Tshwane

2023 - 3 - 29

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'Touch the speaker, you won't find peace': EFF tells new Tshwane ... (TimesLIVE)

Newly elected Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink has received a stern warning for him and his multiparty coalition to “stay away” from the sitting speaker, ...

When you spoke about your vision for the city, you spoke about retrenching 3,800 workers in the regions. Opposition benches consisting of the ANC, EFF and minority parties fell short, with 102 votes in total. When you are seated in your office, you need to think about this,” said Ramabodu. “If you are going to start politics of removing the speaker, you must know that you are never going to find peace. When you think you are the first mayor, think twice. “If you target workers, you are fighting with us.

Tshwane political instability hurt service delivery - ratepayers ... (Eyewitness News)

Operra, an organisation comprising 12 ratepayer associations, said it hoped Tuesday's election of Cilliers Brink as mayor would stabilise the city.

money to fill potholes, to pay for street lights and all the things that are the usual basics in our area." [Tuesday’s election of Cilliers Brink as mayor](https://ewn.co.za/2023/03/28/da-s-cilliers-brink-elected-as-new-tshwane-mayor) would stabilise the city. JOHANNESBURG - Ratepayers associations in Tshwane said that the political turmoil in the municipality had a negative effect on service delivery.

Tshwane's DA mayor vows to 'restore city's broken financial controls' (Business Day)

Cilliers Brink was elected with 109 votes, beating COPE councillor Ofentse Moalusi, who got 102 votes.

“We have to get control of Tshwane’s finances, and bring our spending in line with what the city can realistically hope to collect. Email [email protected] or call 0860 52 52 00. This is as important a task as responding to the concerns of the auditor-general, and restoring the financial controls that have systematically been broken down or have never existed,” Brink said after his election on Tuesday...

City of Joburg speaker defends absence from council meeting ... (News24)

Johannesburg speaker Colleen Makhubele on Wednesday said she had complete faith in the council continuing to run despite her being on sick leave.

On Wednesday she said: "If a white woman [was seen working when she's meant to be off sick] she would have been called a 'workaholic'. She was responding to queries around her absence at the ordinary council sitting last week. I didn't know that when I am recovering I should spend my days in bed locked in the house".

EFF in Tshwane gives Brink's rise to power thumbs down (Johannesburg Sunday World)

Ciiliers Brink's ascension to the City of Tshwane's mayoral hot seat has rattled the EFF regional caucus, which sought to collude against the DA-led ...

Tshwane EFF will hold Cilliers Brink accountable and demand concrete steps to address audit findings and restore service delivery,” he said. To Subscribe to Sunday World, [click here](https://subs.arena.africa/#!/offer/411?utm_source=promo411&utm_medium=Circ) In the short stint of his return, Tshwane committed electoral fraud and impersonated duly elected councilors through counterfeit signatures. Tshwane was labelled the worst performing municipality in Gauteng under the DA multi-party coalition.” “Only a city that works can deliver to all of its people, and only a city that delivers to all of its people can hope to be sustained over time.” “We want to build a capital city that works for all of its people, one that improves the lives of the poor and creates opportunities for all people to move up in life,” he said.

Parties call on new Tshwane mayor to focus on stabilising city ... (Citizen)

Political parties in the City of Tshwane have called on the newly elected Mayor Cilliers Brink to focus on service delivery.

He said they supported the election of Brink because it was a democratic process. “I want to make a plea to the ANC and EFF. “We can’t be disruptive. The people of Tshwane are asking for a government that is going to be stable. “ By the way, these finances of the city are as a result of their leadership through [former DA mayors] Randall Williams, Solly Msimanga and Stevens Mokgalapa,” said EFF Tshwane leader Obakeng Ramabodu. Keep us accountable, and let us do our jobs without sabotaging and without you rendering this house [council] as a house of chaos.” As long as he is willing to work with poorest of the poor, which we represent, we are willing to work with him.” “We are quite excited and the people of Tshwane are also excited that the majority that they voted for has been restored.” “We need to fast-track that and to recover on the lost time and that is what we will expect from him,” he said. “There is still a lot of work that needs to be done as you know we still have a speaker who for us is illegitimate and we need to do that as a matter of agency,” he said. “We are glad the city now has a political head and we can now get on with the job of service delivery,” he said.