BRINK VOTED OUT IN TSHWANE

Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is without a mayor. That’s after former mayor Cilliers Brink was voted out in a motion of no confidence.

The votes to remove the Democratic Alliance (DA) were 120 to 87. There was one abstention from a member of the Inkhata Freedom Party (IFP).

The parties who voted to remove Bring include the African National Congress (ANC), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), ActionSA, and Patriotic Alliance (PA) while the DA, Freedom Front (FF) Plus, and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) voted to keep him in.

Herman Mashaba, leader of ActionSA, hasn’t been holding back lately. He’s been criticising service delivery in Tshwane, especially the poor areas being ignored.

Business Tech reports that the move to remove Brink was triggered by the DA’s talks with the ANC, and the party then took a decision to cut its relationship with the DA and work with the ANC to remove Brink.

DA Tshwane spokesperson Kwena Moloto said it was a long time coming.

“We have made several attempts to persuade the ANC to withdraw the motion of no confidence against Mayor Cilliers Brink. The motion was first initiated in July this year, and the Lesufi faction of the ANC has been hard at work to drive a wedge between Tshwane coalition partners.”

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