DA 'won't be bullied' as party calls for Brink to be re-elected

The Democratic Alliance said they won't be bullied; they won't back down and will push for Cilliers Brink to be re-elected as the mayor of Tshwane.

- Marizka Coetzer

The party would be fielding Brink again as a mayoral candidate when the nominations open up, DA provincial leader Solly Msimanga said.

Msimanga said he would be engaging throughout the weekend into the coming week with other parties and the ANC.

"We will attempt to reach out to them on a provincial level to see if we could find each other.

We are talking about the unity that the DA is assisting the ANC with to bring into this country, yet when it comes to Gauteng and its municipalities, something else is happening," he said.

At the national level, there was an agreement and there were principles laid down in terms of how the government was going to be formed, he said.

"In Gauteng that was met with hostility because it seems Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and Gauteng ANC secretary TK Nciza have not grasped that they didn't win the elections and needed partners.