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Randall Williams, the Democratic Alliance executive mayor of Tshwane, has resigned from the post he has held since October 2020 with effect from midnight on Monday. (Photo by Pablo Barrera/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Why Tshwane executive mayor Randall Williams resigned

Embattled mayor had been under pressure over the city’s adverse audit opinion in 2021-2022

ActionSA councillor and former deputy mayor Nasiphi Moya has been elected as the new mayor of Tshwane through a secret ballot. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Tshwane coalition to DA: Remove Williams or we will abstain in no-confidence vote

The mayor wants a forensic report on a R26-billion tender to turn two power stations into gas energy supply networks

DA leader John Steenhuisen. Photo: (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

DA backtracks on its decision against working with the EFF

Messages between ActionSA and DA federal council chair Helen Zille suggest that the blue party has made attempts for an alliance with the EFF since January

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Opposition pulls plug on DA’s R26bn proposal for private power in Tshwane

DA’s attempt to move away from Eskom’s power outages put on hold after parties accuse mayor of flouting municipal legislation

Tshwane Mayor, Randall Williams flights campaign posters on June 10, 2021 in Tshwane, South Africa. The voter registration weekend for local government elections will be held on 17 and 18 July. (Photo by Laird Forbes/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Tshwane ignores lockdown woes as it cuts power to recoup R17bn

Mayor Randall Williams joined a blitz to switch off the lights of defaulting customers – including a luxury hotel opposite the Union Buildings that owes R23-million

The elections will be held on 1 November. (Photo by OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Political parties prepare for battle for the local government elections

The DA announces its mayoral candidates for this years local government elections while the ANC and EFF hold their cards close to the chest

DA leader John Steenhuisen at his office in Parliament, Cape Town. (Photo by David Harrison/M&G)

Steenhuisen names DA’s mayoral candidates and challenges ANC to do the same

DA leader John Steenhuisen challenges ANC to share its list of mayoral candidates during the main opposition party’s own big metro candidate list-reveal

Toxic brew: Willem Snyman (erected litter traps on the Kaalspruit to stop people’s garbage from polluting the Hennops River.

River soldiers fight to heal the Hennops

Volunteers have removed nearly one million tons of waste from the river in a year during clean-ups

In an exchange of court papers leading up to the hearing on Thursday, the DA blames the ANC and EFF for the mess and the provincial government blames the DA and EFF.

Coalition politics and law: The fight over Tshwane

With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common