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Thanks to ActionSA and the EFF, the DA is in control of Johannesburg.

Thanks to ActionSA and the EFF, the DA is in control of Johannesburg.

The party on Sunday explained that this was an important step to ensure that the correct procedures are followed, especially given the coming by-elections.

The cracks are beginning to show in the lead up to the Johannesburg metro council after the DA announced that it would not support ActionSA leader Herman Mashabas nomination for the mayoral position.

DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille has dismissed claims that the official opposition had “double-crossed” and betrayed ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba by fielding its own mayoral candidate in Johannesburg despite the push by other opposition parties to have Mashaba put forward as a candidate.

Opposition parties give DA until Sunday to reconsider a stance that could cost it more than just Johannesburg.

The U-turn comes after the party held a meeting of its federal executive to discuss coalition agreements for the City of Tshwane, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and Joburg.

ActionSA has begun the work of breaking out from the six municipalities it contested in the local government elections, to the nine provinces up for grabs in 2024's general election, writes Herman Mashaba.

The DA’s federal executive (Fedex) will meet today to decide whether the party teams up with Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA or goes to bed with the ANC to form governments in Johannesburg and Tshwane.

There were only two metros in which winning parties secured comfortable victories