UPDATE| Cope’s Colleen Makhubele newly elected Council speaker for Johannesburg

I am the new speaker of @CityofJoburgZA @joburg_city. Thank you so much Cllrs for your trust in me.Minority Parties we see you.@TeamCOPESA @CopeTshwane @copegauteng1 @ANCJHB @CdeDada @EFF and others.@SABCNews @eNCA @Newzroom405

Thank you. pic.twitter.com/PamFa07FUn

— Colleen Makhubele (@ColleenMakhub) September 28, 2022

BREAKING: COPE's Colleen Makhubele has been elected as the new Speaker of the City of Johannesburg Council. 
She beat the DA's Alex Christians by 12 votes.
MAKHUBELE 141 VOTES
ALEX 129 VOTES

— Ndaedzo Nethonzhe (@NdaedzoNN) September 28, 2022

DA Speaker gone, next the mayor.

“It is common cause that when the speaker goes the next one coming is mayor” – Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene says.

PA has been instrumental in the election of Cope’s Colleen Makhubele as speaker of City of Joburg. pic.twitter.com/tve20q19N1

— Kgothatso Madisa (@kgmadisa) September 28, 2022