ActionSA Tshwane mayoral candidate Dr Nasiphi Moya said working with the ANC as mayor was mostly a good experience. She said the party’s leaders were “trained to govern”.
Moya spoke to journalist Stephen Grootes on Newzroom Afrika about the 2026 local elections. They talked about migration, foreign nationals and how political coalitions work, The South African reported.
“Actually, it was [a comfortable experience]. One thing I’ll tell you about the ANC: those guys were trained to govern,” Moya said.
Grootes had asked her what it was like to be a mayor who relied on the ANC. He asked if it had been a comfortable experience.
“When it comes to understanding the language of government and the language of the people, they’ve got it down,” she said.
Moya said she never had to push ANC leaders to do the right thing. She said they understood their mandate.
“You don’t convince them on whether to deliver services or not, whether to do the constitutionally right thing or not. The problem would be the personalities,” she said.
She admitted there were some clashes between people. “That’s where I struggled, which I’m sure you find them in all political parties, including mine. But when it comes to principles, you don’t struggle with the ANC,” she said.
Earlier in the interview, Grootes asked whether ActionSA’s growth in Tshwane came from former ANC or DA voters.
“Looking at the wards that we provisionally won, it looks like we took a lot from the ANC stronghold. We took the ones that were diluted between the ANC and the DA, like in Sunnyside, Danville, also part of Centurion combined with Oliven,” Moya said.
She said the party’s support was spread across the whole city. “There’s no one place where it’s ActionSA-dominated and others are not,” she said.
Moya said this showed that residents from different parts of Tshwane related to the work ActionSA had done over the last 24 months.
She also said the party’s campaign in the city would have worked even without speaking about migration. She said this was because ActionSA was working in the city every day.
According to The South African, ActionSA has posted strong results in the elections, especially in Tshwane.
Source: this article is based on reporting by The South African. Image: The South African. Written with the help of AI and published by the Tzaneen Voice News desk. See our Editorial Standards.
Kgomotso Maake covers news and politics for Tzaneen Voice. Kgomotso reports on government, Parliament, municipalities, courts, crime and service delivery across South Africa, with a close eye on how national decisions reach towns like Tzaneen and the wider Limpopo province. Stories are written in plain English and focus on the facts: who made the decision, what it means, and what happens next.