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Two members of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mangaung metropolitan municipality, in the Free State, have nabbed the posts of mayor and chief whip. ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) member Gregory Nthatisi was elected as the new acting mayor of the metro, following the recent court interdict against former mayor Papi Mokoena, of the Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats.
When newly elected Mangaung mayor Papi Mokoena was scheduled to announce members of his mayoral committee, the ANC in the Free State successfully interdicted him from occupying the higher office.
The ANC in the Free State is considering approaching the Bloemfontein High Court on an urgent basis to challenge the election of Papi Mokoena as the new mayor of Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality.
ANC might come close to the court to turn around the political election of Papi Mokoena as Mangaung
The ANC lost on the Mangaung mayoral setting. The previous replacement mayor, who the event eliminated last month,