The ANC retained the last of Gauteng's metros - Ekurhuleni - with an 11-vote margin, even as the validity of the election process was questioned. Mzwandile Masina, the former Trade and Industry Deputy Minister, garnered 117 votes against DA candidate Galieb Cachalia's tally of 106 to clinch the mayoral position and ensure the ANC did not lose all of Gauteng's big-budget metropolitan municipalities.The ruling party appeared to be facing a landslide defeat after losing Tshwane and Johannesburg to a DA-led coalition on Friday and Monday respectively.Earlier, the ANC's Patricia Khumalo was elected Speaker ahead of the DA's Shadow Shabangu with 117 votes to 106 but the EFF objected to the voting process. The red berets appeared to call for a debate on whether voting would be done by way of a secret ballot or a show of hands but council secretary Manana Moloi ruled in favour of the former.Moloi said according to the Municipal Structures Act, voting had to be done by secret ballot in the event that more than two people were nominated for a position.The EFF then called for the council's 224 members to undergo identity verification prior to voting for all office bearer positions, but Masego Shiburi, the IEC's electoral officer in Gauteng, said councillors were not required to produce proof of identification.Shiburi said the election of office bearers did not fall under the Electoral Act and councillors only needed to nominate, second and have their nomination accepted.However, in Monday's City of Johannesburg election, IEC officials checked councillors' IDs.Ekurhuleni councillors were finally allowed to vote without proof of identity or having their details checked on the voters' roll...