THE City of Tshwane is holding a special council meeting in an effort to elect a new council speaker.
The meeting, however, started with drama as council members were at each other’s throats over the membership termination of Nkele Molapo by ActionSA.
The members from the ANC demanded that Molapo be allowed to partake in the voting of the speaker, even after being fired by her party on Sunday, 12 March.
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The meeting had to be adjourned for two hours so the councilors could compose themselves.
The election of the new speaker comes after the position became vacant in February when the disgraced Dr Murunwa Makwarela’s resigned after being elected the City of Tshwane mayor.
Makwarela resigned as mayor on Friday, 10 March, after it was found that he submitted a fake document on his insolvency matter.
The election of the City of Tshwane speaker will pave the way for the council to get some stability in the city, which is currently without political leadership.
Meanwhile, the multi-party coalition has nominated ActionSA’s Kholofelo Morodi to become the speaker of the council.
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ActionSA City of Tshwane caucus spokesman Thabang Sebotsane said as the Chairperson of the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC), Morodi has an impressive track record of championing corruption-busting investigations to stop the looting of the ratepayers' money.
While ANC Tshwane leader George Matjila said that they would vote for African Transformation Movement councillor Mncedi Ndzwanana for the speaker position.
