Morero, Masuku in showdown for ANC Joburg leadership

Joburg mayor Dada Morero is expected to lock horns with the city's MMC for finance, Loyiso Masuku, for the leadership of the ANC in the metro.

- Itumeleng Mafisa

This is taking place at the ANC's regional elective conference at Cedar Woods in Sandton, which runs until tomorrow.

Morero is the current chair and Masuku is the regional deputy secretary.

Both candidates have been on the ground trying to convince branches that they are the right people to take the ANC in Johannesburg to the municipal elections next year.

Morero was born in Soweto and comes from a culture of student politics.

In 2011, he began his first term as ANC regional secretary in Johannesburg.

He was reelected to two further consecutive terms, serving three terms in total and becoming the longest-serving regional secretary in Gauteng.