City Manager Floyd Brink, ANC Johannesburg regional chairperson Loyiso Masuku and City of Joburg Mayor Dada Morero. Picture: Michel Bega/ Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo/Neil McCartney The allegation that the Joburg City manager hired buses for the ANC to convey its supporters to its birthday celebrations in the North West would be serious, if it were true. The ANC has denied it asked for any donations.
But all that is beside the point. The fact that such an allegation has been levelled against Floyd Brink, from sources somewhere within the ANC in the city, indicates that there is a serious power struggle going on. Brink told an ANC regional meeting over the weekend that he does not report to the city’s mayor, Dada Morero, but to the newly elected regional chair, Loyiso Masuku.
Morero lost out on that job recently but was allowed to remain on as mayor. Sources in the municipality speak of it being run “on autopilot” and the hoary old ANC characteristic, “two centres of power” raises its ugly head again. Service delivery is getting worse by the day: power failures, water shortages, breeding potholes are testimony to the lack of leadership. Premier Panyaza Lesufi needs to earn his substantial salary and crack the whip… or President Cyril Ramaphosa must do it for him.
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