{"id":131257,"date":"2016-08-23T11:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T09:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=131257"},"modified":"2016-08-23T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T09:40:50","slug":"ekurhulenis-council-meeting-to-elect-new-mayor-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/23\/ekurhulenis-council-meeting-to-elect-new-mayor-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekurhuleni\u2019s council meeting to elect new mayor underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ekurhuleni\u2019s inaugural council meeting since the August 3 local government elections is underway.<\/p>\n<p>There was a sense of excitement as people sang outside the Germiston Civic Centre this morning.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The meeting is being presided over by secretary of council Nana Moloi as the city manager (who resigned a few days ago) is not in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ekurhuleni councillors are sworn in\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lqpX7gOWvIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Elected councillors have been sworn in and council is now preparing to vote for the new speaker.<\/p>\n<p>The IEC will now step in to assist and guide the election of the speaker and councillors will vote via a secret ballot after role call.<\/p>\n<p>There are 224 councillors present and the EFF has been asked to confirm and double-check if this is correct.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the ANC holds 109 seats and the DA 79 seats.<\/p>\n<p>The GCN will keep you updated as the meeting and voting process 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