The ANC in Tshwane says it is moving ahead with plans to remove DA councillor Cilliers Brink as executive mayor, with a motion of no confidence scheduled to be tabled later in September. 

This comes as auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke has sounded the alarm over political instability in local councils, saying it has affected service delivery. Political instability has seen a revolving door of mayors in Gauteng’s three metros of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane as the results of the 2021 local government elections did not produce a clear winner, resulting in parties forming coalitions to run the councils. ..

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