ActionSA reaches deal with ANC over Tshwane mayor, here’s who they will back

The ANC has agreed to support ActionSA Tshwane councillor Nasiphi Moya for mayor of the City of Tshwane.

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ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba confirmed to The Citizen that a deal has been struck between the two parties.

Moya was acting mayor of the City of Tshwane after Cilliers Brink was removed through a motion of no confidence.

The DA had asked the ANC for help in re-electing Cilliers Brink as mayor, but that request was declined.

According to Mashaba, the ANC and ActionSA will also work together in the City of Ekurhuleni.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said the deal was rubberstamped by the ANC’s national leadership. This was confirmed by party spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri. 

It is not clear if the new ActionSA-led coalition in Tshwane would change the legislature and positions in committees.

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There are concerns from parties, such as the DA, that the new coalition in Tshwane would open the door to the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to join the grouping.

The DA has blamed the ANC-EFF coalitions in Gauteng for a deterioration in service delivery.

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