The loss of Tshwane would mean that the official opposition would no longer control any of SA’s metros
Democratic Alliance's new interim leader, John Steenhuisen. Picture: VELI NHLAPO
Steenhuisen said at a media briefing on Thursday that the DA was very disappointed that Johannesburg had now been “thrown back to the wolves” and was extremely disappointed that “treasonous” DA councillors had broken ranks with the party's caucus in the secret vote. In Tshwane, DA mayor Stevens Mokgalapa is facing allegations of having had a sexual relationship with roads and transport member of the mayoral committee Sheila Senkubuge. Both the EFF and ANC have said they will support a motion of no confidence against Mokgalapa based on the city's handling of the Hammanskraal water crisis, allegations of corruption relating to a tender awarded to engineering firm Aurecon, and the mismanagement of Wonderboom Airport.
He said an investigation would be undertaken into the fact that two DA councillors in Johannesburg voted against the party, though he was not confident that they would be identified as the vote was secret. He stressed that even if the EFF had continued to support the DA, the DA would still have lost control of the council.
He said ill-discipline within the party's ranks was the biggest obstacle to its succeeding at the polls, and that t
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