Staff Reporter.
Tuesday’s City of Johannesburg council sitting kicked off with protests over Speaker Vasco da Gama’s decision to not allow water bottles into the chamber.
Security has been tightened around the precinct, this as the multi-party coalition, which includes the Democratic Alliance (DA) and ActionSA, is determined to get through Tuesday’s session without it disintegrating into violence.
Council is having a second go at electing the chair of chairs and portfolio committee chairs following last week’s collapsed session.
The African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) had wanted the votes done via secret ballot but DA Gama insisted that those rules did not apply when voting for chairs.
Voting by a show of hands only commenced after 6pm after a day of delays, interruptions and point of orders.
Several objections later, the ANC and EFF withdrew their candidates and left the council meeting, citing rule 83.
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