DA Tshwane leader jumps ship to join Herman Mashaba's new party

Abel Tau, left, and the SAHRC's Buang Jones during an inspection of water quality at Roodeplaat Dam.The DA's City of Tshwane regional chairperson Abel Tau has become the latest high-ranking leader to jump ship and join Herman Mashaba's new party.Tau was Tshwane mayoral committee member for utility services and later acted as mayor when then mayor Stevens Mokgalapa was forced to take special leave.

Mashaba said his party was not seeking politicians who had failed residents and that Tau was not one of those.When I announced the formation of our new party, I made a few things clear. We do not want to be a home for politicians who have failed our residents, and any politician joining us would need to pass through the proverbial eye of the needle.He said it was clear that Tau was not seeking positions by joining his party.

Tau, unlike Ngobeni, had been seen to be overlooked by the DA as a potential mayoral candidate in Tshwane.s mayoral candidate as the DA opted to bring in Mokgalapa to replace Solly Msimanga, who had left the city to become the Gauteng premier candidate. Tau again lost out earlier this year, despite acting in the position, to councillor Randell Williams, who is the DA's mayoral candidate for the dissolved City of Tshwane council.

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