ActionSA terminates membership of 2 Tshwane councillors
17 March 2023
ActionSA has resolved to terminate the membership of two of its City of Tshwane Councillors.
The decision to terminate the membership of Councillors Mhlana and Baloyi arises directly from the investigation into councillors who are believed to have voted for former Councillor Makwarela on 28 February 2023.
The investigation into the Councillors has been ongoing for weeks and has come to the conclusion that the Councillors voted for Makwarela on 28 February and for the ATM candidate for Speaker, Councillor Ndzwanana, on 13 March. It is further believed that Baloyi provided the location of the polygraph tests of 6 March to the EFF and was at least partially responsible for the disruption that occurred on that day.
The investigation did not rely solely upon polygraph tests, having said this, both councillors failed on two separate occasions on both the question of voting against the coalition and being offered rewards for doing so. The investigations concluded that the polygraph test results are corroborated sufficiently by additional evidence for ActionSA to take these steps.