ANC Deputy Secretary-General, Mr Nombula Mokonyane. (Nzwe Mokoena)
ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane accused Democratic Alliance (DA) federal chair Helen Zille of threatening to reinstate Tshwane mayor Sirius Brink by “jeopardizing the stability of the national unity government”. criticized.
Mr Gill last week wrote to ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and negotiator David McClar, demanding Mr Brink be reinstated to his job or else the hung metro stabilization negotiations would be undermined. warned that there was a possibility of
Mr Gill accused Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi of pressuring the ANC national leadership to prevent the DA's ouster.
Mr Mokonyane told reporters at the ANC's Luthuli House headquarters on Monday that Government of National Unity (GNU) officials agreed that there was a need for exchange and discussion at the political level.
Moronyan said threatening each other “was not in the spirit of trying to build unity.”
“Most importantly, no one should think that we are serving at the behest of the GNU. There are many other signatories to the GNU, but we all support them. We need to respect each other as well as appreciate what we do,” she said.
He added that Jill's claims were “her own views” and “inconsistent.”
“Let's go and see what they're doing.'' [the DA] It was held in the Northern Cape. They opposed the ANC and collaborated with the Economic Freedom Fighters. [EFF] Appoint the Premier of the Northern Cape.
“In the Western Cape, they went to other municipalities and worked with a number of other organizations, including the Good Party, to undermine the chances of the ANC running those municipalities.
“So we have to be consistent because we're not crybabies. Even if decisions are made against us or people choose to cooperate, we don't have a problem. there is no.”
Mr Mokonyane said the ANC would support any process that would move Mr Tshwane forward and create stability, but added: “We are not here for serious blinks.”
The conflict between the two party leaderships came after the ANC and ActionSA removed Mr Brink from his post in a no-confidence motion last week. The bill was passed with the support of 120 MPs from the ANC, Action SA and EFF, but 87 MPs from the DA, Freedom Front Plus and African Christian Democrats voted against it.
Part of the condition for ActionSA to support the motion was winning the mayor's post, calling on fellow candidate Nasipa Moya, who has held the mayor's office for the past seven days, to take over.
A similar agreement between the ANC and ActionSA was previously reached in the City of Johannesburg, where Al-Jamaa Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda was replaced as Mayor.
ActionSA national chairman Michael Beaumont said: email and guardian The ANC believed it would be in its interest to maintain an agreement with the party to continue a partnership that would prevent the DA from gaining power in metropolitan areas.
Mr Beaumont made this amid speculation that the ANC wants to field former Tshwane ANC chairperson Kgosi Maepa as its mayoral candidate. Moya is poised to run against Mepa and Brink in Thursday's mayoral election.
Mr Beaumont said the ANC should not heed pressure from Gilles. This is because it will face the same opposition that the Provincial Attorney's Office faced when it “bullied” the ANC's position during Gauteng unity government negotiations.
The ANC eventually eliminated the DA by forming a provincial government that unified it with smaller parties such as the Inkatha Freedom Party, Rise Mzansi and the Patriotic Alliance.
Mr Beaumont said if negotiations with the ANC were not successful, ActionSA intended to go to the opposition benches in Tshwane and this would be filtered to other major cities.
“We are very concerned about the possibility of the ANC fielding its own candidate, which is why negotiations between the two parties are important. We will update you once negotiations are complete,” Beaumont said. .
Prosecutor Solly Msimanga also said the party would be open to sitting in the opposition seat if Mr Brink was unlikely to be elected mayor.
“It is clear that the anti-GNU wing of the ANC has an upper hand within the party,” he said.
“As long as there are pro-GNU factions, they have neither the will nor the means to stand up to those who are hollowing out the party from within. Whatever the internal arrangements of the ANC, the ANC will be judged by its actions.”