The African National Congress's (ANC's) Dada Morero is the City of Johannesburg's new mayor-elect after the ousting of Mpho Phalatse. Morero stood unopposed.
Today's developments come after a tumultuous period in which the Democratic Alliance's (DA's) Vasco da Gama was voted out as speaker of the Johannesburg council.
On Thursday, new speaker Colleen Makhubele of Cope called a special sitting of council for today, just days after being elected.
Phalatse was voted out as mayor in a motion of no-confidence this afternoon.
Of the 145 councillors who signed the register, 139 voted to pass the motion.
The Inkatha Freedom Party, and a member of the DA-led coalition abstained. This happened whilst the DA was in the High Court seeking an urgent interdict against the meeting.
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