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8 Mayors in 8 Years for Joburg

The City of Joburg will have eight mayors in eight years after the new mayor is elected. Thapelo Amad was the last mayor of the city and resigned after just 12 weeks. The city held a council meeting on Tuesday, 2 May that started at 10am, and still failed to elect a new mayor. Here is a look at the past seven individuals who held the position: Parks Tau Time […]

today02/05/2023

Cilliers Brink

NEWS

DA’s Cilliers Brink elected Mayor of Tshwane

City of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink The City of Tshwane finally has a new mayor, after DA councillor and former MP, Cilliers Brink was elected with 109 votes. Brink's election comes after much controversy over the seat, with Cope's Murunwa Makwarela resigning due to fraudulent papers over his financial rehabilitation. Winning the metro by just 7 votes in his favour, Brink promised the people of Tshwane that the city is […]

today29/03/2023

Murunwa Makwarela

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Tshwane has no mayor after Murunwa Makwarela gets disqualified for insolvency

By Zuko Komisa Tshwane has no mayor after Murunwa Makwarela was disqualified for insolvency. Murunwa Makwarela, a Cope councillor who was voted mayor last week, has been declared ineligible, leaving the City of Tshwane without a mayor. In a letter to the Gauteng IEC, City of Tshwane City Manager Johann Mettler announced the opening for the post of mayor. Also Read: Special Investigating Unit recovers R18 million for the Road Accident […]

today07/03/2023

Mpho Phalatse

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Mpho Phalatse survives another motion of no confidence

By: Natasha Archary City of Johannesburg Mayor, Mpho Phalatase has survived yet another motion of no confidence, after the parties withdrew their decision. On Thursday, the African Independent Congress (AIC) and African Transformation Movement (ATM), with support by the ANC sought to remove Phalatse as mayor, citing her failures to improve the city in a year. Margaret Arnolds who put forward the motion of no confidence against Phalatse for the […]

today25/11/2022

Gayton McKenzie

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Newly elected Mayor Gayton McKenzie is pledging 100% of his salary to fixing his municipality

By: Natasha Archary Newly elected Central Karoo District Mayor, Gayton McKenzie has pledged 100% of his salary and mayoral incentives towards fixing his municipality. The Patriotic Alliance leader said he will forego all incentives a mayor is afforded including a car, petrol and flights. McKenzie said the car that is budgeted for can be sold to purchase ambulances. Sharing his stance at his inauguration on Monday, the new mayor said […]

today13/04/2022

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Point of View: ANC claims victory in eThekwini

Kaya 959 Reporter The ANC has retained the eThekwini metro, thanks to votes from smaller parties. Mxolisi Kaunda has been re-elected as mayor. At the polls, the ANC in eThekwini dropped to below 50% after it could only accumulate 42.1% of the votes and 93 seats in the council, followed by the DA with 25.9% of the votes and 59 seats, while the EFF had 10.4% of the votes and 24 […]

today25/11/2021

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Thomas and Skhumba: Kaya 959 listeners on important things the new Mayor must fix

Jolidee Matongo (46) was elected unopposed as the new mayor of Johannesburg on August 10 at the City of Johannesburg’s 27th extraordinary council meeting. Also Read: Jolidee Matongo elected new Mayor of Joburg The speaker of council, Nonceba Molwele, called the meeting in terms of Rule 16 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Council. Matongo, who is the former MMC for Finance in the current term of office, takes […]

today11/08/2021

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