AHEAD of the local government elections on Monday, leading political parties have put forward candidates as their preferred mayors, especially for the country’s major metros such as Joburg, Cape Town, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane.
The ANC has, however, indicated that it will not announce its mayoral candidates until after the elections.
While the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will contest all 257 municipalities in the country, it has also not fielded any candidates for mayoral positions, saying it preferred to allocate PR councillors based on which ward councillor candidate worked the hardest.
City of Ekurhuleni
While the ANC has not yet announced its mayoral candidate for the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, it is believed the governing party will retain Mzwandile Masina as the mayor, should it win the local government elections this week.
Masina is credited for leading a stable party and government that also scored a clean audit.
Under Masina’s leadership, the
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