By Paul Nyathi|That which the people of Bulawayo in particular Mthwakazi Republic Party activists did not want has happened, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami has won the Deputy Mayor election post.

Kambarami polled 16 votes against councillor Happy Ncube’s 13 in the 29 councillors council.

Councillor Solomon Madlala Mguni became the City’s Mayor polling 17 votes out of 12 against Norman Hlabano.

Kambarami’s victory is a defiance by the councillors of the MDC Alliance directive that they elect Ncube as the Deputy Mayor.

Residents of Bulawayo led by Mthwakazi activists have been high on social media calling on the council not to elect a Shona speaking person as Mayor or Deputy Mayor of the City.

On Wednesday, the residents thronged the Bulawayo City Hall in large numbers carrying placards denouncing the Shona speaking councillors demanding that they go and hold influencial positions in their home areas and not Bulawayo.

There are 17 councillors of Shona orientation in the council against 12 Ndebele ones.