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Johannesburg Council Installs First Deputy Mayor as No-Confidence Bid Against Morero Collapses

A no-show by the motion’s proposer, after weeks of legal consultation over voting rules, keeps the ANC-led administration intact.

City of Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. Picture: Neil McCartney
Mayor of Joburg Dada Morero at the special council meeting in Johannesburg, 27 October 2022. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
ANC Johannesburg regional chairperson Loyiso Masuku at the ANC 16th Greater Joburg Regional Conference at Cedarwoods Hotel on 5 December 2025 in Sandton. Picture: Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo

Overview

  • Loyiso Masuku, the finance MMC, was elected unopposed as Johannesburg’s first deputy mayor with backing from the ANC, the Patriotic Alliance, Al Jama-ah and other partners, while the DA stayed away.
  • The motion to remove Mayor Dada Morero, brought by Al Jama-ah and other minority parties, had been delayed as the speaker sought legal advice following a request for a secret ballot.
  • Speaker Margaret Sheron Arnolds declared the motion nonexistent when ATM councillor Lubabalo Cecil Magwentshu, cited as the proposer, was absent and no seconder was available.
  • Morero remains mayor and both the mayor and newly created deputy mayor posts are now held by the ANC.
  • EFF leaders have warned they could vote against the ANC in council matters after recent friction in Ekurhuleni, highlighting fragile coalition dynamics in Gauteng.