ActionSA declared that it had given up trying to save the coalition government of the City of Johannesburg and its former mayor, Mpho Phalatse, after exhausted all of its options. Phalatse has lost her position as executive mayor of the city. This comes after she was the target of three resolutions of no confidence at the first regular council meeting of the year on Thursday.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is at fault, according to the party. After scuttling an agreement with the Patriotic Alliance, whose votes were required to stop Phalatse’s ouster, it claimed that it had ignored Phalatse and betrayed the multi-party coalition.
ActionSA’s Sthembelo Majola: “The Democratic Alliance and their federal executive is squarely responsible for Phalatse’s removal. Having blocked the multi-party coalition deal formulated last week and agreed upon by negotiators of all parties, including DA negotiators. Former mayor, Phalatse performed well under difficult circumstances and having to keep a multi-party government operating despite being repeatedly undermined by the DA’s federal executive.”