Another special council sitting has been convened for Friday to elect the mayor for the City of Johannesburg.
Another special council sitting has been convened for Friday to elect the mayor for theA new mayor was supposed to have been voted in on Tuesday but the meeting had to adjourn after political parties asked for endless caucus breaks.
The ANC has enjoyed the Mayoral position since the dawn of democracy up until 2016, when it lost power to a DA-led coalition.Mashaba, who was still a DA member then, led the city under a DA coalition before it collapsed. “I’m gravely concerned that the DA I signed up to is no longer the DA that has emerged after this Federal council. The DA no longer represents the party that has achieved what I desire most. A movement that can save South Africa, unseat the ANC and deliver one safe South Africa for all,” Mashaba said at the time.This saw the DA going into a coalition with other parties with Dr Mpho Phalatse as Executive Mayor.Phalatse challenged the unlawfulness of her ousting in court and won.
This continuous exchange of the mayoral chain has angered residents of Johannesburg who are concerned about the instability this creates within city.
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