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In suburban communities, 64% of respondents indicated an improvement in </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">service delivery, while in townships this number was as low as 24%,” it said.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“In this shocking statistic lies the problem, that ActionSA found itself in a coalition at the mercy of a mayor from a party who has no discernible constituency in the townships of the city he governed.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DA believes it is a blow for residents of Tshwane, arguing that the</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ANC has no interest in good governance but instead wants to \"pillage and steal\" from a stabilised government. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“This will no doubt destabilise Tshwane and ActionSA is duly complicit in this power grab. The doomsday coalition has now taken over Tshwane and it will go the same road as Joburg and Ekurhuleni. A future of urban decay and service delivery failure lies ahead for the good citizens of Tshwane,” DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga said. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Good and responsible governance has been sacrificed for a matrimony that will undoubtedly leave the people of Tshwane worse off than ever before. Under the guise of change, ActionSA has broken a coalition that was created to collaborate with integrity, and shared the goal of building a Capital City that works for all of its people.”</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Read more:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-18-tshwanes-financial-rescue-mission-is-far-from-complete-says-mayor-cilliers-brink/\">Tshwane's financial rescue mission is far from complete, says Brink</a>\r\n<h4>Musical chairs</h4>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-02-13-plan-to-boot-tshwane-mayor-williams-had-been-in-pipeline-before-he-quit/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous mayor Randall Williams</span></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resigned in February 2023, saying it was for the sake of the stability of the coalition government.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then the embattled </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-10-tshwanes-mayorship-again-in-tailspin-following-makwarelas-fake-insolvency-rehabilitation-certificate-and-now-resignation/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murunwa Makwarela</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was voted in, but his tenure as the first citizen of Tshwane was short lived. 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