ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Gallo Images ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has spoken out against some members of his party who have called for Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero to resign. Last week, Morero lost his bid to be re-elected as the regional chairperson of the ANC in Johannesburg at a regional conference that was held in Woodmead.
His competitor, Loyiso Mauku, received most of the votes, prompting the IEC to declare her the new chairperson of the region. Following this development, the ANCYL in Johannesburg called for Morero’s resignation. They claim that his loss creates two centres of power.
Traditionally, the chairperson of the ANC in the region is recommended as the party’s mayoral candidate. However, Mbalula urged people not to be overly preoccupied with who becomes the mayor of Johannesburg. “Being chairperson of a region does not give you the status of a mayor, especially in a City where you have lost.
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Even the fact that Dada became a mayor is a favour that other parties have done for us,” said Mbalula. “This is the problem, people are not looking at organising the ANC for the better, they are fighting over scrambles. We can make anyone a mayor at any time, but a mayor of what, a coalition government?
“We are not in power in Johannesburg; the task of the Regional Executive Committee that has just been elected should be fighting to get the ANC back, not getting rid of Dada,” he said. He called out the culture of chasingpower and positions in the ANC.
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