Gauteng COGTA MEC warns City of Ekurhuleni facing dissolution if new mayor not elected soon

JOHANNESBURG - The City of Ekurhuleni’s window to elect a new mayor is fast closing.

This after it postponed a sitting to vote for Sivuyile Ngodwana’s replacement last week.

Ngodwana was removed through a motion of no confidence in March.

The city, which is run through a working agreement between the African National Congress (ANC), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and other smaller parties, has been caught in clashes between the established parties.

Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Mzi Khumalo said the political gimmicks were not helpful, as they took focus away from service delivery.

He said that last week’s postponed sitting should be seen as a failed attempt to elect new leadership.

"Where matters stand, they have already made themselves candidates for Section 139, which is dissolution, because if all of those processes as envisaged by the Municipal Structures Act are not being fulfilled, I will have no option but to dissolve the municipality."