The council chambers at the Germiston Civic Centre housed the ANC-led coalition’s press briefing, on Wednesday, a day before the Motion of No Confidence against executive mayor Clr Mzwandile Masina would be heard.
The motion, tabled by the DA, challenged the leadership of the mayor and his party’s capability to run the metro.
The press briefing was attended by firm coalition members from various organisations such as the Rev Mxolisi Koom of the African Independent Congress (AIC), Izak Berg of the Independent Ratepayers Association of SA (Irasa), Dino Peterson from the Patriotic Alliance (PA) and Jackie Seroke from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).
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The members who formed the coalition over two years ago sought to assure the media and residents of their confidence in the motion failing, as the DA had no real substantiated claims against the mayor.
“Joining this coalition was a very easy decision for me; the ANC gained 48 per cent of the votes with the DA only gaining 34 per cent support.
“It would have been disastrous for a political party to run a metro with only 34 per cent support. You cannot do it. Other political parties would undermine you and call the shots,” said Berg.
“I am here to ensure the residents only get the best in Ekurhuleni.
“The decision I took to join this coalition was driven by stability, which we have proven over the last 25 months.
“The DA in the metro has run out of ideas.”
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Rev Koom claimed the motion tabled by the DA was frivolous and vexatious.
“Gathered here today, we are all people-centred organisations.
“When running coalition governance, we run with the understanding that we are serving people who have confidently voted for us.
“We are not here to serve ourselves, we are not here to posture in any power class of politics,” said Koom.
The coalition firmly stood behind the mayor and was confident that their “obsession with service delivery” would be a role player in keeping the mayor in office, as every voter in council would be aware of this fact.
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