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By law, the deadline for submission of audited annual financial statements by political parties is September 30 each year

A group of smaller parties in the Nelson Mandela Bay coalition are convinced they have done enough groundwork to convince at least three other parties not to sign a new petition that will seek to call a meeting to try to oust the city’s political leadership.

ActionSA says it is reconsidering its participation the DA’s moonshot pact because of the blue party’s attitude during the election of a new mayor for Johannesburg on Friday.

Coalition talks between the DA and Patriotic Alliance have collapsed after the DA refused to back Kenny Kunene's bid for the mayorship of Johannesburg.

Minister of communications and digital technologies Mondli Gungubele has confirmed to parliament that the Post Office had a provisional liquidation order placed upon it by the courts, but says the government still intends to save the troubled entity and its assets.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Retief Odendaal is fighting to retain his position, with his lawyer calling on speaker Gary van Niekerk to halt a council meeting scheduled for Monday, but if it goes ahead the motion to remove him should not be tabled.

Five caucus breaks in seven hours, delays, thumb-twiddling inside the chamber and then an adjournment for a special council sitting convened to elect a new Johannesburg mayor.

In a sudden turn of events, ActionSA has announced its Gauteng chairperson and Joburg caucus leader Funzi Ngobeni will contest against Mpho Phalatse for the position.

Political parties in the City of Johannesburg were locked in last-minute horse trading meetings yesterday ahead of today’s crucial vote for the new mayor during a special council seating.

The election of the new mayor of the City of Johannesburg at its special council sitting on Tuesday has been marred by long delays after the ANC asked the speaker of council for a three-hour caucus break.