Councillor
Dada Morero
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance of Johannesburg
Assumed office
2 February 2023
MayorThapelo Amad
Kabelo Gwamanda
Mayor of Johannesburg
(Disputed)
In office
30 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Preceded byMpho Phalatse
Succeeded byMpho Phalatse
Regional Chairperson of the African National Congress in Johannesburg
Assumed office
5 June 2022
Personal details
Born
Sello Enoch Dada Morero

Soweto
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Sello Enoch Dada Morero is a South African politician who served as the Mayor of Johannesburg for 25 days, from 30 September 2022 until 25 October 2022. Morero is the regional chairperson of the African National Congress in Johannesburg.

Political career

Morero is a former COSAS (Congress of the South African Students' Congress) student leader. He had previously served for two terms as the regional secretary of the African National Congress in Johannesburg.[1] On 5 June 2022, Morero defeated deputy regional chairperson Eunice Mgcina to become the next regional chairperson of the ANC, winning with 153 votes to Mgcina's 143 votes.[2][3]

Following the implosion of the DA-led coalition government in the City of Johannesburg and the subsequent removal of DA mayor Mpho Phalatse in a vote of no confidence, Morero was elected mayor unanimously on 30 September 2022.[4] He was elected with the help of the DA's former coalition partners, the Patriotic Alliance and the Congress of the People.[5][6] He was sworn into office the following day.[7] On 25 October 2022, the South Gauteng High Court ruled that his election as mayor was unlawful, reinstating Phalatse as mayor with immediate effect.[8]

Phalatse was eventually voted out as mayor in January 2023 and replaced with Thapelo Amad of the Al Jama-ah party; Morero was appointed Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance by Amad.[9] Amad later resigned as mayor in April 2023 and was replaced with fellow Al Jama-ah councillor Kabelo Gwamanda the following month; Morero remained as MMC for Finance.[10]

On 21 August 2023, ANC president and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa said during a speech at an ANC event in Gauteng that Morero should be mayor of the metro again.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "ANC elects new leadership in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  2. ↑ Moichela, Kamogelo. "Dada Morero elected the new ANC chairperson of Joburg". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Dada Morero elected as Joburg ANC regional chairperson". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  4. ↑ Mafisa, Itumeleng. "ANC back in power in Johannesburg, Dada Morero elected mayor". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  5. ↑ "ANC's Dada Morero elected Joburg's new mayor". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  6. ↑ Masuabi, Queenin (2022-09-30). "COUNCIL CALAMITY: A dramatic Friday as City of Joburg elects Dada Morero as mayor after Mpho Phalatse gets the chop". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  7. ↑ "The ANC's Dada Morero sworn in as Joburg mayor". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  8. ↑ Nkosi, Nomazima. "Court rules election of Dada Morero as Joburg mayor unlawful". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  9. ↑ Ramushwana, Alpha. "Joburg Mayor Thapelo Amad announces members of mayoral committee". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  10. ↑ Ramushwana, Alpha. "New Joburg mayor Gwamanda keeps predecessor's mayoral committee intact". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  11. ↑ "Dada Morero should be Joburg mayor again, says Ramaphosa". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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