Newly elected mayor of Tshwane Cilliers Brink says his first task is to make sure the municipality get its finances under control.
The embattled municipality has struggled to get its finances in order and struggles to pay contractors within the prescribed 30-day period.
"This is as important a task as responding to the concerns of the AG and restoring the financial controls that have systematically been broken down or have never existed. In the past three years, a number of factors have combined to have a devastating effect on the city’s financial position and the path of recovery on which we had embarked in the last decade," he said.
Tuesday was council's third attempt at electing a mayor following Dr Murunwa Makwarela's resignation two weeks ago. Just minutes after the meeting started after 10am, the ANC called for a one-hour caucus break. However, when the meeting reconvened an hour later, the EFF called for a two-hour break that was granted by speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana.
The votes were declared invalid by the Independent Electoral Commission , with the EFF opening a case against the DA for transgressing the IEC secret ballot guidelines.
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