In a statement released on Tuesday morning, Gwamanda said he had submitted his resignation to the council speaker. “As the youngest mayor of Johannesburg, I am humbled by the opportunity to have led this City and to have stabilised it financially and administratively following the collapse of the multiparty coalition government,” he said. Gwamanda said he would “continue to serve the people of Johannesburg as a councillor” The Al Jama-ah councillor announced his resignation ahead of the ANC’s announcement on the “reconfiguring of government in the City of Johannesburg” on Tuesday, which is set for 14:00.
