DA’s Cilliers Brink is out — City of Tshwane has 14 days to elect new mayor
By Queenin Masuabi
The ANC, EFF and ActionSA have succeeded in their mission to remove Cilliers Brink as mayor of the City of Tshwane. He was elected in March 2023.
The council sitting on Thursday in the City of Tshwane saw the DA’s Cilliers Brink voted out by 120 councillors while 87 voted against the motion of no confidence against him, while one member abstained.
The ANC, EFF and ActionSA occupy 117 seats in the council and were further supported by Good, AIC and DOP.
The City has 14 days to elect a new mayor.
ActionSA had decided to ditch the DA and work with the ANC instead, citing the DA’s arrogance as one of the reasons to part ways.
In a statement following Brink’s removal ActionSA mentioned the stark difference between services provided in urban areas versus townships.
“When one looks at the differences between suburban and township communities in Tshwane, the real problem emerges. In suburban communities, 64% of respondents indicated an improvement in service delivery, while in townships this number was as low as 24%,” it said.
“In this shocking statistic lies the problem, that ActionSA found itself in a coalition at the mercy of a mayor from a party who has no discernible constituency in the townships of the city he governed.”
The DA believes it is a blow for residents of Tshwane, arguing that the ANC has no interest in good governance but instead wants to “pillage and steal” from a stabilised government.
