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News24 reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane says that, if necessary, it will go to court to defend the City's administration from what it claims are attacks by the "Doomsday Coalition".
This is their epithet for the ANC/EFF coalition in Gauteng, which, together with ActionSA, succeeded last week in removing the DA's Cilliers Brink as Tshwane's mayor. In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, the DA's Kwena Moloto said the ANC and the EFF had "taken aim against" City manager Johann Mettler for reprimanding staff for the way they treated Brink when he left the building after his removal last Thursday. Brink left the building surrounded by a group of municipal workers and politicians, who booed and jeered at him as he made his way to the parking basement. Because he was no longer the mayor, he did not have any protection. In a letter to employees, Mettler called the behaviour "insensitive, humiliating, degrading, inflammatory, offensive and downright despicable". According to the DA, most of the staff who jeered at Brink were political support staff in the ANC's caucus office. In a letter to Mettler after Brink was jeered at, the ANC's Aaron Maluleka said he was concerned that the City Manager's response to the event "appears to take a specific political stance", which undermined the objective leadership that was needed. The EFF responded to Mettler's letter by saying that workers had the right to "voice their concerns" and "hold their leaders to account", without fear of retribution.
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