Johnathan Paoli
It’s two days before the deadline to elect a new Ekurhuleni Mayor yet there is still uncertainty over who will succeed axed Mayor Sivuyile Ngodwana after a council meeting to elect his successor was postponed last week.
Ekurhuleni Council Speaker Tshivhenga did not supply details on the reasons for the delay but said that unforeseen circumstances had caused the postponement of the council meeting to elect a new Mayor.
Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Mzi Khumalo said the political gimmicks were not helpful, as they took focus away from service delivery and that last week’s postponed sitting should be seen as a failed attempt at electing new leadership.
“Where matters stand, they have already made themselves candidates for Section 139, which is dissolution, because if all of those processes as envisaged by the Municipal Structures Act are not being fulfilled, I will have no option but to dissolve
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