DA reportedly favoured service delivery based on racial lines in Tshwane
Former Tshwane mayor Randall Williams stated that ousted mayor Cilliers Brink was assigned by the DA to address complaints from white residents.
ActionSA has criticized the Democratic Alliance (DA) for reportedly prioritizing service delivery based on racial lines in the City of Tshwane.
This comes as former Tshwane mayor and DA councillor Randall Williams revealed this while addressing the media this week.
FORMER TSHWANE MAYOR SAYS DA USES RACE TO PRIORITISE SERVICE DELIVERY
While addressing the media, Williams said the DA blatantly prioritises service delivery to white residents – at the expense of other racial groups in the municipality.
Williams said his former party instructed him to direct service delivery complaints from white residents in the metro to recently ousted mayor Cilliers Brink who was a member of Parliament at the time.
Williams who was elected mayor in October 2020 resigned in 2023 and was replaced by Brink who served as the capital city’s first citizen for 18 months.
ACTIONSA WEIGHS IN
ActionSA caucus leader in Tshwane, Jackie Mathabathe, said the outcome of William’s allegation was recently confirmed in market research conducted as part of the party’s review.
Mathabathe said that in suburban communities, 64% of respondents indicated an improvement in service delivery over the past 18 months, while in townships, this number was as low as 24%.
She said they have persistently called for equitable service provision for all Tshwane residents, regardless of skin colour, but the DA has chosen to disregard racial disparities.
“Williams’ comments serve as a vindication of our stance as ActionSA. Our decision to withdraw from the coalition government in the City of Tshwane was rooted in our refusal to be complicit in their discriminatory practices and maladministration,” Mathabathe said.
WHO WILL BE THE NEW MAYOR?
Following Brink’s ousting on 26 September, the council is expected to convene this coming week to elect a new mayor. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba said his party will field current deputy mayor Nasiphi Moya, and according to reports, the ANC will field Kgosi Maepa.
The ANC and ActionSA worked together to oust Brink via a motion of no confidence. It has yet to be determined which party the new Tshwane mayor will come from. However, Mashaba said they would support an ANC candidate.