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Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. (X)

Morero may be safe, but battle over Jozi council continues

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

Former Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda (Photo: Luba Lesolle)

Ousted Joburg MMC Kabelo Gwamanda ‘wasting time and money by challenging his removal in court’

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

Former Johannesburg mayor and more recently MMC Kabelo Gwamanda.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)

Gwamanda likely to be replaced by ATM’s Magwentshu or Amad

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

Former Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda (Photo: Luba Lesolle)

Al Jama-ah’s Kabelo Gwamanda quits as Joburg mayor, fights with  Thapelo Amad for MMC position

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

Jo’burg is filthy because R1.3bn has been syphoned from PikitUp

The city has reappointed a ‘grossly dishonest’ executive found by a forensic investigation to have ‘wasted’ its finances

A general election campaign poster for the Democratic Alliance party, center, sits between posters showing Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, and Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), on the road side in Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The governing African National Congress has dominated national elections since the end of white-minority rule in 1994, with the DA securing about 22 percent of the vote in 2014. Polls suggest the ANC will keep its majority in the May 8 ballot. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

How South Africa can prepare itself for coalition governance

Advanced democracies with coalition governments and strong committees understand the necessity of developing rules and institutions to mitigate executive unaccountability

Things fall apart: The coalitions running the city for seven years have been fractious and service delivery has suffered. Photo: Moeletsi Mabe

Financial mismanagement and land grabs a Johannesburg political game

Illegal land occupation and alleged corruption plague the city’s unstable administrations