Interpretation of what constitutes a majority collapses election of new Joburg mayor

The process to elect Johannesburg's first citizen stalled on Thursday over the interpretation of what constituted a majority vote, leaving the metro without a mayor for almost a week.EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu said Da Gama was correct in seeking legal advice as there were different interpretations of schedule 3 of the municipal structures act as to what a majority in the council is.

The ANC has said it would launch a legal challenge to review the legality of the speaker's decision to postpone the eagerly anticipated election of a successor to Herman Mashaba, whose resignation in October came into effect on Wednesday. “I heard someone from the ANC saying they are going to [launch] an urgent court interdict of this process. They are just going to humiliate themselves,” said Shivambu. “Which court is going to give you an interdict on the basis that you are seeking a legal opinion? It shows some of the weaknesses that define them, the former liberation movement.”

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