Joburg mayor confident her job 'is not in danger'

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It's been a tentative few weeks in Joburg with the future of the multi-party coalition government under scrutiny - and Mayor Mpho Phalatse herself potentially in the firing line. But the mayor believes her job is safe and the coalition is "as united as we've always been". This after several councillors from within the pact of nine parties - governed by a coalition agreement - went rogue and voted with opposition members to oust the DA's council speaker Vasco da Gama. One of those councillors is Cope's Colleen Makhubele, who serves as the chair of chairs in council. Makhubele has made no bones of the fact that she voted with her conscience to boot Da Gama from his position despite the coalition agreement. Makhubele herself now faces a motion of no confidence after the High Court in Johannesburg ruled against her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Sep 2022 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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