The Gauteng Provincial Government is threatening to take action against the City of Johannesburg should it fail to elect a new mayor. Last week’s council sitting was postponed by the speaker, Vasco Da Gama, who wanted to get a legal opinion on the election process.
Wednesday’s council meeting will hopefully end Johannesburg’s political paralysis. Da Gama said councillors were confused about what constitutes a majority in the election of a new mayor, and also what happens when there’s a three-way contest. A simple majority win has been advised by a private law firm.
Premier David Makhura and Gauteng Urban Planning MEC Lebogang Maile, in a scathing letter to the speaker, said that if the council fails to elect a new mayor, the provincial government will step in.
Da Gama says the legal advice has been sent to all councillors, and if there are three candidates, an elimination method will be used, but Maile says this is not enough.
“We are saying to the Speaker that he must convene a meeting of all the whips and the rules committee in council to present the legal advice that he has sought and there must be convergence and consensus before the council meeting.” Da Gama’s response is that the MEC doesn’t seem to accept that local government has its own autonomy.
In other news – New details emerge on Black Coffee & Enhle Mbali’s scandal – He broke up with her via an Email
World-famous DJ Black Coffee‘s divorced from Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa continues to hog headlines. Yesterday our sister paper City Press reported the DJ, real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo, broke up with his celebrity wife via a long email.
According to the paper, he wanted to set the record straight about the misconception that Enhle Mbali filed for divorce first. Read more
Source: IOL
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