The discontent within ANC has unfolded alongside political negotiations in council, where the EFF has made Xhakaza’s removal one of the conditions for supporting a reconfiguration of power in the municipality

The Economic Freedom Fighters will be accommodated in the reshuffled committee, sources said

The city council said it could not extend the contract of Imogen Mashazi, who is reaching retirement age, by two years

The Economic Freedom Fights won’t back a motion to remove Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, despite acknowledging the same concerns raised by opposition parties about his leadership

This move is in line with the Economic Freedom Fighters’ plan to survive beyond the 2026 local government election

Ekurhuleni’s ANC plans to exclude the Economic Freedom Fighters and bring in the Democratic Alliance, plus Patriotic Alliance and ActionSA

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

Mashaba’s party may vote in favour of the loan if the R200 prepaid electricity service charge is scrapped

The initiative was announced in mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza’s maiden state of the city address, in which he also vowed to crack down on crime

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