Tshwane mayor says he is going nowhere, as Malema calls for his ousting

Tshwane mayor Randall Williams says he is going nowhere, as EFF leader Julius Malema called for his removal this week.

This was as Williams’ chief of staff said he was ready to battle a motion of no confidence should one be brought before him.

Malema took to social media on Wednesday to call for Williams’ removal after residents experienced a string of problems including a lack of service delivery.

“There is a chaotic and disastrous situation in Tshwane. The DA’s failure to deliver on basic responsibilities has a huge negative impact on our people,” said Malema.

“The mayor of Tshwane is incompetent like Cyril Ramaphosa, he must step down with immediate effect. The systems have collapsed and nothing is going in the right direction. The coalition partners must initiate a motion of no confidence if he refuses to step down.”

The chaotic and disastrous situation in Tshwane, if it were under the EFF, yeses, all the clever blacks would be tweeting nonstop, even from London bathrooms. The DA's failure to deliver on basic responsibilities has a huge negative impact on our people in Tshwane, but hey!🤷🏿‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/lsXJVy8An0

— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) January 31, 2023

Tshwane EFF chairperson Obakeng Ramabodu highlighted a recent Auditor-General report on the metro’s finances as a massive corruption scandal – “never seen in the history of the Tshwane municipality”.

Ramabodu said, as a result of the report, the EFF demanded Williams’ resignation with immediate effect.

Failure to do so would “place the EFF in a position to consolidate support for a motion of no confidence against him, with like-minded political parties”.

“Williams is clearly a liability,” he said.

“His actions undermine the ethos of good governance and the stability of effective public administration in Tshwane.”

Ramabodu cited the ongoing water problems, the Auditor-General’s report on financial irregularities and the temporary interruption of bus services as examples of a “miscarriage of good governance.”

City of Tshwane a City of Disaster thanks to the Da Government . A City with Irregular expenditure of 10 billion
 Fruitless and wasteful expenditure over 1 billion . Mr @HermanMashaba are you proud of your Mayor in Tshwane ? pic.twitter.com/Xlml9UJO31

— Obakeng Ramabodu (@RamaboduObakeng) February 2, 2023

Failures of the Da Tshwane Government in ward 29 Winterveld Mabopane . The EFF branch will clean the area on Saturday .📌📌 pic.twitter.com/t0yLBAhnFL

— EFF Tshwane Region (@TshwaneEff) February 1, 2023

Mayoral chief of staff Jordan Griffiths said Williams was fully committed to turning Tshwane around and ensuring that the metro delivers services to its residents.

“The city faces many challenges which stem directly from the chaos inflicted on its finances when the ANC administrators left the municipality with a R4-billion deficit,” said Griffiths.

“It will take time and commitment to stabilise.”

He said Williams would not resign and was ready to fight another no-confidence.

“He has already faced down motions of no confidence brought by the ANC and the EFF in this term and defeated them. If the opposition decides to bring them again, they will be met in the council chamber.”

The Auditor-General audit report revealed amongst others irregular expenditure of R10-billion, unauthorised expenditure of over R600-million, fruitless and wasteful expenditure understated by over R1-billion and material misstatement of assets under construction and disclosed as completed, which means they were overstated by R2-billion.

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