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.