City of Tshwane metro council meeting called off after ANC, EFF stayed away

Nyakallo Tefu 

The City of Tshwane metro council meeting scheduled to take place Tuesday has been called off. 

The DA’s regional spokesperson Abel Tau said the council failed to constitute quorum after the ANC and EFF failed to attend the meeting. 

“The EFF and ANC members did not attend the meeting. This is why we could not continue,” said Tau. 

The DA went ahead with planning the meeting on Tuesday despite being placed under administration.

The party planned to elect a new mayor and outline the city’s budget.

Last week, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile announced that the city council will be dissolved and placed under administration. 

This decision comes during a time when the Economic Freedom Fighters and ANC have been attempting to remove the DA’s office bearers through a motion of no confidence. 

However, the DA is not taking Makhura’s decision lying down.

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