Tshwane mayor stoic about EFF boycotts of coalition-led municipalities
Solly Msimanga is pleased the political impasse between the DA and the EFF is being addressed at a national level
Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga is "encouraged" that the political impasse between the EFF and the DA, which led to the councils of Johannesburg and Tshwane being adjourned last week, is being addressed at a national level. At a briefing following his first year in office on Thursday, Msimanga told journalists that [the DA] would have to deal with it if the EFF stages another boycott of the council meeting when the next sitting takes place in Pretoria. The EFF has taken a hard line on the political situation in Nelson Mandela Bay, claiming they would stay away from council meetings led by coalitions, to teach the DA how to work with its smaller coalition partners. UDM leader Bantu Holomisa threatened to leave the coalition after deputy Nelson Mandela Bay mayor, Mongameli Bobani, a member of his party, was removed in a motion of no confidence. His removal followed months of escalating tensions between Bobani and Nelson Mandela Bay mayor, Athol Trollip. The EFF said in a statement explai...
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