Sello Enoch Dada Morero is a South African politician who served as the

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since 30 September 2022 until 25 October 2022. His term of office has been for 25 days. Morero is the regional chairperson of the

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in Johannesburg.

Political career

Morero is a former COSAS (Congress of the South African Students' Congress) student leader. He had previously served for two terms as the regional secretary of the

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. On 5 June 2022, Morero defeated deputy regional chairperson Eunice Mgcina to become the next regional chairperson of the ANC, winning with 153 votes to Mgcina's 143 votes. Following the implosion of the DA-led coalition government in the

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and the subsequent removal of DA mayor

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in a

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, Morero was elected mayor unanimously on 30 September 2022. He was elected with the help of the DA's former coalition partners, the Patriotic Alliance and the Congress of the People. He was sworn into office the following day.

References

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