THE ANC vowed to keep fighting for transformation, it said in Johannesburg on Sunday, even though it had accepted that it may become the opposition party in the city.On Sunday the party held a briefing ahead of the Johannesburg city council’s inaugural council sitting on Monday when the DA’s Herman Mashaba was expected to be elected mayor.A chief whip and speaker will also be elected during the sitting and councillors sworn in.The region’s chairman, Parks Tau, whose term as mayor will end if the ANC is ousted from the city, said he was ready to serve the city as a member of the opposition.The ANC obtained 44.5% of the vote in Johannesburg, against the DA’s 38.37%. The EFF — which has since become the kingmaker in Johannesburg and other cities — took 11.09%.The ANC has been lobbying hard to establish coalitions with smaller parties to maintain its control over the metro. Coalition talks were set to continue until the last minute, the party said. But Johannesburg is set to become the ...
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