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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.
ANC

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

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read
Thorny issue: Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and Joburg mayor Dada Morero.
2026 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

ANC’s ‘own goals’ raise alarm

Senior ANC leaders warn that controversies over Nkabane, Morero and Lesufi could cost the party crucial support in Johannesburg

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
The Mail & Guardian understands that mayor Dada Morero did not make it onto the list submitted to Luthuli House for interviews for the mayoral position. File photo: X
ANC

“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

  • Lunga Mzangwe
5 min read
Jobrg Mayor Dada Morero speaking. A memorial service is underway in Soweto for late politician and struggle stalwart, Mosiuoa Lekota. The 77-year-old anti-apartheid activist died last week after a long illness. In the years before his passing, Lekota served as the leader of the Congress Of The People (COPE), a party he helped form after breaking away from the African National Congress (ANC). Photo Delwyn Verasamy
ANC

Morero jokes about no-confidence motions at Mosiuoa Lekota memorial

Joburg mayor humorously urged UDF leader Bantu Holomisa to stop his party’s councillor from filing motions of no confidence against him. Morero also honoured Lekota’s…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Hands on: Dada Morero, third from left, and officials on a site visit to assess the water crisis plaguing Johannesburg residents.
AGEING ASBESTOS PIPES

Billions needed to sort water crisis

Joburg’s Dada Morero assured residents that the city would not implement water-shedding in the same way South Africans endured load-shedding

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
Joburg mayor Dada Morero, alongside MMC Jack Sekwaila is addressing the ongoing water challenges facing Johannesburg in a media briefing at the Brixton Reservoir.
2025 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

Editorial: Taps – and residents’ patience – run dry

As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepared to present his State of the Nation address (Sona) on Thursday, his second in the government of national unity (GNU), residents of some…

  • Editorial
2 min read
The ANC in Tshwane will demand the mayoral position even if the party fails to win local government elections later this year outright but manages to secure a majority in council, its regional secretary George Matjila (centre) said.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

ANC wants Tshwane mayoralty, even without outright win in 2026

The party’s regional secretary said should it be forced into a coalition following the local government elections, with a majority, it would demand the mayoral chain

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read
The Mail & Guardian understands that mayor Dada Morero did not make it onto the list submitted to Luthuli House for interviews for the mayoral position. File photo: X
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

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

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. (X)
ANC

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

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
3 min read
In Johannesburg, the regional executive committee (REC) is understood to have identified regional chairperson Loyiso Masuku as its preferred candidate for the City of Johannesburg’s mayoral position, party insiders familiar with the process say. (X)
ANC

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

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
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.
2027 LEADERSHIP

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

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
The people have spoken: The 16th ANC Greater Johannesburg Region meeting at Cedarwoods Hotel. Photo: ANC Joburg Region
2027 LEADERSHIP

Fraud claims rock ANC in Joburg

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

  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Mandisa Makgakga
8 min read
The ANC’s regional conference was a clean sweep for Loyiso Masuku’s faction. (Lunga Mzangwe)
2021 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

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

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

  • Lunga Mzangwe
1 min read
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
ANC

Vote-buying claims rock ANC conference

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

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
The Mail & Guardian understands that mayor Dada Morero did not make it onto the list submitted to Luthuli House for interviews for the mayoral position. File photo: X
AL JAMA AH

Al Jama-ah’s Gwamanda withdraws motion against Johannesburg mayor Morero

Sources said Gwamanda had brought the motion out of anger after being dropped as a member of the mayoral committee

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read