ActionSA decides to abstain from no-confidence vote against Morero
The Johannesburg mayor is facing the motion in council just ten months after taking office.
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero ahead of his State of the City Address in Braamfontein on 7 May 2025. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/X
JOHANNESBURG - ActionSA has decided to abstain from the vote of no confidence against Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero.
The mayor is facing the motion in council on Wednesday, just ten months after taking office.
Despite its collaboration with the African National Congress (ANC), ActionSA said it was not fully satisfied with Morero’s leadership.
Speaking to reporters ahead of Wednesday’s morning’s council session, ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont said the party had no basis to defend Morero.
"We have communicated to the ANC that we will not be voting to defend Dada Morero in today’s council meeting. We have come to this conclusion because service delivery in Johannesburg has collapsed. I don’t need to elaborate in great detail on that. Traffic lights are not working."
The ANC-led coalition holds 142 seats without ActionSA, which is still enough to maintain Morero’s position in office.
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[WATCH] ActionSA has announced that it will abstain from the vote of no confidence in Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) June 25, 2025
This means Nobuhle Mthembu, an ActionSA speaker of council, is likely to lose her position.
Mthembu is also facing a motion of no confidence today. @JusstAlpha pic.twitter.com/Ftn1xjF2XX