ActionSA Councillor Dr Nasiphi Moya has been elected as the new Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane.
Moya won the election with an overwhelming majority, clinching 122 votes.
Former Mayor Cilliers Brink, who was removed in a motion of no confidence two weeks ago, obtained 86 votes.
Moya becomes the sixth mayor in eight years since the 2016 local government elections. She is the second woman to wear the mayoral chain after Dr Gwen Ramokgopa.
“Nine months ago, I gave a speech because my party, when I came in as executive deputy mayor, gave me a mandate and said go in there and serve communities. My provincial chair told me to do less of the high heels and more of safety boots. There’s no ward councillor that has turned me back, we served along each other. We have helped each other, we got frustrated because we don’t have resources,” says Dr Moya.
