After a fight that lasted 14 days, it took only five minutes for the Ekurhuleni council to adopt a new mayor - Nkosindiphile Doctor Xhakaza.
Xhakaza, an ANC councillor, who goes by his middle name Doctor, is the metro's new first citizen after he was nominated by the ANC, unopposed.
Impactful service delivery is the promise he made to residents, who have been left with intermittent water and electricity, and heaps of stinking rubbish which has not been removed for days.