I would rather resign than enter into a coalition with ANC, says Herman Mashaba
The DA’s Johannesburg mayor praises the EFF and coalition governments but says he will not work with 'criminals'
Herman Mashaba has vowed to resign as Johannesburg mayor if the DA goes into any coalition with the ANC after the elections. Mashaba is the DA’s mayor of SA’s biggest budget municipality and has had to keep together a minority coalition government with the help of the EFF.
Some within the DA have said they would rather go into a coalition with the ANC than the EFF given its radical leftist utterances on land expropriation and transformation. In an interview with Business Day after the state of the city address, Mashaba, however, made it clear that he would not be able to stay in office if the DA decided to work with the ANC. “I will never work with the ANC. If the DA or anyone else would work with the ANC, I would resign yesterday,” Mashaba said. The reason for Mashaba’s stance, was quite clear, he said he would not work with “criminals”. Gauteng is one of three provinces where the ANC is said to be vulnerable, according to several analysts. The EFF is expected to again be...
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