Sources said Gwamanda had brought the motion out of anger after being dropped as a member of the mayoral committee

Some ANC members want former speaker Margaret Arnolds to return after the incumbent was ousted

Sources in the city’s executive believe the former mayor has become a ‘liability’ for the Johannesburg council

The embattled MMC was placed on special leave by mayor Dada Morero over an alleged funeral policy scam

It is still not clear exactly who ActionSA will field as its preferred candidate

In his acceptance speech Morero said the numerous leadership changes in the city since the ANC first lost control of it in 2026 were disruptive and could not continue

Evidence suggests that the ANC in Joburg knew about leaders’ ‘capture’ of the city’s entities

Amad believes that because he is the party leader in Gauteng and that he made space for Gwamanda to be mayor, he should be considered for a position in the mayoral committee

While residents battle water cuts and filthy streets, Pikitup and Joburg Water leaders face multibillion-rand nepotism claims

The Johannesburg mayor is about to be ditched

ActionSA is set to get the council speaker position and chair of chairs in the new coalition arrangement

The water shortage was caused by ‘an incident’ at the Eikenhof pump station, the bulk water supplier said

We have learned to live with sporadic electricity supply but South Africans will not be as kind to the government if our taps run dry

The water crisis has largely been caused by a power outage that affected the main pump station

A Rand Water executive and his bodyguard were killed in a shooting the Zakariyya Park community hall where a school donation function was taking place

A ‘domestic dispute’ is said to have been behind the blaze which destroyed a residential building in the city centre on Sunday

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