ActionSA implores new Johannesburg speaker to prioritise interests of the people [SOUND]

# ActionSA in Johannesburg says it implores the new speaker, Margaret Arnolds, to prioritise the interests of the people and ensure that Council is run in a transparent and accountable manner that does not shield wrongdoing by public representatives. Arnolds was elected by 137 votes for the second time on Thursday after the removal of ActionSA’s Nobuhle Mthembu last week. ActionSA’s Elmari Atterbury says they abstained from voting to express their solidarity with Mthembu: