Mzwandile Masina withdraws from Ekurhuleni mayoral race

African National Congress (ANC) Ekurhuleni regional chairperson Mzwandile Masina has withdrawn from the mayoral race in the metro.

Ekurhuleni special council meeting

This comes as councillors from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality are meeting on Wednesday afternoon for a special council meeting to elect a new executive mayor, following the ouster of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Tania Campbell from office last week through an ANC-sponsored motion of no confidence.

Campbell is expected to stand again as the DA’s mayoral candidate after she served 11 months as the metro’s mayor.

It was widely anticipated that the ANC would field Masina as their mayoral candidate, but the former Ekurhuleni mayor confirmed he had withdrawn from the mayoral race.

Masina was the mayor of Ekurhuleni for one term under a multiparty coalition government from 2016 to 2021.

“Unfortunately, I have served my five-year term and when I attempted my second term, I was defeated. So it’s time to focus on other issues in the movement… the ANC is here and its presence is going to be felt today,” he told reporters outside the council chambers in Germiston.

#BREAKING Mzwandile Masina has withdrawn from the Mayoral Race of #CityorEkhuruleni paving the way for EFF Provincial Chairperson Nkululeko Dunga to be elected. #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/KBYilAIZPd

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