Tania Campbell voted out as Ekurhuleni mayor

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Just a day after City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Executive Mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse was reinstated, another DA mayor in the City of Ekurhuleni, Tania Campbell, faced an axing through a motion of no confidence.

Campbell was brought down by a motion that was tabled by the ANC who accused her of failing to provide adequate service delivery for the people of Ekurhuleni.

She list by seven votes, 100 voted for her removal while 93 voted against it.

Speaking at a media briefing after the motion, Campbell said what the ANC accused her of doing is not true as she was committed to rooting out corruption in the municipality.

“While we are clearly disappointed that the coalition of corruption succeeded in bringing an end to the good work and resident driven committed of the multi-party coalition, we accept that we have an equally important role to play from the opposition benches. The residents of this great city deserve nothing less, and we will not give up the fight.”

“The multi-party coalition has spent 10 months working to undo the damage done by the ANC over the past two decades. We have managed to achieve a number of successes and have been able to bring changes for the better to the lives of many of our residents.”

Also added that it is very much unfortunate that she had to be removed at the time when she was gaining momentum in providing and establishing services and centres that were either non-existent or not taken care of before her reign in the office.

As it stands at the moment the City is yet to choose a replacement for Campbell.

She is the second mayor from the DA to be axed after Phalatse.