Tshwane council meeting turns violent, DA councillors manhandled [Video]

DA councillors were determined to disrupt a council meeting before bouncers were called in to haul them out.

Democratic Alliance (DA) councillors were allegedly forcefully removed from a City of Tshwane council meeting after posing “challenging questions” during the session.

The altercation occurred just a day after City of Tshwane Executive Mayor Nasiphi Moya presented her administration’s plans to address the city’s financial crisis.

Moya said that the city is in a dire financial state, with a total debt of R11 billion, of which R6 billion is owed to Eskom.

Watch a crucial Tshwane Council meeting turn violent

On Thursday, a crucial council meeting turned violent as two DA councillors, accused of causing chaos, were forcibly removed from the council chambers by private security.

During the incident, some councillors shouted, heckled, and called out, while others filmed the ordeal in the council chambers.

Ousted former DA Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink claimed that the ANC-ActionSA-EFF coalition in Tshwane “assaulted …

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