DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (DA) councillor Tanina Campbell was removed as the executive mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni on Wednesday following a motion of no confidence.
Campbell was accused of neglecting poor and working-class areas by not providing services such as water, electricity and proper roads.
Her removal comes a day after the high court in Johannesburg confirmed DA councillor Mpho Phalatse as Johannesburg executive mayor, after her unlawful removal in September, also through a vote of no confidence.
Lesego Makhubela, ANC Gauteng spokesperson, said the party welcomes the removal of Campbell through a motion of no confidence that was passed by the City of Ekurhuleni Council.
Makhubela said the motion, which was supported by the majority of the Council, was sponsored by the ANC Caucus as a mechanism of rescuing the municipality from the maladministration of the DA-led multiparty government.
He sad since coming into office in November 2021, the
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