ANC’s Dada Morero elected as Joburg mayor

The ANC’s Dada Morero has been elected as Joburg mayor after weeks of negotiations with political parties in the city council.Morero replaces embattled former mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, who resigned this week having been forced to by his coalition partners in the ANC. He was contested by the DA’s Belinda Echeozonjo, who received 60 votes from her caucus.Morero received 189 votes from various political parties including their new coalition partners ActionSA.TimesLIVE understands that Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA voted for Morero in exchange for the speaker post.ActionSA has 44 seats in the…