Deputy Speaker, yesterday the Tlokwe local municipality removed the mayor, Maphetle Maphetle, through a vote of no confidence. This ANC-dominated council, in a show of extreme confidence in the DA, elected the DA councillor, Annette Combrink, as the new mayor. We warmly congratulate mayor Annette Combrink on her election. [Applause.]
This election clearly indicates that the cracks within the ANC and its tripartite alliance partners are widening. Factionalism is rife. Even ANC public representatives are losing faith in the ability of the ANC to govern effectively and are placing their vote in favour of DA candidates who they know can do a better job. It is no wonder, then, that the ANC here in Parliament is running scared and is using every desperate trick in the book to prevent the debating of the motion of no confidence in President Zuma. [Applause.]