# African Independent Congress councillor Margaret Arnolds has been elected as the new Speaker of the Johannesburg City Council, following support from the ANC-led coalition. Arnolds, who previously served as Speaker and most recently as mayoral committee member for Finance, replaces ActionSA’s Nobuhle Mthembu, who was ousted last week. She defeated the DA’s Alex Christians, the former chair of chairs. Her election marks another shift in the city’s turbulent political landscape.
AIC’s Margaret Arnolds elected as new Johannesburg Speaker