This follows Gwamanda’s removal as MMC by Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero on Saturday.

Gwamanda has been placed on special leave following his recent arrest on fraud charges.

He allegedly ran a funeral policy scam through his company, iThemba Lama Africa, selling policies to residents of Soweto in 2011. However, residents said they could not find the company’s offices to claim their payments.

Joburg caucus leader Belinda Kayser Echeozonjoku believes removing Gwamanda is not enough.

She says an investigation is needed “to assess the harm he may have caused both as mayor and as MMC.”

“We have also called for a full forensic investigation into the signatures received by Cllr Gwamanda and Executive Mayor Dada Morero regarding the renaming of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive. It is obvious that they cannot be trusted,” Echeozonjoku said.

At the same time, DA Echeozonjoku said he was not happy with the appointment of Tebeho Nkoukou of the Patriotic Alliance as the new MMC for Community Development,

“Councillor Nkoukou is known for his racist remarks in the council, this in a country as diverse as ours. We must warn him that a portfolio like Community Development boasts of social cohesion as one of its mandates,” Echeozonjoku said, adding that the DA expects the forensic audit of the signatures delivered to the mayor and former MMC in support of renaming Sandton Drive to be done public. .