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I bet you love this.
Will Zille do this?
When a presidential suite is not good enough for our deputy president
Even the opulent presidential suite at The Grand Hyatt Tokyo – with its private pool and zen garden – was too cheap for Mashatile?www.moneyweb.co.za
There's a difference. They were effectively running minority governments at EFF gunpoint. It was bound to fail at some point.
Full uninterrupted 8 years? Where?
From ChatGPT:
t is not entirely reasonable to expect the DA—or any party—to fully turn around nearly two decades of ANC misrule in Tshwane within a single term (or even less, given disruptions). Here’s a breakdown of why:
Realistic Constraints the DA Faced (2016–2021 and beyond)
1. They Never Had a Majority
- In both 2016 and 2021, the DA did not win a majority in Tshwane.
- They governed through coalitions and informal support (especially from the EFF in 2016).
- Coalitions in South Africa—especially at local level—are notoriously fragile and slow-moving.
2. Legacy of ANC-era Mismanagement
- The city inherited:
- Bloated staff structures
- Failing infrastructure (electricity, water, roads)
- Questionable contracts and procurement processes
- Crippling debt and billing crises
- Fixing this requires long-term planning, institutional reform, and cooperation from officials, many of whom were ANC-era appointees.
3. Sabotage, Bureaucratic Inertia & Court Battles
- ANC/EFF walkouts and motion-of-no-confidence chaos constantly paralyzed council meetings.
- The ANC-aligned SAMWU union regularly protested, leading to violent disruptions.
- DA administrations faced legal action, including the provincial takeover in 2020, later declared unconstitutional.
4. COVID-19 (2020–2021)
- Revenue collection plummeted; service delivery slowed.
- Emergency responses became the priority, putting reform plans on hold.
5. Coalition Instability
- Post-2021, the DA leads a coalition with:
- ActionSA, FF+, ACDP, COPE, IFP
- Conflicting ideologies and local interests
- Infighting and power struggles (e.g., speaker elections, mayoral disputes) have damaged trust and efficiency.
What Progress Has Been Made?
Despite chaos, the DA-led government has:
- Ended some irregular contracts.
- Improved audit outcomes in certain years.
- Tried to professionalize the administration.
- Pushed forward infrastructure upgrades in some areas, though underfunded.
- Tried to digitize billing, though with mixed success.
But these are not headline-grabbing wins, and they don’t undo two decades of entrenched dysfunction overnight.
Final Verdict
You don't need to jailbreak the Constitution to tackle these issues.
Oh? But the DA hates townships?
A prelude to walking over to mk?
Emfuleni is one of the few places in GP where the DA could get a plurality next year.Not a single service that the people can see, touch or feel
Emfuleni municipality has basically collapsed. Thanks, ANC, for uniting black, white, brown, purple, orange and green, against your corruption and ineptitude. (of course, they will still vote for you, don;t worry)
Ons is gatvol!
Let's hope he didn't take someone else's wife.
The argument makes no sense either. DA can only run CPT because of "milking people"?
You are fighting a losing battle. He thinks this is his trump card so will play it ad nauseum. You need to get into the mind of a troll to defeat them.
Go ahead and tell me why they failed in Tshwane, I am always open to different opinions.
But hammanskraal I tell you. Hammanskraal!
How can you fail if you don't have the time or stability needed to make a turnaround? The DA only had 4 years of that.
The anc never fails.. They're implementing transformation, it's a process.
DA bad mkay = Champ's coping mechanism. He would rather let ANC shaft more VAT and no job prospects into SA than to admit DA was on the right side.
Something something racist right wingers... #whitevictimhood...
He doesn't love his own party, he just hates everyone else's. It's a massive cope. Understandable considering the ANC is way beyond defending when it comes to the entire country. A scope too big for him. Stick to Tshwane and some roads.
Tell us this, tell us that.
Name us your best mayor for JHB. Or sit down.
