Motion of no confidence in Tshwane mayor: ANC and EFF beat a hasty retreat
26 August 2022
Note to Editors: Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Cilliers Brink MP.
Councillors of the ANC and the EFF in Tshwane yesterday walked out of a meeting of the municipal council to prevent their own motions of no confidence in the mayor of Tshwane, Randall Williams, from being debated.
After having delayed the business of the municipal council for several hours, the ANC and the EFF finally had the chance to make their case against mayor Williams in the early hours of the next morning. But no such case was made.
Instead the parties insisted that their respective motions of no confidence not be debated or voted on. Had these motions been dealt with, they would have been defeated, and in terms of the rules and orders of the municipal council a similar motion would not have been allowed for another three months.