonzana, along with the national intervention team. The third meeting was held on Wednesday (22/06). At the first two meetings on 3 June and again at 15 June a majority of the councillors did not vote in favour for the budget. On the continuation meeting on Wednesday a majority of 54 votes were attained to approve the disputed budget of the ANC governed metro.
Johan Snyman, a director and coordinator of OurSA, said this organisation had been formed to spesifically to empower the community. Several neighbourhood associations, the Mangaung Ratepayers Association, the Mangaung Service Delivery Forum, the Mangaung Concerned Community (MCC) and other organisations attended the meeting.
