Amad believes that because he is the party leader in Gauteng and that he made space for Gwamanda to be mayor, he should be considered for a position in the mayo
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.pushed for him to be removed to make way for Morero. His resignation will only be effective from a date to be determined by council speakerIn his resignation letter, Gwamanda said that as the youngest mayor of Johannesburg, he had stabilised the metro financially and administratively, following a collapse of the multi-party coalition running it.
One source said Amad believed he should be rewarded because he had made a sacrifice to allow Gwamanda to become mayor. A source in the ANC regional executive committee told the M&G that there was no opposing view when Morero was pronounced as the party’s mayoral candidate. The source also confirmed the tension between Gwamanda and Amad.
“A meeting took place at midnight with the ANC and the mayor was present. The president of Al Jamah-ah facilitated an exit strategy in line with what the president wanted,” he said.told the M&G that Gwamanda would be included in the mayoral committee. He said the MMC position made vacant by Morero ascending to the mayorship would be given to the minority parties, but added that he did not want to get into the parties’ internal discussion on this.
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