Coalition confirms Cilliers Brink as Tshwane mayor and moves to elect

21 February 2023

Today our multi-party Coalition Oversight Group, a body comprising of the leaders of all parties in coalition in the City of Tshwane, met to discuss the issue of the election of a new Mayor.

The signed coalition agreement makes it the prerogative of the DA to fill the position of Mayor after consultation with all coalition partners. The meeting involved the requisite consultation, in which coalition partners expressed their qualified support for the DA’s proposed candidate.

The qualification of support related to the incoming Mayor-elect related to the need to see turnarounds in specific issues like the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant as well as pressing service delivery issues impacting communities like Hammanskraal, Soshunguve and Mamelodi to name a few.

Ultimately, after ventilating these issues of concern, the multi-party coalition expressed its support for Brink as the candidate who will receive our collective support. The leadership of all political parties in the coalition, the collective of which constituting a majority in Council, resolved to support Brink’s election.

The focus of the meeting shifted swiftly to address the election of the new Mayor and the need to stabilise the coalition government to the benefit of service delivery to the residents of Tshwane.

Issued by Cornè Mulder on behalf of multi-party coalition, 21 February 2023