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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Johannesburg city council has still not begun the process of electing a new mayor.<\/p>\n

This was as a rally of adjournments on Tuesday, by way of various caucus breaks, have put a pause on the voting process.<\/p>\n

The EFF were the first to call for an hour’s caucus break at 10:00, just as the meeting began.<\/p>\n

Once councillors returned to the chambers after 11:00, the ANC asked for a three-hour caucus break. News24 understands that this was due to ANC councillors disagreeing on who to support as their mayoral candidate.<\/p>\n

This ran over the scheduled lunch break and meant that the council returned at 15:30.<\/p>\n

Before they took the break, speaker Colleen Makhubele said that she hoped this would allow all parties to conduct caucus meetings to put an end to the continuous breaks.<\/p>\n

She said that at the end of that break there would be a vote for a new mayor and that a new mayor would be elected on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Then upon returning to council, with a notable absence of the ANC councillors, the minority parties asked for an hour\u2019s break.<\/p>\n

News24 understands that the ANC had finally agreed on a mayoral candidate, Al Jama-ah’s Kabelo Gwamanda, but the absence of the ANC after the break seemed to suggest not all were in agreement.<\/p>\n

The DA-led coalition appeared to be frustrated by the continuous breaks and reminded the speaker of what she said.<\/p>\n

But Makhubele said it was a request to parties to finalise their caucus breaks, and not an instruction.<\/p>\n

Once the minorities returned, the ANC asked for a 20-minute break. The council was due to resume after 17:00.<\/p>\n

The DA was again putting Mpho Phalatse as their candidate, while ActionSA had proposed Funzi Ngobeni. The other proposed candidates were 25-day former mayor Dada Morero from the ANC and Margaret Arnolds from the African Independent Congress.<\/p>\n

The city has been without a mayor for a week since Thapela Amad from Al Jamah-ah resigned after pressure within the ANC-led coalition.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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