Despite being tapped for Parly, Brink to stay on as Tshwane mayor

JOHANNESBURG - Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink has announced he will remain the city’s mayor after being selected to represent the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Parliament.

Brink participated in the party’s candidate selection process for the 2024 national and provincial elections.

He was a member of Parliament (MP) between 2019 and 2023 until the DA moved him to the capital city in 2023 to occupy the mayoral position.

Brink announced he was in the process of reclaiming the city’s finances and building energy independence to mitigate the impact of the country’s electricity crisis.

He said he wanted to ensure the municipality did not fall into the hands of what his party called the doomsday coalition, which is an African National Congress (ANC)-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) alliance bloc.

DA spokesperson in Gauteng, Franco van der Berg, said Brink’s decision to remain the city’s mayor was so that he could finish what he started.

"I know that he is committed to rescuing the city and that isn’t done yet. So, he is still going to continue with that good fight."

Brink topped the DA’s Gauteng candidate list for the National Assembly.