DA mayor, Tania Campbell, has been reinstated as mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni after beating ANC candidate Jongizizwe Dlabathi

DA mayor Tania Campbell has been reinstated as mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni after beating ANC candidate Jongizizwe Dlabathi.

Campbell received 124 votes out of 224 ballots cast.

Dlabathi received 99 votes and there was 1 spoilt ballot.

Today’s results mean the EFF supported Campbell’s reinstatement.

Campbell was voted out through a motion of no confidence just last month. 

Talks between the ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) failed, with the ANC’s provincial executive committee in Gauteng rejecting a proposal this morning for the election of an EFF mayor in the city.