The ANC has ousted the DA in the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality in Graaff-Reinett and took control of the council after its members were elected mayor and council chief whip on Tuesday.
The DA mayor of the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality, Ewald Loock, and the party's chief whip in the council, Ricardo Smith, have been removed from their positions via a motion of no confidence.
The DA mayor of the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality and the party's chief whip in the council have escaped motions of no confidence in them after a council meeting the ANC called to table the motions collapsed.
The toss of a R1 coin saw Compatriots of SA president Cheslin Felix take the seat of speaker at the Dr Beyers Naudé local municipality on Tuesday after the election had deadlocked twice before.