City of Johannesburg Mayor Thapelo Amad resigns ahead of no confidence motion on Tuesday

PHUTI MOSOMANE

THAPELO Amad, the Al Jama-ah councillor, has stepped down as mayor of the City of Johannesburg. 

His resignation coincides with a scheduled motion of no confidence vote that was set to be debated at a council meeting on Tuesday. 

“I’m not resigning out of fear that I’ll be ousted; I’m resigning to bring stability to the City of Joburg,” said Amad on Monday night.

Amad said his resignation had nothing to do with public opinion following his television interview with SABC where he said a R9.5-billion loan was offered to the city by a private company.

“The R9 billion loan matter was just a prospect, a discussion. As the mayor I engage stakeholders to ensure that there is stability and it also suggest good governance, so I meet the prospects and there was never contravention of any laws of council,” said Amad.

Amad was elected Joburg mayor in