The ANC-led Gauteng government has threatened to take over the running of Johannesburg if the city fails to elect a mayor in the next seven days.
Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Tuesday that if the city did not elect someone to replace former DA mayor Herman Mashaba on Wednesday, he would give them seven more days, “failing which, the provincial government will intervene decisively”. ..
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