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Colleen Makhubele voted to oust speaker Vasco da Gama.
Colleen Makhubele voted to oust speaker Vasco da Gama.
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The City of Johannesburg council chair of chairs, Colleen Makhubele, who voted against her coalition government to remove the Speaker, says the DA-led coalition will be "shocked" by what happens at a council meeting later this month. Makhubele spoke to James de Villiers about how she felt bullied by the current coalition, why she would be willing to become mayor, and why a return of ANC governance does not necessarily mean a return of corruption. 

Colleen Makhubele - the City of Johannesburg council chair of chairs who led a charge to remove the Speaker, Vasco da Gama - says she has never been afraid to go against the tide, even if it means going against her own coalition government. 

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