ActionSA will put forward the name of Nasiphi Moya as the candidate for mayor of Tshwane going into negotiations with the ANC after the removal of Cilliers Brink on Thursday.
Brink was removed through a motion of no confidence with 120 votes cast in support of it.
Party president Herman Mashaba said Thursday the proposal for Moyo to take over as mayor of the capital was one of the conditions which his party agreed on to support the ANC’s motion.
“In the next 14 days, we will make sure we work as quickly as possible with the ANC to conclude an arrangement for this government. But one thing I can tell you is that, in principle, when I discussed with the ANC… I said I will do it on condition Dr Moya takes over the position of the executive because there’s no better person who knows the city more than her.”
Moya served as deputy mayor under Brink.
ActionSA, which has 19 seats, is playing kingmaker in the 214-seat council after it ditched a DA-led coalition to seek a new arrangement with the ANC. The ANC has 75 seats and, with the support of ActionSA and the EFF with its 23 seats, it has enough to form a government.
Herman Moloi
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