AIC’s Sivuyile Ngodwana sworn in as Ekurhuleni’s new mayor

The new Executive Mayor of Ekhurhuleni was elected and sworn in on Thursday evening, 30 March, after the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Tania Campbell was ousted in another motion of no confidence vote on the day.

ANC/EFF coalition secures victory as Sivuyile Ngodwana beats DA’s Tania Campbell

Despite her ousting, Campbell went up against the African Independent Congress’ (AIC) Sivuyile Ngodwana.

Ngodwana, who is backed by the ANC/EFF coalition, received 129 from the Ekurhuleni council, while Campbell scored just 75.

New mayor pledges to prioritise service delivery to win back residents’ trust

According to EWN, Ngodwana said the new multiparty government in charge of Ekhurhuleni had to be better than the previous administration and added that the reasons the opposition parties banded together to remove the DA-led coalition were due to disgruntled residents who complained about a lack of service delivery.

“All what we need to do as this city is to accelerate service delivery to the residents of Ekurhuleni, of which they have lost their trust in us as politicians, because you will remember what is happening around the cities.

“We don’t what to see that happening again here in Ekurhuleni, we will make sure that we stay united,” said the new Ekurhuleni mayor.

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