VBS chickens come home to roost: Pink-faced Floyd and not-so-Grand Azania couldn’t pay back the money to SARS This move has given the EFF the opportunity to have its members be mayoral committee members and speakers – and it has left the ANC at the mercy of the Red Berets. However, the latest coalition talks between the EFF and the governing party have facilitated a change – an agreement that could dethrone the DA in the councils where it, together with other smaller parties, has been able to have the majority of seats. After that, the DA vowed never to work with the EFF again.ĭespite the relationship between the parties ending on a sour note, the EFF continued trying to keep the ANC out of power and voted with the DA in most municipalities. The breakdown in the parties’ relationship ended the DA’s rule in Johannesburg, a big blow to the official opposition. However, Herman Mashaba’s resignation from the DA heralded the end of the arrangement with the EFF. The ANC lost Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay, retaining only Ekurhuleni, Buffalo City, Mangaung and eThekwini. As kingmakers, the Red Berets decided to work with the DA, keeping the once high and mighty governing party out in the cold.
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