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The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Ekurhuleni feels vindicated in our call to dissolve the council and hold fresh elections, as yet another political stalling tactic unfolds in Ekurhuleni.

This latest development occurred when the EFF-elected Speaker, Cllr Nthabiseng Tshivhenga, issued a postponement notice for the Extraordinary Council meeting late last night. It is reported that the EFF and the ANC are engaged in a dispute over positions, further delaying proceedings.

The council sitting was called to elect a new Executive Mayor following the removal of the EFF puppet Mayor last week.

However, it is alleged that the ANC and the EFF under the so-called coalition of chaos have been unable to agree on positions and who the mayor would be.

Instead of convening council and allowing the democratic process of elections to take place, the EFF Speaker merely postponed the sitting leaving the City leaderless.

Service delivery is already collapsing under the political instability and residents and communities across Ekurhuleni bear the brunt of this. We believe, now more than ever, that council needs to be dissolved and fresh elections take should place in order for residents to give council a renewed mandate.

Under the so-called ‘People’s Government’ led by the ANC/EFF coalition of chaos the city was downgraded to junk status by Moody’s, and Ekurhuleni has lost our clean audit status.

The political instability is deepening the governance woes in the city and we have already witness the widescale collapse of service delivery under the watch of the ANC/EFF coalition. We cannot wait any longer, we need to dissolve council and have fresh elections to stabilise Ekurhuleni.

We continue to serve the residents and put place their best interests ahead of political games and fight to rescue Ekurhuleni.

Issued by Ald Tania Campbell - DA Leader in the City of Ekurhuleni