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  • FILE: Picture: AFP

    ANC's Seitebaleng Chelechele elected mayor of Mamusa Municipality

    On Tuesday night proceedings were marred by disruptions when ANC councillors voted in support of the EFF's Olebeng Mogorosi for the speaker position.

    260 days ago
  • Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    We won't repeat the same mistakes, vows new DA Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse

    Mpho Phalatse was appointed to her new position on Monday and was confident that even if the city was run through a coalition, service delivery would not be slowed down.

    261 days ago
  • The ANC's Thabani Nyowose is sworn in as Council Speaker of the eThekwini Municipality on 22 November 2021. Picture: @eThekwiniM/Twitter

    After disruption, eThekwini council to reconvene sitting to elect mayor

    Monday’s proceedings saw angry protests as tempers ran high after it emerged that the vote for mayor could go either way.

    261 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter

    Steenhuisen: DA to approach parties outside of coalitions to bolster metro hold

    Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen acknowledged the vulnerability of the DA-led minority governments in Gauteng but said that the party was working hard to change this.

    261 days ago
  • The DA’s Tyrone Gray was on 23 November 2021 elected the executive mayor for Mogale City Local Municipality. Picture: @DAGauteng/Twitter.

    EFF, DA voting agreement a marriage of convenience, says new Mogale City mayor

    Council elected the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Tyrone Gray as Mogale City mayor on Tuesday while the party's Jacqui Pannall now occupies the Speaker position.

    261 days ago
  • Councillors are sworn in during the council sitting of the City of Tshwane on 23 November 2021. Picture: @CityTshwane/Twitter

    Gauteng ANC licks wounds, plots way forward to reclaim Tshwane from DA

    The ANC’s Gauteng secretary, Jacob Khawe, said that a shift in psyche among ANC councillors in the Tshwane metro was the key to gaining the support of voters once again.

    261 days ago
  • FILE: City of Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams. Picture: @CityTshwane/Twitter

    DA secures Tshwane with Randall Williams elected mayor

    The swearing in of councillors concluded earlier and was followed by the election of mayor and speaker.

    261 days ago
  • Coalition comes as a surprise and with no expectation - Steenhuisen

    Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen reassured the party’s members that the support that they received from other parties in order to chair their candidates as mayors in three metros was not expected. In a briefing on 23 November 2021, Steenhuisen emphasised that this support did not come with a ‘quid pro quo’ arrangement. #Coalitions #EFF #DA #LGE2021 #Elections2021

    262 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter

    Steenhuisen: It's clear the EFF voted more against ANC than they voted for DA

    The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) caused a political stir on Monday when they put their weight behind Democratic Alliance (DA) candidates Mpho Phalatse in Johannesburg and Tania Campbell in Ekurhuleni.

    262 days ago
  • The ANC's Mpho Moerane (right) congratulates Mpho Phalatse (left) following her election as mayor of Joburg during the City of Joburg's council sitting at the Brixton Multipurpose Centre on 22 November 2021. Picture: @mphomoerane/Twitter

    Joburg ANC welcomes council outcomes, vows to hold DA administration accountable

    The African National Congress in Johannesburg congratulated the new Speaker, Vasco da Gama, Mayor Mpho Phalatse and the chief whip of council on their election victories.

    262 days ago
  • SCREENGRAB: Disruptions at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. ANC and EFF supporters are seen making their way inside the but EFF councillors are preventing their members from coming inside. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News.

    Political parties blame ANC for eThekwini council meeting disruption

    The council was expected to nominate chief whips, a mayor and deputy mayor but the sitting was thrown into disorder, with councillors hurling insults at each other.

    262 days ago
  • Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    DA back in driving seat after Mpho Phalatse elected as new Joburg mayor

    The appointment of the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s candidate on Monday night marked the second major blow to the African National Congress (ANC), which also lost Ekurhuleni.

    262 days ago
  • DA mayors elected in three metros

    Metros across the country held their inaugural council meetings to elect their new mayors. Here are some the newly elected. #LGE2021 #MetroMayors

    262 days ago
  • Mpho Phalatse. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter.

    It's a win for the DA as Mpho Phalatse is elected Joburg mayor

    She beat the African National Congress (ANC)'s Mpho Moerane as councillors cast their ballot for the new leadership in the first council sitting taking place at the Brixton multipurpose centre on Monday.

    262 days ago
  • SCREENGRAB: Disruptions at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. ANC and EFF supporters are seen making their way inside the but EFF councillors are preventing their members from coming inside. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News.

    Chaos erupts at eThekwini council sitting ahead of electing new mayor

    The council was expected to elect chief whips, a mayor and deputy mayor after electing the speaker of the council.

    262 days ago
  • Some of the 224 councillors in the City of Ekurhuleni being sworn in on 22 November 2021. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News.

    DA’s Raymond Dlamini elected speaker of Ekurhuleni council

    Most municipalities will be serving through coalitions following South Africa's 2021 government elections.

    262 days ago
  • Councillours attend the inaugural Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting on 22 November 2021. Picture: @NMandelaBaymuni/Twitter

    NMB’s new Mayor Johnson to city officials: You underperform, I fire you

    Eugene Johnson was elected mayor in a close race against the DA’s Nqaba Bhanga, who got just one vote less.

    262 days ago
  • Councillours attend the inaugural Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting on 22 November 2021. Picture: @NMandelaBaymuni/Twitter

    ANC's Eugene Johnson elected mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay metro

    The council met on Monday following last week’s postponement of the swearing-in ceremony.

    263 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile. Picture: Eyewitness News

    MEC Maile warns political parties to work together as coalition deadline looms

    Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile has urged parties to not repeat what he called the chaos and in some cases, almost total collapse of governance witnessed over the past five years.

    263 days ago
  • Jeffrey Donson. Picture: Supplied

    ANC looks to review Icosa coalition deal after child rapist appointed as mayor

    The ANC in the Western Cape has made it clear that the decision to appoint a child rapist as a mayor was not theirs.

    263 days ago
  • ANC leadership briefing the media at the national results operation centre in Pretoria. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    ANC says coalition talks done, announces metro mayoral candidates

    In the statement issued late Sunday night, the ANC said coalition discussions have been concluded but it hasn’t given any details of its partners or the nature of agreements.

    263 days ago
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