After Brink's removal as mayor, ANC says it's ready to govern Tshwane

TSHWANE - After eight years on the opposition benches, the African National Congress (ANC) said that it was ready to come back and govern the Tshwane Municipality.

On Thursday, the ANC's motion of no confidence against Mayor Cilliers Brink was passed by council.

This subsequently dissolved the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led multi-party coalition that has been governing Tshwane since the 2021 local government elections.

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Save for the disastrous one-week tenure of COPE councillor Murunwa Makwarela as Tshwane mayor last year, the capital city has been governed by DA-led coalitions since 2016. 

ANC Gauteng secretary, Thembinkosi Nciza, said that during those eight years, the city had deteriorated. 

"We’ve been engaged by society in Tshwane to say for the past eight years, since we got good services from comrade Sputla [former Tshwane Mayor Kgosientsho Ramakgopa & current minister of electricity] it’s been very bad. We want to promise them, as the ANC, our focus is to have a better city, a city that works."

Nciza said that he was aware of the dire financial situation in Tshwane, but said that the incoming administration was ready to tackle it.