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ANC leadership to meet over Joburg mayor crisis and no-confidence fallout

Talks loom as coalition partners push Morero out and deputy mayor post emerges

ANC headquarters Chief Albert Luthuli House was renamed "Chief Albert Lootfreely House".
Talks loom as coalition partners push Morero out and deputy mayor post emerges (Freddy Mavunda © Business Day)

ANC national office bearers are set to meet tomorrow to discuss the quagmire their Joburg region faces.

This follows a motion of no confidence against executive mayor Dada Morero, who was saved at the last minute in the Thursday council following a decision by the speaker to defer his motion while she consults on the request for a secret ballot.

The bid to axe him was sponsored by a coalition partner, Al Jama-ah, who insisted that Morero must be shown the door because of his alleged refusal to collaborate and engage those who prop him up to govern, among other service delivery challenges.

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