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Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell finally addressed residents of Tembisa on Friday. PHOTO: Twitter/@City_Ekurhuleni

Fate of DA Mayor in Ekurhuleni uncertain as EFF, ANC gain power

The Ekurhuleni Council underwent a shakeup on Thursday, with the ousting of DA Speaker Raymond Dhlamini and replacement of key DA councillors by the EFF and ANC.

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Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell finally addressed residents of Tembisa on Friday. PHOTO: Twitter/@City_Ekurhuleni

DA speaker in the City of Ekurhuleni, Raymond Dhlamini, was ousted by the Council on Thursday, 2 February. The Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) Nthabiseng Tshivenga was voted in as his replacement.

EFF, ANC REPLACE DA COUNCILLORS IN EKURHULENI COUNCIL

According to SABC News, the Council tabled a motion of no confidence against Dhlamini. The DA councillor reportedly tried to delay the motion by adjourning the council sitting, which carried on until late on Thursday night.

The opposition councillors accused Dhlamini of being conflicted and failing to move the motion forward. Eventually, he was asked to recuse himself.

Another DA councillor, Khetha Shandu, resigned earlier in the day. The ANC’s Jongizizwe Dlabathi replaced him as Acting Chief of the metro. The DA’s Pieter Henning also stepped down as Oversight Chairperson,

ACTIONSA ASKS CAMPBELL TO RESIGN

The Council shakeup has left Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell in a tenuous position. On Thursday, ActionSA asked her and her MMCs to step down.

“The resignations of Henning and Shandu further strengthen ActionSA’s belief that the DA-led coalition government has failed to address the decline in service delivery in Ekurhuleni.

“We, therefore, ask that Campbell and her mayoral committee accept their failure and resign in favour of better leadership within that multiparty coalition,” said ActionSA’s Gauteng Chairperson Bongani Baloyi.

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