PHUTI MOSOMANE
DA-led multi-party coalitions candidate, Cilliers Brink, is the new mayor of the City Tshwane after defeating COPE councillor Ofentse Moalusi with 109 against 102.
A total of 211 councillors participated in the elections on Tuesday.
This comes after Tshwane Speaker of Council, Mncedi Ndzwanana, called a special council meeting to elect the executive mayor of the City.
The meeting was duly constituted and got under way without issues, and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) presided over the election of the mayor.
The City of Tshwane contract workers, who have not been paid for more than five months, marched to the municipal offices on Monday.
The new mayor also is inheriting a municipality bedevilled by poor service delivery challenges, including financial mismanagement of the metro.
During his acceptance speech, Brink said: “We want to build a capital city that works for all of its people, one that improves the lives
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