ANC councillor Mxolisi Siyonzana has been appointed the new mayor of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality on Monday during a special council sitting.
This after former mayor Olly Mlamleli was removed in August last year after a no-confidence vote against her.
Mlamleli is co-accused in the multimillion-rand Free State asbestos tender case with suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule.
Siyonzana, an ally of suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule, is the current speaker of the municipality and has previously served as its deputy mayor.
The ANC’s IPC coordinator, Paseka Nompondo, on Thursday said Siyonzana was chosen after an intensive selection process.
The process involved the officials of the party’s national executive committee (NEC), who conducted interviews of three candidates that were recommended by the ANC regional task team of Mangaung.
The other two candidates were Mapaseka Nkoane and Millicent Motingoe.
“All candidates demonstrated capacity at the interview on matters relating to ANC policy,
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