The metro is governed by a coalition due to the ailure of any one party to secure a majority in the 2021 local government elections.
The DA’s Cilliers Brink has been mayor since March 2023.
He was elected with the support of various parties, including ActionSA, the ACDP and the IFP.
Briefing the media at the end of the ANC’s provincial executive committee meeting on Monday, Lesufi said the move against Brink was due to what the party believes to be service delivery failures.
The decision to remove Brink comes just a week after the party removed Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, replacing him with the ANC’s Dada Morero.
Lesufi confirmed that the ANC is in talks with ActionSA and other smaller parties to secure their support for a no-confidence motion.
“In 2021, during local government elections, the ANC lost all three metros, and we politely took our stand in the opposition benches. It was only when those governments that were established collapsed that the ANC was requested to step in.
“From that period till today, two of the metros that we lost are now back where the ANC is at the helm of those two municipalities.
“There is a huge chance that can happen in Tshwane in the next few weeks,” said Lesufi.
He claims there is a clamour by political parties for ANC to “rescue Tshwane”.
“It is an opportunity that we are willing to work around, but we want to consult our national leadership because there are various dynamics in Tshwane.
“We have to be sensitive to the relationship that has been established with the national government as well.
“We need to look at that posture and make a decision that is in the best interest of the citizens of Tshwane, but most importantly, the citizens of Gauteng,” he added.
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