By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Newly elected Joburg mayor Dada Morero has announced new members of the City’s mayoral committee.
Four of the newly appointed MMCs are ANC members, with the other six from different coalition parties.
The Patriotic Alliance (PA), which was instrumental in helping ANC oust the DA, was awarded two MMC positions.
The city’s new finance MMC is African Independent Congress (AIC) councillor Margaret Arnolds.
Ashley Sauls and Anthea Natasha Leitch from the PA are now in charge of transport and housing respectively.
Al Jama-ha’s Thapelo Amad was appointed MMC for development planning, while African Transformation Movement (ATM) Lubabalo Magwentshu bagged MMC for community development.
Morero denied the appointments constituted power sharing among coalition partners.
“To the residents of Johannesburg, I would like to assure them that this was not a power-sharing exercise, but the coming together of different skills, capabilities and experience.
“Collectively as different parties we are united by the love we have for Johannesburg and its people. The establishment of the mayoral committee for the City of Johannesburg is in line we all legal prescripts.”
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— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) October 8, 2022
The 10 MMCs will be sworn in on Monday at the council chambers in Braamfontein.