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The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s Cilliers Brink says the party and its coalition partners in the Tshwane Metro, will be back in the council to remove the newly-elected Mayor, Dr Murunwa Makwarela.

The Democratic Alliance ’s Cilliers Brink says the party and its coalition partners in the Tshwane Metro, will be back in the council to remove theHe received 112 votes from the 213 votes cast, beating the DA’s Brink who got 101 votes.

Makwarela’s election victory means he received support from the African National Congress , Economic Freedom Fighters and smaller opposition political parties as well as some votes from the DA’s own coalition partners.“If you look at the numbers, we should’ve had 108, we had 101 which means there are seven traitors. Our mission is going to be to identify those traitors, to eliminate them to come back and fight.

EFF Chairperson in the Tshwane region, Obakeng Ramabodu, hopes the new mayor will speed up the delivery of services. The city’s executive mayor resigned two weeks ago following the release of the Auditor-General’s damning report into the finances of the city.“We hope that the people of Tshwane will see service delivery. Others have been accused of all manner of things. But we think this is a victory for the people of Tshwane and not for an individual,” adds Ramabodu.Share article

 

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They must try

Why does the DA feel so entitled? Secret ballots and voting ones conscious is what the DA called for. Now when things don't go their way names like traitors are thrown around. They must just sit down and relax and be the 'official opposition'

All I see is politicians wrangling for power and forgetting their oath of office...

DA shoukd think about the people of tshwane nit power hunger

The question is how to get rid of the rotten people ?

When will these mayor start cleaning Pretoria more especially in the CBD, since last year this city is been dirty but at the same time you expect tourism to rise

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