Decision to remove DA-led coalition govt in Tshwane won't affect GNU - ANC

JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress (ANC) in Tshwane said that its decision to remove the Democratic Alliance (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.

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

In President Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on Thursday night at the opening of Parliament, he said parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU) would also be collaborating in provincial and local governments.

On Friday, the ANC in Tshwane said that it intended to submit a motion of no confidence in Mayor Cilliers Brink and his DA-led government.

ANC regional chairperson, Eugene Modise, said that this 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."

Modise said that the ANC was aiming to have a vote on Brink's future by next week.