A political crisis is looming in Tshwane over disagreements about coalitions.
EFF regional chair Obakeng Ramabodu said Tshwane EFF rejected the proposal even before it reached the Tshwane municipal chamber.
“The DA has gone so far as to create the position of deputy mayor to keep ActionSA happy in this ineffective marriage of convenience.
“The financial position of the municipality does not resonate with the superfluous position of deputy mayor, which will cost the city R4 million per annum,” he said.
“Breaking away from the clutches of the ineffective Randall Williams into the hands of the arrogant and legally incompetent Cilliers Brink, the city is projected to incur an exorbitant cost of over R10 million at the expense of an executive mayor who is forever on Twitter giving updates on power outages, ineffective traffic lights, load shedding and blocked drains in the comfort of his office, taking over the functions of the municipality’s communication department and its spokesperson.”
Ramabodu said a competent and service delivery-orientated mayor would go to where the people were and hear their grievances to improve the quality of their lives and the environment in which they live.
Political analyst Piet Croucamp said the political power battle between different coalition fractions had negative consequences for service delivery.
“That’s politicians – see the worry in their eyes. For politicians it’s about position, status, power and control, which is fine, that’s what politics is about.
“But if you do it at the expense of society, hopefully, society will take a dim view of that, but have a system of identity politics rather than interest-based participation,” he said.
Croucamp said South African politics was not about the people but about power.
Head of political studies at North-West University Dr Benjamin Rapanyane said residents were the biggest losers in the continued unnecessary motions of no confidence.
Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/turmoil-in-tshwane/
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