The Democratic Alliance leader in Gauteng said most of the work the ActionSA mayor for Tshwane has been taking credit for was done by her predecessor, Cilliers Brink
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Ahead of the 2026 local government elections, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced Cilliers Brink as its Tshwane mayoral candidate. Brink served as mayor of the city for 18 months before he was removed in a motion of no confidence in September last year, which saw ActionSA’s Nasiphi Moya take over the position. Brink had […]
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Parties that swore to oust the ANC are keeping it in power – and JSC interviews went ahead
Parties that swore to oust ANC are keeping it in power – and JSC interviews went ahead
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The ANC must ‘watch this space’ the DA federal chairperson says
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The ANC endorsed Nasiphi Moya as the mayor in the metro
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Our political class should be fixing potholes instead of playing musical chairs in council chambers
No progress has been made on establishing a structure to resolve deadlocks on policy
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ANC insiders insist Lesufi played no part in removing the Democratic Alliance’s Brink from his position last week
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Unlike the ousted Tshwane mayor, the DA ditched former Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse like Ultra Mel custard on a Skhothane teenager’s Carvela shoes
The ANC deputy secretary general has rebuffed Democratic Alliance chair Helen Zille’s demand that the ousted Tshwane mayor be reinstated
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The city has 14 days to elect a new mayor
The ANC chief whip believes the party might be punished in the local government elections over failed services in the capital if it takes power now
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The embattled DA mayor of Tshwane said coalition partner ActionSA is also responsible for service failures in the metro.
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The controversial politician was facing charges over an allegedly fraudulent insolvency clearance certificate
The Rooiwal wastewater treatment works is set for a R4 billion upgrade
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The City of Tshwane will allocate R450 million over the next three years to fix the dysfunctional Rooiwal plant, which is polluting water in the area
With its broken sewage and failing water treatment plants, South Africa has the perfect conditions for diseases such as cholera to thrive
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The water and sanitation department says drinking water quality from the Temba water treatment works does not meet minimum drinking water quality
The party’s Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction
The union fears that municipal manager Morris Maluleke, who ‘irregularly’ deposited R50-million of municipal funds into VBS Mutual Bank, continued to try to loot a Limpopo municipality
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