The five MMCs who were sworn in belong to the EFF while the rest of the mayoral committee, tipped to be ANC deployees, did not pitch.
The five mayoral committee members and speaker of Ekurhuleni municipality, who are all red berets members.The five MMCs belong to the EFF while the rest of the mayoral committee, tipped to be ANC deployees, did not pitch.
This follows the ousting of DA mayor Tania Campbell last week, after which the AIC's Sivuyile Ngodwana was elected into office hours later.The ANC in Ekurhuleni declined to say on why their deployees failed to pitch for the swearing-in ceremony. Insiders allege that there is conflict over the coalition arrangement, citing that minority partners such as the Patriotic Alliance were snubbed in the allocation of mayoral committee seats.As things stand, these are the members of the half-complete mayoral committee in Ekurhuleni:
MMC finance, ICT and service delivery co-ordination: Nkululeko Dunga, who is also the Gauteng EFF chairMMC water, sanitation and energy: Leshaka ManamelaThe speaker of the council is also a red berets member, Nthabiseng Tshivenga. The EFF is now in charge of the municipality, boasting a speaker and a total of five mayoral committee members in the city.
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