ANC in Tshwane plans to table motion of no confidence in Mayor Cilliers Brink

TSHWANE - The African National Congress (ANC) in Tshwane says it will table a motion of no confidence in Mayor Cilliers Brink.

The party said Brink's more than one year in charge of the capital city has been disastrous.

The ANC held a media briefing in Tshwane on Friday morning to communicate outcomes from its recently held regional executive committee meeting.

ANC regional chairperson Eugene Modise said the metro’s underspending on grants is one of the reasons they want to remove Brink.

“The motion follows a deterioration of the state of governance, including financial management, and a litany of misrule and a staff component that is despondent. Since June 2023, we have witnessed the rapid deterioration of governance in political oversight, management, and the financial status of the city.”

Modise said the move had been blessed by its higher structures.

“They have requested us to vote out the mayor a long time ago because of his arrogance and his treatment of black business people.”

Meanwhile, the ANC in Tshwane said its decision to remove the DA-led coalition government in the capital city would not have any effect on the Government of National Unity (GNU).

The DA is the ANC's main partner in the national coalition government.

The two parties are also in a coalition government in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).

However, in a media briefing earlier on Friday, the ANC in Tshwane, said this relationship does not apply to it.

In President Cyril Ramaphosa's Opening of Parliament speech on Thursday, he said parties in the GNU would also be collaborating in provincial and local governments.