IN TWEETS: Election of the new Joburg Mayor has been postponed to next week
JOBURG – The council has decided to postpone the mayoral elections until thorough consultation.
The 27th of November was the last day of Herman Mashaba in office as the City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor.
On 28 November, the City of Joburg had a special council meeting to elect a new mayor who will succeed Mashaba today but it has been postponed to 4 and 5 December.
The North Eastern Tribune reporter, Lungile Dube, was reporting live at the council meeting.
City of Johannesburg Council meeting will commence in few minutes after a memory service for the late ANC council of David Monamodi @NE_Tribune
— Nkosazana (@LungileDube) November 28, 2019
Councilors are expected to vote for the new executive today following the resignation of mayor Herman Mashaba last month @NE_Tribune pic.twitter.com/mvfHCOvplJ
— Nkosazana (@LungileDube) November 28, 2019
Three key candidates will battle it out for the position of Johannesburg mayor.
EFF deputy CIC Floyd Shivambu, ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and leader of diregistered BLF Andile Mngxitama are one of the people seen the Council Chamber gallery @NE_Tribune
— Nkosazana (@LungileDube) November 28, 2019
The ANC has announced its Greater Joburg Regional chairperson Geoff Makhubu as their mayoral candidate. He will be going against EFF Joburg Regional chairperson Musa Novela and DA's former Finance MMC Funzela Ngobeni @NE_Tribune #JoburgMayor
— Nkosazana (@LungileDube) November 28, 2019
Council meeting adjourns for 5 minutes while the speaker consults about the 'majority' rule in terms of individual candidate voting.For a candidate to succeed, they need 135 votes plus 1 @NE_Tribune #JoburgMayor
— Nkosazana (@LungileDube) November 28, 2019
Speaker Vasco da Gama says after consulting with the legal team about the majority rule, they have seen it fit to postpone the voting of the new mayor to 4 December @NE_Tribune #JoburgMayor
— Nkosazana (@LungileDube) November 28, 2019
Speaker Vasco da Gama has postponed the Council meeting to 4&5 December for the election of the new mayor.The Council is made up of 270 councilors,one ANC councilor died &2 other councilors are absent today.The number of councilors available today 267. @NE_Tribune #JoburgMayor
— Nkosazana (@LungileDube) November 28, 2019
The ANC has 121 seats, the DA 104 and the EFF 30. The total votes needed to win a majority is 136.
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