The City of Tshwane has confirmed that the council has at least four vacancies for councillors.
The vacancies come after the expulsion of three ActionSA councillors accused of voting against party line in the election of mayor Murunwa Makwarela earlier this month.
The other seat became vacant following the resignation of Cope councillor and mayor Makwarela amid an insolvency scandal.
The council is expected to elect a new mayor on Wednesday after the DA-led coalition walked out of chambers on Friday.
The multi-party coalition left council after speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana refused to remove two former ActionSA councillors from proceedings following their expulsion on Friday.
“Having considered all the developments which occurred during last week’s council meetings, the City Manager of Tshwane, Johann Mettler, has written to the Gauteng Provincial Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission, informing him of the declaration of four vacancies for Proportional Representative Councillors,” the municipality’s spokesperson Selby Bokaba said on Monday.