The councillors are expected to elect the new mayor and the speaker today. The metro has been without a mayor since former mayor, Olly Mlamleli, was ousted during a vote of no confidence in August 2020. 

The Free State ANC's Interim Provincial Committee (IPC) previously announced Mxolisi Siyonzana as the successful mayoral candidate and he is expected to be elected as the new mayor of the metro after the position had been vacant for a year. The sitting is also set to elect the new speaker after Siyonzana resigned from his position following his nomination as the mayoral candidate. 

The chairperson of the Free State's ANC Women's League, Mapaseka Nkoane, who contested the mayoral position alongside Siyonzana, is being tipped as the new speaker of the metro.

Siyonzana has been at the upper echelon of the metro when politicians such as Playfair Morule, Eva Moiloa, Getrude Mothupi, Thabo Manyoni, and Olly Mlamleli were mayors of the metro, since 2005. Siyonzana’s election as the mayoral candidate comes after former Mayor Olly Mlamleli was ousted in August 2020 during a vote of no confidence, which saw an ANC faction voting with opposition parties, including the DA, EFF, and the Freedom Front Plus (PP+).

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