{"id":131184,"date":"2016-08-22T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131184\/new-mayor-for-ekurhuleni-to-be-elected\/"},"modified":"2016-08-23T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T09:10:26","slug":"new-mayor-for-ekurhuleni-to-be-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/22\/new-mayor-for-ekurhuleni-to-be-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"New mayor for Ekurhuleni to be elected"},"content":{"rendered":"

The metro will on Tuesday, August 23 know who will succeed Mondli Gungubele as the mayor of the region.<\/p>\n

The metro will hold its inaugural council meeting since the August 3 local government elections.<\/p>

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All eyes will be on the new first citizen who is expected to be elected immediately after the election of the speaker of the house.<\/p>\n

The city manager will preside over the inaugural meeting of council until the election of the speaker.<\/p>

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Thereafter, the newly elected speaker will preside over election of the executive mayor.<\/p>\n

Ekurhuleni will be the last of the Gauteng metros to hold an inaugural council meeting after Tshwane and the City of Johannesburg metros held theirs on Friday and Monday, respectively.<\/p>\n

The meeting will take place at 10am at the Germiston Council Chambers, situated at the Germiston Civic Centre on the corner of Queen and Cross streets, in the Germiston CBD.<\/p>\n

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