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Veteran politician Athol Trollip has joined the newly formed party Action SA.

EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu accused the DA of hypocrisy and claimed the party reached out to the EFF via ActionSA.

ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont says from the onset of the coalitions, ActionSA has been concerned that the DA-led multiparty government does not have enough numbers to ensure stable governance.

Zille was reacting to ActionSAs claims that its coalition partners are shortsighted for refusing an EFF proposal for its councillors to support the multi-party governments across Gautengs metros.

Would it be a good move for ActionSA?

This week ActionSA will reveal that former Democratic Alliance leader Athol Trollip will be joining the party founded by fellow former DA leader Herman Mashaba. I can confirm that this is the news which the party has been

Last month, at the time that he was introducing former DA Midvaal Mayor Bongani Baloyi as a new member, party founder and president Herman Mashaba told journalists he was trying to land a big fish.

“It’s not my policy to comment on speculation and rumours.”That was the WhatsApp response from Athol Trollip — who famously left politics after resigning from the DA in 2019 — about his joining ActionSA.

ActionSA spokesperson Lerato Ngobeni told TimesLIVE she was not in a position to reveal who the new member is, saying all will be revealed this week.

ActionSA has named Kabelo Moatshe as its candidate to replace Herman Mashaba as a councillor in the Johannesburg metropolitan council.