Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero. Picture: Gallo Images. Dada Morero may have survived yet another motion of no confidence, but an analyst believes that he will have a turbulent tenure as the mayor of the City of Johannesburg.
Morero’s party refused a request from some of their coalition partners to recall him; they also refused to remove him through a motion of no confidence, which would have embarrassed the party. At a council meeting on Thursday, the motion was deferred to allow the council speaker to consult extensively on the possibility of a secret ballot. This is a difficult time for Morero, as he lacks political power within his own party.
He lost the ANC’s Joburg elective conference in December to his political nemesis Loyiso Masuku. Masuku’s faction has been trying to remove Morero from office since his defeat at that conference, even though they have not publicly admitted this. The Citizenspoke to Andre Duvenhage, a political analyst from North West University (NWU), about developments in the City of Johannesburg.
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“He (Morero) will have no peace, he does not have the political support from some within his own party, and he is also struggling with some of his coalition partners. He needs this support in order to carry out what is constitutionally mandated to do. “He has the position, but there are serious reservations about his position.
You can compare his position to that of President Ramaphosa, his whole term since he won the 2017 conference. He has had a legitimacy problem,” Duvenhage said. Duvenhage said the opposition to Morero also has to do with theANC 2027 leadership race.
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