Murunwa Makwarela

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Cope councillor Murunwa Makwarela elected mayor of Tshwane ... (News24)

Makwarela, who serves as council Speaker, received 112 votes beating DA councillor Cilliers Brink who was supported by the DA and coalition partners. Brink ...

The election of Makwarela stunned some present in the council chambers. Makwarela’s name was nominated by the African Transformation Movement, which had caucused with the EFF and the ANC. Brink received 101 votes.

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Cope's Murunwa Makwarela elected new Tshwane mayor (Independent Online)

Cope's City of Tshwane Speaker, Dr Murunwa Makwarela, has been elected as the new executive mayor of Tshwane, thanks to votes from the ANC and EFF.

Last month, the parties worked together in removing Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse through a motion of no confidence. “The negotiations were not pioneered by a single party, but it was a work of the ANC, EFF and many others who saw the need to bring services to our people.” Brink recently resigned as an Member of Parliament and was selected as a mayoral candidate by the DA-led coalition.

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Cope's Murunwa Makwarela elected Tshwane Mayor (eNCA)

The Congress of the People's Murunwa Makwarela beat the DA's Cilliers Brink to the mayoral chains.

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Murunwa Makwarela elected new mayor of City of Tshwane (Johannesburg Sunday World)

COPE's Murunwa Makwarela, currently serving as council speaker, has been elected new mayor of Tshwane following Randall Williams' resignation.

To Subscribe to Sunday World, [click here](https://subs.arena.africa/#!/offer/411?utm_source=promo411&utm_medium=Circ) He explained that when a mayor resigns, the mayoral committee collapses to allow for the formation of a new committee. He said: “There was confusion in the city regarding the issue of the mayoral committee after Williams tendered his resignation letter. He said at the time that it was crucial to consider the report while the city still had executive leadership – the mayor and members of the mayoral committee. Makwarela had postponed the council sitting where a new mayor was to be elected to allow for the council to deliberate on the issue of an amended annual report. However, he affirmed that he was not chasing after the mayoral chain, but instead looking after the best interests of the city.

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COPE councillor Murunwa Makwarela elected Tshwane metro ... (Business Day)

Makwarela vows to uphold good governance principles and plans to appoint a team to address the city's financial crisis.

Makwarela, who subsequently tendered his resignation with immediate effect as council speaker, was voted in with 112 votes, beating DA councillor Cilliers Brink who received 101 votes. Email [email protected] or call 0860 52 52 00. The city had been without political leadership since DA councillor Randall Williams resigned with immediate effect on February 13.

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Another big blow for DA as Makwarela is voted Tshwane mayor (SowetanLIVE)

The DA in Gauteng has suffered another devastating blow, losing out on the mayoral seat in the City of Tshwane to Cope's Dr Murunwa Makwarela.

This means that members of the multi-party coalition defected and voted in Makwarela instead of supporting their coalition partner. He beat DA mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink who received 101 votes. Makwarela was elected mayor of Tshwane after receiving 112 votes from the 213 votes cast.

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COPE's Murunwa Makwarela beats DA's Cilliers, is Tshwane's new ... (TimesLIVE)

The newly elected mayor received the backing of the ANC, EFF, Patriotic Alliance and minority parties including the African Independent Congress, Al Jama-ah, ...

Makwarela, who until the council sitting was the speaker, threw a spanner in the works by accepting the nomination to contest for the city's top job. Cilliers, who is a former MP and DA spokesperson was tipped as the multiparty coalition candidate. Makwarela was elected in council on Tuesday, receiving 112 votes against the DA's Cilliers Brink who received 101 votes.

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Surprise result as sole Cope councillor Murunwa Makwarela elected ... (Independent Online)

The council speaker went head to head with the DA's Cilliers Brink and secured 112 votes, with Brink bagging 101.

Before the voting, the ANC and EFF cast aspersion on the presence of Brink as a councillor. We must make use of that advantage.” We also have a unity of purpose. He said: “The benefit that we have in the City of Tshwane is that this coalition has a 50+2 majority. Council deputy chief whip Katlego Makgaleng made an attempt – in vain – to call for Makwarela to resign as a speaker after he accepted the nomination, saying that a councillor may not hold two positions in terms of the council rules. The sole councillor of the Cope in the metro went head to head with Brink in a fierce contest for the successor to Randall Williams.

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Tshwane gets a new mayor – Cope's Makwarela – as seething ... (Daily Maverick)

The capital city has a new mayor — Murunwa Makwarela. Despite a multiparty coalition agreeing on the DA's candidate, Cilliers Brink fell short.

[Mpho Phalatse](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-01-26-shes-out-shes-back-in-shes-out-again-mpho-phalatse-removed-as-johannesburg-mayor/) as City of Johannesburg mayor in January. Also in danger of losing her job is [Ekurhuleni mayor Tania Campbell](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-02-03-ekurhuleni-mayor-likely-next-for-the-chop-as-anc-and-eff-persist-with-da-leadership-purge-from-gauteng-coalitions/), as there are indications of another motion of no confidence against her. The parties will now work to identify the councillors who voted against Brink. In February, Tshwane mayor Randall Williams resigned from office after being at the centre of a R26-billion tender in which he was alleged to be involved. With Williams’ resignation, a new mayor had to be found. The capital city has a new mayor — Murunwa Makwarela who comes from the Congress of the People. Makwarela was the Speaker of the council until his election as mayor. The vote was held via secret ballot. This is the latest loss from the DA in Gauteng — with the removal of Brink told reporters after the sitting he would remain as a councillor in a bid to identify the councillors who voted for Makwarela. Now, the multiparty coalition is fuming and trying to find who voted for Makwarela instead of Brink. Now, in a city governed by a councillor from a party who received 0.19% of the votes, the multiparty coalition is trying to find out who voted for Makwarela.

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