Newly elected Johannesburg Mayor Geoffrey Makhubo has constituted a multiparty government in the city, rewarding political parties that helped the ANC gain power with five seats on the mayoral committee, by MandiNyathi
Five of the 10 members of the committee are from the ANC, while two are from the Inkatha Freedom Party and one each from the Congress of the People , the Patriotic Alliance and the African Independent Congress .
For ditching it cooperative alliance with the DA and aligning with the ANC, the IFP received two MMC positions, with transport and housing to be headed by Nonhlanhla Makhuba and Mlungisi Mabaso, respectively. The ANC regained the metro it lost in 2016 as a result of some of the DA's members jumping ship and voting with the governing party during the council vote on Wednesday. ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule claimed that there were 11 DA councillors in Johannesburg who were interested in joining the ANC, but has not revealed their identities.The allocation of MMC positions reflected the ANC's gratitude for its alliance partners.
The vacancy in Johannesburg leadership occurred as a result of former mayor Herman Mashaba resigning in protest at the new DA leadership under Helen Zille and John Steenhuisen.
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