By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Patriotic Alliance’s (PA) deputy president Kenny Kunene to be sworn in to the City of Johannesburg council.
This was confirmed by newly elected mayor Thapelo Amad ahead of the announcement of his executive, which is set to take place on Thursday or Friday.
Amad was elected as mayor after a vote of no confidence in Mpho Phalatse.
Now that Kunene is set to be a councillor, he can be elected to the mayoral committee.
“It’s easy to stand on the outside criticising. Once you actually have to face the challenges of daily governance you realise it’s not so simple, so I think all the parties are keen to show what they’re made of and prove to voters they are not just about talk,” Kunene said.
ANC Joburg chair Dada Morero is rumoured to be taking on the finance portfolio, while his colleague Loyiso Masuku is poised to assume her formerly held group corporate and shared services post, and ANC council whip Eunice Mgcina takes up development planning.
The ANC’s Jack Sekwaila is to take on environment and infrastructure services, while Nomoya Mnisi assumes her formerly held economic development position, albeit for two weeks when Morero was mayor briefly last year.