Modimolle-Mookgophong council sitting resumes on Monday following multiple disruptions

Former Elias Motsoaledi Municipal Mayor, Julia Mathebe, has been elected as Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) Sekhukhune region, in Limpopo.

Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Mpho Phalatse has announced a 10-Member Mayoral Committee (MMC) to govern the City of Johannesburg.

The African National Congress (ANC) has vowed that it will not be bullied by a faction that demands the installation of another mayoral hopeful who did not pass the mayoral interview, for the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal.

The African National Congress Vhembe regional elective conference has started in earnest outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. Party provincial spokesperson Donald Selamolela says the registration of delegates has been progressing smoothly since Saturday and is expected to be finalised on Sunday afternoon.

The City of Ekurhuleni has announced its new multi-party Mayoral Committee. Under the leadership of the newly elected Mayor Tania Campbell, the committee consists of members from the Democratic Alliance (DA), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), ActionSA and the Congress of the People (COPE).

The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal plans to take disciplinary action against party members who worked with the opposition to topple the party from running several municipalities.

Several African National Congress councillors from the eThekwini metro are visiting former President Jacob Zuma at his Nkandla homestead.

The South African Communist Party (SACP) says South Africans are in for a very rocky and unstable local government in all the hung metros in Gauteng.

Democratic Alliance councillor Marlene van Staden has been re-elected Mayor of the Modimolle-Mookgophong hung Municipality in Limpopo through the flipping of a coin.

The Modimolle-Mookgophong hung council in Limpopo will resume with its sitting to elect a new Mayor on Tuesday. The council sitting collapsed for the fourth time on Monday after voting for the Mayor ended in a stalemate.

The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West says strong action will be taken against all party councillors who colluded with opposition parties in council meetings and voted against the mandate of the party. The ANC's leadership formally announced the measures in Potchefstroom.

The council of the hung Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality in Limpopo has elected African National Congress (ANC) councillor, Sinah Langa as the new Speaker.

Political analyst Professor Sipho Seepe says that there is a need to understand that the DA and the EFF have not formed a coalition, but rather, a partnership.

Tensions ran high at Vryburg in the North West following outbursts by members of the public after the election of an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Councillor Tebogo Babuile as the executive mayor of the Dr. Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality.

DA leader John Steenhuisen has hinted that the party will continue with coalition discussions with other parties particularly in the Gauteng metros.

The Democratic Alliance briefs the media on Friday morning following the 2021 local government elections.

The Municipal Manager in the Sekhukhune District Municipality says the inaugural council sitting will be reconvened within ten days from Thursday.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has rejected allegations by Minister Fikile Mbabula that the public broadcaster’s coverage of the local government elections was to blame for low voter turnout and the African National Congress’ poor performance in several municipalities and metros.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema says his party has instructed their lawyers to look into the awarding of positions in eThekwini.

The inaugural council sitting of the Vhembe District Municipality in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, has collapsed. The ANC councillors requested for an adjournment as they were divided on the mayoral nominees.

A group of African National Congress members in the Sekhukhune District have obtained an urgent High Court interdict in Polokwane in Limpopo to stop the appointment of the executive mayor.

African National Congress Chairperson in KwaZulu-Natal Sihle Zikalala says it was the smaller parties which supported the ANC's bid to retain control of the eThekwini Metro.

The African National Congress (ANC) chairperson in KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala says that they're relieved that the party retained the mayorship of eThekwini, following a partnership with the ABC, a smaller party with 2 seats in the eThekwini council

The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West says drastic action will be taken against all suspected party councillors who might have colluded with opposition parties in the Mamusa Local Municipal Council and voted an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) councillor, Olebeng Mogorosi, as Speaker of Council.

The embattled Mamusa local municipal council at Schweizer-Reneke, in the North West, has finally elected its political office bearers in its council meeting which was convened late on Tuesday night. ANC's Mitah Chelechele was elected as the new Mayor

The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) says coalitions must work together to ensure service delivery is achieved. This comes after the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) mayoral candidate, Randall Williams, was re-elected unopposed in Tshwane on Tuesday.

The sitting to vote the new mayor, speaker and chief whip in the Modimole-Mookgophong hung council in Limpopo was halted following a disruption by African National Congress (ANC) councillors.

The newly elected City of Tshwane executive mayor Randall Williams says political parties should put their differences aside to adequately render services to the citizens.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says as much as he is disappointed at the poor showing of the African National Congress (ANC) in the November 1 polls, their poor performance was a lesson for them to learn from and restore.

The Democratic Alliance's Randall Williams has been elected Mayor in the City of Tshwane. Katlego Mathebe was elected for a second term as Speaker.