DA requests meeting with ANC's Ramaphosa over instability in municipalities

TSHWANE - The Democratic Alliance (DA) said it has requested a meeting with African National Congress (ANC) president, Cyril Ramaphosa, over the "musical chairs" in the country’s municipalities.

The request followed the removal of the DA-led coalition in Tshwane through an ANC-sponsored motion of no confidence.

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At a media briefing on Friday, leaders from the DA said that they wanted Ramaphosa to intervene.

Following the Government of National Unity (GNU)’s first lekgotla, Ramaphosa said that for the GNU to be successful, they had to ensure stability in provincial and local governments.

DA Gauteng leader, Solly Msimanga, said that the stability in national government had not trickled down.

Msimanga said that DA leader, John Steenhuisen, had agreed to request a meeting with Ramaphosa to discuss how the country’s two biggest political parties could bring about stability in municipalities across the country.

"It cannot be that we are doing that [engaging in good faith with ANC] and we are being met with hostility and dishonesty and that's the conversation we have asked that our federal leader have with the national leadership of the ANC."

Msimanga said that the DA was planning on speaking with the ANC to discuss the possibility of forming a government in Tshwane.