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The acquittal of seven people charged with transporting faeces and plotting to dump it at the Western Cape legislature was "surprising".
Cape Town mayoral committee member, JP Smith, said that while they believe in the independence of the judiciary, the City of Cape Town finds it highly regrettable and surprising that the
magistrate ruled in this fashion.
He said the state is expected to appeal Wednesday ruling by magistrate Jasthree Steyn.
Steyn acquitted the seven so-called ringleaders that included former ANC city councillor, Andile Lili, who is now demanding an apology from Western Cape premier Helen Zille.
Steyn found that although the seven chose not to testify in their own defence, the State provided "insufficient evidence to prove their guilt on all charges.'
Meanwhile, the SA Human Rights Commission has found that the City of Cape Town's long-term use of temporary sanitation facilities and lack of a plan for sanitation delivery in the city, violated the rights of residents of Cape Town's poor and working class communities.
According to the 71-page report, the Commission also found that the City of Cape Town also unfairly racially discriminated against black African people in the city.
It has instructed the City to develop a comprehensive plan for sanitation within six months in four areas of Khaylitsha, for which complaints had been laid by the Social Justice Coalition.
Zara Nicholson, the spokesperson for Cape Town mayor, Patricia de Lille, said they're still studying findings of the SA Human Rights Commission.
However, she added that "there initial impression is that they have serious reservations about many of the findings an we intend to appeal the recommendations contained in the report."
