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News24 reports that tensions are rising within the Johannesburg council’s ruling coalition after queries surrounding the appointment of a city manager were sent to the mayor.
The City has been without a permanent manager for the last eight months. Apparently fed up with the situation, a letter was sent to Mayor Dada Morero last Monday by Oversight Committee on Governance chair Councillor Lubabalo Magwentshu. He is also the deputy secretary for the minority parties in the Joburg coalition. The Oversight Committee on Governance gave the mayor seven working days, until this Monday, to respond to the letter.
Former city manager Floyd Brink vacated his office in December after the Gauteng High Court found his appointment in February 2023 to have been be irregular. The position has been vacant, with acting appointments for over eight months. In July, the Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) MEC, Jacob Mamabolo, appointed Kiba Kekana as acting city manager. The position is important because the city manager is the accounting officer for a city. Magwentshu’s is the second such letter to be sent to the Mayor. On 19 September, Belinda Kayser Echeozonjoku, the DA caucus leader in Joburg, wrote to the mayor to complain that the City was without the full-time leadership that was urgently needed “considering the current challenges in the City.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alex Patrick at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
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