ActionSA says willing to be opposition in Tshwane council if ANC, EFF negotiations fail
ActionSA recently announced it is leaving the DA-led coalition government, which it has been a part of since the 2021 local government elections.
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. Picture: X/Action4SA
JOHANNESBURG - ActionSA says it’s willing to go to the opposition benches in the City of Tshwane council if their negotiations with the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) do not work out.
ActionSA recently announced it would be leaving the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led coalition government, which it has been a part of since the 2021 local government elections.
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The party has criticised the DA for not providing proper service delivery in townships around the capital.
"We are in consultation with other parties to form an alternative government," said the President of ActionSA - Herman Mashaba.
"Should we fail, ActionSA will return to contribute from the opposition benches. Everything pertaining to developments in Tshwane will be laid out in a press conference - which I will host in a fortnight."
DA CALLS ON ACTION SA TSHWANE COUNCILLORS TO RESIGN
The DA has called on ActionSA Tshwane councillors with positions in the municipal executive to do the "honourable" thing and resign.
The party has two councillors in the Tshwane municipality’s executive — Deputy Mayor Nasiphi Moya and the MMC for Economic Development and Spatial Planning, Hannes Coetzee.
ActionSA said the pair would continue in their roles until there's a change in government.
However, DA national spokesperson Willie Aucamp said it doesn’t make sense for them to continue working for a coalition government they are no longer a part of.
“Wouldn’t the honourable thing for them to do be to resign if they do not have confidence in the mayor? But they are still in those positions. They were in those positions two months ago when there was another motion of no confidence against Mayor Cilliers Brink, which, at that stage, ActionSA fought against. They said no, the stability of this coalition government is intact; we need to protect this coalition government, and we have got a very good relationship.”