An
indirectmayoral election was held at a special sitting of the Cape Town City Council on 6 November 2018 to determine the successor of former mayor
Patricia de Lille after she resigned on 31 October. Former mayor and Provincial Minister of Community Safety,
Dan Plato, of the
Democratic Alliance won the election as the party holds a two-thirds majority in the city council.[1][2]
Bonginkosi Madikizela, Provincial Minister of Human Settlements; former Provincial Minister of Housing; Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (ran for the party's nomination for premier; lost)[14]
An
indirectmayoral election was held at a special sitting of the Cape Town City Council on 6 November 2018 to determine the successor of former mayor
Patricia de Lille after she resigned on 31 October. Former mayor and Provincial Minister of Community Safety,
Dan Plato, of the
Democratic Alliance won the election as the party holds a two-thirds majority in the city council.[1][2]
Bonginkosi Madikizela, Provincial Minister of Human Settlements; former Provincial Minister of Housing; Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (ran for the party's nomination for premier; lost)[14]