VOTE of no confidence against City of Tshwane Mayor goes through.
Now former Mayor, Cilliers Brink, was voted out today at the City’s Chambers in Tshwane, after the motion was brought by the opposition in the City, African National Congress.
In a surprise move, Herman Mashaba’s, ActionSA pulled out of the Tshwane coalition with the DA to join the ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in kicking out Brink.
ActionSA once touted it will not work with the ANC, I guess the adage that ‘there are no permanent friends in politics’ stands.
Its alleged Brink did not provide basic services to black townships.
On Thursday, DA Tshwane spokesperson Kwena Molotosaid the withdrawal of ActionSA from the Tshwane Multiparty Coalition plunged the city into political instability, and now threatened its future.
DA Gauteng provincial leader Solly Msimanga said ActionSA has “disrupted” the course of progress and unity that the Tshwane Multiparty Coalition government worked to build.
“ActionSA’s backstabbing played right into the hands of the ANC’s power hunger. The ANC has no interest in good governance in Tshwane but wants to pillage and steal from a stabilised government. This will no doubt destabilise Tshwane and ActionSA is duly complicit in this power grab,” said Msimanga.
“A future of urban decay and service delivery failure lies ahead for the good citizens of Tshwane. Once parties get a scent of what they perceive to be power, evidently, they sacrifice constitutional principles for the fulfilment of misplaced personal vendettas,” Msimanga stated.
He highlighted that ActionSA broke the coalition under the guise of change.
“The trust and aspirations of every citizen who believed that Tshwane could in fact work, has been broken. Make no mistake, what unfolded in the council chambers today will only stunt the economic and societal advancements we’ve worked so hard to bring about.
Trust in Tshwane’s institutions, especially financial institutions, has been destroyed today,” he said.
The DA said it would now closely watch any attempt to reverse disciplinary action against the five senior officials implicated in the irregular Rooiwal tender, and any attempt to remove professional, non-political senior managers to clear the way for fraud, corruption, and interference with tenders.
The party will also look out for any attempt to direct officials to award tenders to companies associated with the ANC and EFF.
Msimango said the “doomsday coalition” the DA had warned against in the run-up to the recent national elections had now taken over Tshwane, issuing a warning to the City of Johannesburg and City of Ekurhuleni.
DA will be official opposition in the bench.
ANC’s provincial SG- TK Nciza says its nothing personal but for the citizens of Tshwane.
It will take 14 days to appoint a new Mayor.
Image (Out in the cold, now facing the dust. Cilliers Brink was voted out as City Mayor of Tshwane today).
