ActionSA will vote against mayor’s unlawful report in council
16 August 2022
ActionSA’s Senate met last night, following engagements with our caucus in the City of Tshwane, and has resolved that we will vote against a report brought by the Executive Mayor of Tshwane on the grounds that it is manifestly unlawful and in breach of the prescripts of a signed multiparty coalition agreement.
ActionSA has vociferously voiced its concerns with this proposal which has also been flagged by us and Provincial Treasury. As such, we will vote against this report at this morning’s sitting of Council.
The report is a request for public consultation to be conducted on an unsolicited bid to the amount of R26 billion from an energy service provider to obtain a concession to refurbish, finance, operate and maintain both the Pretoria West and Rooiwal Power Stations.
Our principal concern is that this proposal is illegal and represents the kind of bad governance that multi-party coalitions sought to displace when taking office. ActionSA’s concerns with this item include that: