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Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court has ruled that the
Limpopo government is not allowed pass its own financial laws, in a judgment
handed down on Thursday.
Outgoing Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo ruled that the
provincial legislature does not have the power to pass legislation.
The office of Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale had declined to
assent to and sign the financial management of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature
Act.
He contended that the legislature did not have
constitutional power to pass provincial legislation dealing with financial
management matters.
The speaker of the National Assembly, the chairperson of the
National Council of Provinces and the minister of finance supported the
premier.
The speaker of the Limpopo provincial legislature argued that section three of the Financial Management of Parliament Act 10 of 2009 read with schedule one to that act, expressly assigned to the provinces the power to pass legislation dealing with financial management matters.
