The ousted City of Johannesburg Mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse has refused to be drawn into allegations that her celebration, the Democratic Alliance, sabotaged her possibilities of surviving the movement of no confidence on Thursday.
She was voted out in a movement of no confidence on Thursday afternoon.
140 councillors voted for the movement to take away Phalatse as mayor, whereas 129 voted to maintain her within the place. In the 270-seat council 136 votes have been wanted for the movement to succeed.
Phalatse referred questions to the celebration’s communication division. “Unfortunately those negotiations did not bear fruit and there are a lot of feelings and emotions about what actually happened and who is to blame. I can not comment further on that. As per the DA, there are designated spokespersons who can speak about what happened at that time and those people are John Steenhuizen, Solly Msimanga, Solly Malatsi and Cilliers Brink. So if you’d like the details of what happened and why ActionSA was saying what it was saying, those are the people you speak to.”
Mpho Phalatse has thanked her colleagues within the council for his or her assist in efforts to present high quality companies to the residents of the town.
The African Transformation Movement, African Independent Congress and Al-Jamah-Ah celebration tabled the movement.
Phalatse says there are squabbles within the multi-celebration authorities. “I’m appreciative of every kind word that was said to me. Unfortunately, we did try as the Democratic Alliance (DA) to bring in the Patriotic Alliance (PA) to stabilise our government. We have been in the minority since we started collapsing in September. That did not bear fruit. There are a lot of feelings about what happened and who is to blame.”
