D Day for two DA mayors, Herman Mashaba and Athol Trollip
Motions of no confidence go to the vote in the Joburg and Nelson Mandela Bay councils, with the EFF holding the deciding votes on Trollip’s fate
Herman Mashaba and Athol Trollip will know later on Thursday whether they are still the mayors of Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay. Trollip’s fate is in the hands of six EFF councillors‚ who have been lobbied furiously by the parties on both sides of a no-confidence motion. To succeed‚ the motion put forward by the Patriotic Alliance’s Marlon Daniels would need the support of the ANC‚ UDM‚ AIC and United Front — which together make up 55 seats — as well as the EFF. If the EFF votes in support of Trollip or abstains from voting altogether‚ the motion will not pass. Meanwhile‚ DA supporters are gathering in Johannesburg in a festive mood this morning for a #HandsOffMashaba march ahead of the vote on a motion of no confidence in their mayor‚ tabled by the ANC. The party said 90‚000 people had signed a petition "in rejection of the ANC’s baseless motion" against Mashaba. HeraldLIVE and TimesLIVE
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