Gauteng's acting Cogta MEC, Faith Mazibuko, is dismayed at and concerned about the political vacuum Tshwane councillors created by failing to elect a mayor for more than 30 days. | ZintleMahlati
She has written to Tshwane speaker, Mncedi Ndzwanana, to ask for an explanation for their failure to elect a mayor since the resignation of DA councillor Randall Williams.
Tshwane councillors would have elected a mayor on Wednesday but Ndzwanana adjourned the sitting and said he was seeking legal advice on the presence of one Cope councillor, whose status was in dispute. The DA and its coalition partners said that by adjourning, Ndzwanana was playing a political game while siding with the ANC and EFF.
The DA said the EFF and the ANC relied on delaying tactics because the numbers in the council favoured a DA coalition majority. She did not comment on the possibility of putting the metro under administration, but she raised concerns about the municipality's stability. Ndzwanana will have to respond to the letter in three days. "As the acting MEC responsible for local government in the province, I view the state of affairs in the City in a very serious light.
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