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Sello Enoch Dada Morero is a South African politician who served as the Mayor of Johannesburg for 25 days, from 30 September 2022 until 25 October 2022. Morero is the regional chairperson of the African National Congress 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 African National Congress in Johannesburg. 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 City of Johannesburg and the subsequent removal of DA mayor Mpho Phalatse in a vote of no confidence, 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. On 25 October 2022, the South Gauteng High Court ruled that his election as mayor was unlawful, reinstating Phalatse as mayor with immediate effect.
Phalatse was eventually voted out as mayor in January 2023 and replaced with Thapelo Amad of the Al Jama-ah party; Morero was appointed Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance by Amad. Amad later resigned as mayor in April 2023 and was replaced with fellow Al Jama-ah councillor Kabelo Gwamanda the following month; Morero remained as MMC for Finance.
On 21 August 2023, ANC president and President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa said during a speech at an ANC event in Gauteng that Morero should be mayor of the metro again.