In this video Gabriel Makin and Warwick Gray unpack how South Africa’s two rival Governments of National Unity are battling for control, with the rogue GNU in Gauteng, centred on an ANC-EFF-MKP-ActionSA pact, claiming another scalp by suspending Tshwane’s highly effective city manager Johann Mettler. A 25-year veteran turnaround specialist who inherited a broken administration and slashed audit qualifications from 28 to just two, restored controls, cut procurement irregularities and made dozens of criminal referrals, Mettler stood in the way of the coalition’s agenda. His precautionary suspension on full pay, driven by EFF complaints and pushed through a disputed council vote, exposes the rogue GNU’s determination to clear obstacles to power consolidation ahead of local elections, in stark contrast to the national ANC-DA GNU’s reform efforts.

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