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Despite earlier threats to withhold support, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) ultimately backed the ANC in passing key budgets in the City of Johannesburg council on Friday.

EFF backs ANC in Johannesburg budget vote despite earlier threats

The red berets had previously threatened not to support any budgets tabled by the ANC after their speaker was removed in Ekurhuleni

Embattled Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. File photo: X

“I am not Dada’s ball boy” — ANC member defends court bid over Joburg conference

Stanley Itshegetseng said he supported Morero but those who had “beef” with Dada must take it to Morero and not reduce him to Dada’s boy

Reputational harm: ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula and ANC Johannesburg chairperson Loyiso Masuku, below, were both defamed on social
media and approached the courts to have the defamatory posts removed. Photos: X

Social media fuels defamation cases

When someone is defamed, particularly online, speed matters

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. Photo: Action SA

Herman Mashaba in bid to reclaim Joburg mayor’s office

ActionSA has confirmed that its leader is among five shortlisted candidates to lead the party’s 2026 Johannesburg mayoral campaign, with a final decision expected on 21 February

Embattled Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. File photo: X

New deputy mayor post set to cost Joburg over R1.28 mln annually

Councillors approved a deputy mayor position for the first time in the city’s history, with 107 voting in favour

Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. (X)

Editorial: Morero a burden to Joburg

Morero should long have heeded the call to quit for the stability of the city, or face the humiliation of a motion of no confidence

The City of Johannesburg is set to appoint ANC regional chair and member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for finance Loyiso Masuku as deputy mayor at Thursday’s council sitting. (X)

Joburg council set to appoint Loyiso Masuku as deputy mayor if Morero survives motion of no confidence

The annual remuneration for a full-time councillor serving as executive deputy mayor is estimated at R1 280 117

Ballots used in the ANC’s recent regional elective conference in Johannesburg were on Sunday allegedly found opened at the house of the presiding officer in the December vote.

EXCLUSIVE: ANC Johannesburg regional ballots allegedly  found opened at presiding officer’s house

Party sources said they found a woman at the house trying to burn the ballot papers

The people have spoken: The 16th ANC Greater Johannesburg Region meeting at Cedarwoods Hotel. Photo: ANC Joburg Region

Fraud claims rock ANC in Joburg

Allegations of manipulated ballots and conflicts of interest at the regional conference have deepened factional divides

The ANC’s regional conference was a clean sweep for Loyiso Masuku’s faction. (Lunga Mzangwe)

Loyiso Masuku elected new ANC Johannesburg regional chairperson, ousting Dada Morero

The party’s regional conference was a clean sweep for Masuku’s faction

Contested slice: The Gauteng region has seen fierce jostling for power, including alleged bribery at its 16th
Regional Conference this week. Photo: ANC Gauteng Branch

Vote-buying claims rock ANC conference

The infighting points to internal strife which could hurt the party in the region in next year

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. (@MbalulaFikile/X)

Mbalula says ANC Johannesburg regional conference must sit no later than 3 December

The regional conference was initially scheduled for July but has since been postponed twice

Watershed moment: Pemmy Majodina, Minister of Water and Sanitation, with President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Supplied

Mayor blames population growth for Joburg water crisis

The DA has not ruled out sabotage as one of the reasons the city has failed to provide water

ANC Greater Johannesburg regional powerhouse Eunice Mgcina has nominated Dada Morero (above) for the position of regional chairperson ahead of the much-anticipated elective conference set to take place in September.  Photo: X

Eunice Mgcina nominates Dada Morero for chair in a shift of alliance

At the 2022 conference, the ANC Greater Johannesburg region heavyweight vied with Morero for the chairperson position and lost by 10 votes

Under pressure: Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero: Photo: City of Johannesburg

Morero on shaky ground as Masuku gains support

Loyiso Masuku is gaining ground ahead of the ANC’s Johannesburg regional conference where the two will vie for the chairperson position

Combative: Democratic Alliance federal council chair Helen Zille has applied to become Johannesburg’s mayor. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Zille shakes up Jozi mayoral race

The DA leader’s interest in the position has sent political parties scrambling to find stronger candidates as the 2026 municipal elections loom

ANC Youth League President Collen Malatji (@ANCYLhq)

Malatji: Nkabane ‘cowardly’ for withdrawing ANC linked appointments as Seta board chairs

The ANC Youth League president said those who serve in government and are considered to be youth of the party should only fear him, not opposition parties

ANC Greater Johannesburg regional powerhouse Eunice Mgcina has nominated Dada Morero (above) for the position of regional chairperson ahead of the much-anticipated elective conference set to take place in September.  Photo: X

Johannesburg mayor Morero warns contenders for ANC regional posts not to sabotage his government

Dada Morero has said he will stand for a second term as the Greater Joburg chair

File photo by Delwyn Verasamy,/M&G

Morero set to retain ANC Greater Johannesburg chair as leadership battle hots up

Six names have been touted for the position of deputy chair, and three for the position of regional secretary

Trouble brewing: Loyiso Masuku, the ANC’s Johannesburg deputy regional secretary; the party’s regional chairperson Dada Morero and Sasabona Manganye, its regional secretary in the city. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

ANC ‘lies’ exposed in R1.3 billion corruption cover-up

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