The DA-led multiparty coalition walked out mid-meeting over the speaker's refusal to remove two ActionSA councillors who had their memberships terminated by their party.
TSHWANE - The City of Tshwane is still without a mayor after a council meeting to elect a new one collapsed on Friday night.
The councillors told Eyewitness News they received their termination letters after the council meeting started, arguing that they could participate in the vote. DA caucus leader Cilliers Brink said that the coalition could not participate in what he called an illegal election. Cilliers Brink , mayoral candidate for the DA-led coalition in Tshwane, explains why they walked out of todays meeting.
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