ActionSA has denied claims that it is part of the Government of Local Unity.
The ANC and ActionSA allegedly struck a deal that saw ANC secure the mayoral position in the City of Johannesburg Council and ActionSA the speaker position.
Recently, Party president Herman Mashaba said his party was in talks with the ANC to overthrow the DA in Tshwane.
Mashaba said that was the because of the toxic and abusive relationship his party was engaged in with the DA.
Mashaba has previously bemoaned the idea of working with the “corrupt” ANC, adding that he would never share a bed with the ANC in any sphere of the government.
He said that working with the DA in Tshwane had been difficult; the DA expected his party to dance to its tune.
“For us as ActionSA, we cannot really be in an abusive relationship forever, so we have the fullest right to exercise our right when you try to abuse us and think we’ll stay in an abusive relationship; not with us.”
After the successful working arrangement between ActionSA and the ANC in Johannesburg, with the election of ActionSA’s Nobuhle Mthembu as the council speaker, both parties agreed to extend their relationship and mandate to Ekurhuleni and Tshwane.
“We are busy consulting our structures. Yesterday, I had a very successful meeting with our PEC (provincial executive committee) in Gauteng. Early next week, we’ll have meetings with our REC (regional executive committee) in Tshwane and our caucus.
“And if we get the mandate, then without any shadow of doubt, we will put in a mayor who is going to provide and focus his service delivery on all the residents of the City of Tshwane,” Mashaba said.
The agreement between ActionSA and the ANC would enable the ANC to take back control in Tshwane, where ActionSA was in a coalition with the DA.
On Tuesday, Gauteng ANC provincial secretary Thembinkosi Nciza told journalists that the ANC had begun negotiations with other parties in Tshwane to form a coalition that would unseat the DA.
“There are no contradictions, no fear among parties. We’re speaking to each party. After we’ve agreed on what is to happen, we’ll move forward.
“We’re looking at Tshwane, and believe there’ll be change, but we’ve not concluded anything,” Nciza said.
Saturday Star