{"id":80168,"date":"2018-04-12T17:05:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T15:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=80168"},"modified":"2018-04-12T13:24:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T11:24:30","slug":"video-new-executive-mayor-elected-wednesday-special-council-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/04\/12\/video-new-executive-mayor-elected-wednesday-special-council-sitting\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO &#8211; New Executive Mayor  elected on Wednesday during special council sitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DA nominated its own candidate, Cllr Morgan Bruiners of Nasaret, but lost the vote with 17 against 32 to the ANC.<\/p>\n<p>All seven EFF councillors abstained from voting.<\/p>\n<h4>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/79989\/mayor-mike-masina-tenders-formal-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Mike Masina tenders formal resignation<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Mayor Tolo told\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0that he wasn&#8217;t planning to effect drastic changes to Mayor Masina&#8217;s cabinet yet.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was open to advice from his predescessor on matters relating to the municipality but would enforce his own decidions as he sees fit.<\/p>\n<h4>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/71058\/watch-mayor-mike-masina-dances-train-race-prize-giving\/\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH &#8211;\u00a0Mayor Mike Masina dances at Train Race prize-giving<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>An official inauguration of the newly elected mayor will take place within the next 100 days during which Mayor Tolo will also announce his plans for the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Get the lastest edition of the\u00a0<i>Middelburg Observer<\/i>\u00a0at your nearest outlet for more information on the mayoral election.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gsxzVLUxc48' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other news:<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80148\/graphic-content-dead-man-river-passerby-stroll-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\">GRAPHIC CONTENT: Dead man in river &#8211; passerby stroll pass<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80046\/video-council-sitting-erupted-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video- Council sitting erupted in Chaos<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80129\/straatrowers-ruk-weer-deure-oop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Straatrowers ruk weer deure oop<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80105\/kompetisie-help-besluit-wie-moet-droom-troue-wen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kompetisie \u2013 Help besluit wie moet droomtroue wen<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80089\/80089\/\" target=\"_blank\">Neem \u2019n troeteldier aan\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80083\/videos-hoerskool-middelburg-vier-honderd-jaar\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEOS: Ho\u00ebrskool Middelburg vier honderd jaar<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/80075\/liefde-kosmos-niks\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLiefde kosmos niks\u201d<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h4>\n<p>Add us on WhatsApp for regular news updates. Save the Middelburg Observer standby number 072 248 3855 on your phone and send a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to receive news links.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Tshwete Municipality&#8217;s new Executive Mayor, Cllr Tsietsi Tolo, was elected during a special council sitting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":80169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1146,11180,21966,21990,11179,2972,8267],"class_list":["post-80168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-anc","tag-council-sitting","tag-middelburg","tag-mpumalanga","tag-new-mayor","tag-steve-tshwete","tag-steve-tshwete-local-municipality"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["anc","Council Sitting","middelburg","Mpumalanga","New Mayor","Steve Tshwete","Steve Tshwete local municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}