Joburg mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda, confirmed his resignation from office after heated political arguments from the ANC regional caucus and Al Jama-ah these past weeks.
Gwamanda’s resignation comes after the ANC confirmed that Dada Morero would be installed as mayor on Friday.
In a statement, Gwamanda said he shall serve the City of Joburg as a council member, after leading the metro for more than a year.
“As the youngest mayor of Johannesburg, I am humbled by the opportunity to have led this city and have stabilised it financially and administratively following the collapse of the multiparty coalition government.
“I shall continue to serve the people of Johannesburg as a council member, and will forever cherish the experience afforded to me in my tenure as the executive mayor. My story is one I am hopeful will continue to inspire the African child from our city that against deprivation, isolation, social and political exclusion and with the absence of friends and peers in the corporate and media hierarchy, one can live and rise on the noble cause of changing the conditions of the poor,” he said.
The ANC will hold a media briefing on the outcome of Gwamanda’s resignation at the council chamber in Braamfontein at 2pm today.
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