Seems like the ruling party’s plans to take over the City of Ekurhuleni have failed.
The ANC’s Mzwandile Masina says they made arrangements and negotiated to vote along with several minority parties but this didn’t go as planned when they failed to reach a middle ground.
Tania Campbell has now been re-elected as Ekurhuleni mayor after being ousted through a motion of no-confidence over a week ago."Our plan was to take over government having exposed its weaknesses. We did everything possible," said Masina. "We negotiated with about seven parties, they voted with us today. We negotiated with other parties which we thought would be able to assist us to take over but we could not find each other."Jongizizwe Dlabathi says the party spirit is not broken by this loss and that work will continue as usual."We remain determined to serve our communities as a party that is in opposition.The ANC maintains that Tania Campbell isn't fit to be Ekurhuleni mayor.
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