Overview
- Council Speaker Margaret Arnolds says no motion reached her office, though Minority Governing Parties claim they submitted a no-confidence bid.
- Al Jama-ah, UDM, ATM and AHC hold six of 270 seats, needing 136 votes to remove the mayor, with the DA and ActionSA saying they were not approached and the GOOD party and ACDP signaling no support.
- The ANC condemned the attempt as opportunistic and warned coalition partners against going “rogue,” pledging to protect Dada Morero.
- The motion was reportedly proposed by Al Jama-ah’s Kabelo Gwamanda and seconded by UDM’s Yongama Zigebe, citing administrative instability, the lack of a permanent city manager, and an alleged R4 billion sweep from Johannesburg Water.
- Separately, the council is scheduled to consider appointing Floyd Brink as city manager on Thursday, an appointment the ANC says it will endorse.