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In a seismic day in South African politics the DA’s Tania Campbell and Mpho Phalatse were voted in as the new mayors of Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg, respectively.

ActionSA has vowed it will not go into any further coalition talks with the DA without Julius Malema's EFF.

Katlego Mathebe was elected unopposed as Tshwane council speaker on Tuesday afternoon, followed by Randall Williams who returned as mayor.

Addressing DA supporters following the party's big wins in Ekurhuleni and the City of Johannesurg on Monday, DA leader John Steenhuisen said the party was under no illusions about the motive of the EFF in supporting its candidates in the two municipalities.

This is what ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba said late last night as he opened the door for DA’s Dr Mpho Phalatse to clinch Johannesburg’s mayoral chain in what was the dramatic day in the run-up to election of the City’s council.

What stood between the ANC and the DA was him pulling out of the mayoral race, said Mashaba.

The ANC lost the mayorship in both metros after the EFF teamed up with ActionSA and other opposition parties to vote for DA candidates.

Michael Beaumont, national chair of ActionSA, answered questions on Eusebius on TimesLIVE about why his party had seemingly contradicted itself by describing the DA as dishonest at the weekend yet voting for its mayoral candidates this week.

DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party never thought it possible the EFF and ActionSA would vote with them in the cities of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, where DA mayors were elected on Monday.

What stood between the ANC and the DA was him pulling out of the mayoral race, said Mashaba.