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Gauteng DA confirms resignation of former Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has dismissed claims that the former mayor has quit the DA in order to join his new outfit.
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen is joined by other leaders from the national office, provincial, and local structures.
Last week, the council was also supposed to elect a new executive mayor and the DA failed to extend the contract of the acting city manager.
The DA said that it had a memorandum of understanding with its coalition partners in the metro which would help it garner enough support for its preferred candidate, Randall Williams, to be appointed mayor.
Mokgalapa is expected to appear before the party's federal legal commission for bringing the party into disrepute.
The meeting was convened by Speaker Katlego Mathebe following four failed attempts to hold such a sitting.
DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille announced Williams’ nomination on Monday.
Workers affiliated to Samwu marched outside the Tshwane offices on Thursday, expressing their unhappiness about the state of poor governance in the municipality.
He is facing a disciplinary process instituted by the DA after an audio recording emerged in which he was heard defaming his party colleagues.
Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa announced his resignation over the weekend.
Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa announced on Sunday he was stepping down and plans to officially vacate office at the end of February.
The last few months of Mokgalapa's reign have been embroiled in a number of scandals with his party the Democratic Alliance (DA) resolving to institute a disciplinary process against him.
The City of Tshwane's mayor Stevens Mokgalapa has announced his resignation
The motion was passed with 22 votes out of 25. There was just one abstention.
In a leaked audio recording last year, Mokgalapa could be heard telling former MMC Sheila Senkubuge negative comments about the metro’s council Speaker Katlego Mathebe.
These are the DA mayors facing internal investigations related to allegations of misconduct and corruption.
Members of the ANC and the EFF opposed Katlego Mathebe’s decision to determine the sequence of items on the agenda.
Last week the ANC and the EFF petitioned Tshwane council speaker Katlego Mathebe in an attempt to force her to call a special meeting to discuss the motions of no confidence against DA office bearers.
Stevens Mokgalapa was placed on leave last year following a sex scandal involving the now-former MMC Sheila Senkubuge.