Tshwane council meeting fails to elect new mayor

PHUTI MOSOMANE

THE City of Tshwane will remain without mayor for a while after the Speaker, Mncedi Ndzwanana, postponed Wednesday’s council meeting convened to elect a new mayor.

“The City of Tshwane will remain without a mayor for a while yet. This comes as the city council speaker adjourned today’s sitting to a later date. The speaker will seek a legal opinion on a Cope councillors’ eligibility to vote before a new mayor can be elected,” the City announced.

Ndzwanana said he needed more time to obtain a legal opinion on the status of COPE councillor Justice Sefanyetso, who was admitted as a councillor last week to replace Dr Murunwa Makwarela.

The Speaker told the council that he has received two different lists from COPE proposing the “withdrawal of Sefanyetso” as COPE PR councillor.

Last week Friday, DA-led multi-party coalition walked out of a Council meeting following what ActionSA called