Joburg coalition to focus on stabilising government
29 September 2022
The governing multi-party coalition in Johannesburg expresses disappointment at the events that led to the election of Colleen Makhubele as Speaker of Johannesburg and that threaten the return of the ANC to government.
While we accept the democratic outcome, it must be made plain that Makhubele stood for a party in 2021 that posed as an alternative to the ANC making her willingness to return the Johannesburg to the ANC a betrayal to serve her personal interests rather than those of residents.
While noting the PA voting with the ANC on this vote, the multi-party coalition notes that all other coalition parties stood together in their commitment to coalition.
The multi-party coalition will engage the PA in the coming days. We will do so in the interests of the residents of Johannesburg, and the PA’s constituency, whose service delivery needs would be better served from this multi-party coalition rather than one led by the ANC.