Tshwane — ActionSA has revealed it will decide what its course of action will be about whether or not it will stay or leave the Tshwane coalition with the Democratic Alliance (DA).
After joining hands with the DA in 2021 to govern Tshwane, the relationship between the two parties has soured.
ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba, said working with the DA was a toxic and abusive relationship. He threatened to join ranks with the African National Congress (ANC) in a bid to oust Tshwane mayor, Cilliers Brink.
Brink has pleaded with ActionSA not to abandon the project that the two parties have worked on in the past few years, as he believed it can still work.
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According to EWN, ActionSA is now reviewing its participation in the coalition and Tshwane spokesperson, Tshepiso Modiba, said the senate will meet this week.
” The DA has been a difficult partner to work with even though we have been raising some of the issues within the coalition dispute mechanisms,” Modiba said.
ActionSA, with its 19 councillors, will have a deciding role on the motion of no confidence in Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink when it comes to a vote later in September.
Tensions between the two parties reached a new high after a social media war between ActionSA’s Michael Beaumont and Brink. Beaumont criticised the DA over the poor state of service delivery experienced by people in the townships and said the party was to investigate the issues under the DA-led coalition, IOL reported.
Last week, Beaumont visited townships across Tshwane to show the poor state of affairs within the areas, including a blocked sewage drain in Soshanguve, dumping sites in Attereidgeville and the abandoned Chantelle Social Housing Project in Pretoria North.
For over a year, the Rietgat Sewage Treatment Works in Soshanguve – due to theft, vandalism and non-maintenance – has resulted in raw sewage spilling into residents’ homes and nearby rivers.
Today, National Chairperson @ME_Beaumont is in the community, speaking to residents.… pic.twitter.com/oxV2JxQMYi
— ActionSA (@Action4SA) September 5, 2024
🚫 The City of Tshwane has repeatedly failed to reliably provide waste collection services to informal settlements and townships like Atteridgeville, subjecting residents to unhealthy living conditions.
As a party that believes in Social Justice, ActionSA is committed to… pic.twitter.com/0PNDaCUXPr
— ActionSA (@Action4SA) September 5, 2024
🚫 The City of Tshwane has repeatedly failed to reliably provide waste collection services to informal settlements and townships like Atteridgeville, subjecting residents to unhealthy living conditions.
As a party that believes in Social Justice, ActionSA is committed to… pic.twitter.com/0PNDaCUXPr
— ActionSA (@Action4SA) September 5, 2024
Beaumont said these were the issues that ActionSA were hoping to resolve and were part of the reasons why ActionSA was reviewing its relationship with the DA and the coalition.
DA’s caucus spokesperson in Tshwane, Kwena Moloto, said ActionSA’s social media attack campaign on the multi-party government was an indication that their current review process was just a smokescreen to buy time while they finalise a deal to bring the EFF into government in the capital city.
“If you’re a partner in a coalition government, you assume co-responsibility for results, and you take hands with colleagues to resolve problems. You don’t blame your partners for challenges and then claim credit for the successes. Stop the hypocrisy and shameless antics to collapse a functioning government. #TshwaneWorks,” Brink said.
If you’re a partner in a coalition government, you assume co-responsibility for results, and you take hands with colleagues to resolve problems. You don’t blame your partners for challenges and then claim credit for the successes. Stop the hypocrisy and shameless antics to…
— Cilliers Brink (@CilliersB) September 5, 2024
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
