Panyaza Lesufi was re-elected unopposed during a special house sitting at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
The ANC’s Morakane Mosupyoe was also elected the new Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.Lesufi was re-elected unopposed during a special house sitting at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on Friday.During his address to the Provincial Legislature, Lesufi said the government of provincial unity must be made possible for the benefit of residents of Gauteng.
“I am nothing wihout the ANC and our alliance partners. But most imporantly, the movement of the people by the people. Thank you so much for assigning me to an instrucment of change and liberation. To the ANC PEC, you have you have once more demonstrated our unity agenda is solid and unshakeable. “Failure is not an option but success is compulsory. Less talk and more work, lets grow Gauteng together. he said.Following the DA’s Allan Winde’s being elected as Western Cape Premier on Thursday, several ANC members were elected or re-elected premier on Friday.
Dr Phophi Ramathuba was elected as the premier of Limpopo. She had previously served as MEC for health in the province. Former Free State MEC for Community Safety and ANC member Maqueen Joyce Letsoha-Mathae was elected Free State Premier.The party’s Lazarus Mokgosi was elected in the North West, while former ANC Mpumalanga chair Mandla Ndlovu was elected Premier in that province.A VIEW OF THE WEEK: The ANC and others are about to learn that ‘after school is after school’
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