André Coetzee

Chief of Staff to the Executive Mayor of Tshwane 🇿🇦 · Focused on governing cities and growing economies · Co-founder, ActionSA · Oxford (Blavatnik) alum

[Eugene Modise @eugene_modise]

Good morning Residents, please see the launch issue of the Newsletter from the Desk of the Deputy Executive Mayor and MMC for Finance of Tshwane. Please read, enjoy and interact with us on social media channels.
@CityTshwane

[Newzroom Afrika @Newzroom405]

City of Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says the metro has made significant strides in stabilising its finances. She points to reduced debt owed to Eskom and improved payment of creditors.

Watch: https://t.co/yVEdvSFWPn

#Newzroom405

[Michael Beaumont @ME_Beaumont]

🚨ActionSA has just published the full declassified Phala Phala investigation report.🚨

South Africans demanded the full truth, and we fought for it for over a year! Now we will fight for accountability.

Access the full report here: https://t.co/T6NXWW8hfB

[eNCA @eNCA]

[BREAKING] ActionSA MP Dereleen James is now the party's provincial chair in the Western Cape.

[Dr Nasiphi Moya @nasiphim]

Tshwane Council approves disciplinary steps against Chief Financial Officer following Madlanga Commission allegations. @CityTshwane

[Henriette Frohlich @henriettefroh]

But what was the DA-led government doing in @CityTshwane from 2016-2024?😭😭😭

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

The “plan” under @CilliersB ⚠️

- Unfunded budgets since 2022
- Eskom debt at R6.7 billion
- Capital budget of R2.3 billion

The reality under @NasiphiM ✅

- Second consecutive FUNDED budget tabled
- Eskom debt reduced to R4.6 billion
- Capital budget increased to R2.8 billion

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

There’s a lot coming out right now about what’s going wrong in the City of Tshwane 🚨 including the Madlanga Commission, tender interference, and corruption within TMPD.

But it’s important to remember this is not where we were headed. When the DA was in government, we had a plan until we were removed in September 2024. Since then, the ANC, ActionSA, and EFF coalition has taken over.

There is still a way forward. Change is possible if residents choose it. The power is in your hands as we head toward the 2026 local government elections.

Register to vote for a DA government to bring change in Tshwane: https://t.co/HlJhTk6V62

[Matthew George @MatJGeorge]

You have a literacy problem so read this slowly:

This is the company referenced in the Sunday Times article and it shows that they were awarded the tender in 2023 under Cilliers Blink.

You may have forgotten this considering that you had no idea what you were doing as his Chief of Staff 🤷🏽‍♂️

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

It seems @CilliersB believes if you repeat a lie enough, it becomes true.

The tender was awarded under his mayoralty, and payments were made during his term.

The R777m figure is simply false and includes R179m from his term that he couldn’t afford to pay.

Those are the facts.

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

“Weren’t the water tanker tenders given out during the DA’s period in government?”

This question keeps coming up, and ActionSA is using it to dodge accountability. In this clip, I break it down: it’s not about when contracts started, but who is benefiting now and why ANC-linked figures are tied to tanker spending in the City of Tshwane.

Residents deserve transparency while millions are spent and taps run dry. 💧🚛 The DA will keep pushing for accountability.

Thanks to everyone who joined the TikTok Live and engaged with the full breakdown. 📲

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

@vercingetorics You used the R777m figure 5 times in the article & only once mention the City’s verified figure of R621 million.

You also mention in para 1 that Modise received money “during the city’s R777m emergency water supply project” but the alleged payments were in 2023 - a different FY.

[Henriette Frohlich @henriettefroh]

Did anyone bother asking when these water tanker contracts were signed, and if the numbers quoted are from a reliable source? Or do we now only rely on AI-generated content for likes?😭😭😭 #FactsMatter

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

This graph is absolute nonsense, yet used by @SundayTimesZA despite information to the contrary.

Confirmed expenditure in 2024/25 was R621 million and included R179 million from the 2023/24 financial year when @CilliersB was the mayor but didn’t have the money to pay suppliers.

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

This graph shows spending on water tankers by the Tshwane Metro for formalised areas (that are meant to have piped water). What happened between the small bar (2024) and the big bar (2025)? The ANC took over the municipality with the help of ActionSA.

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

@CilliersB @TimesLIVE Expect that you keep conveniently excluding the R179 million spent in 2023/24 that was paid in 2024/25 because you had run of out money to pay them, @CilliersB.

Meanwhile the journalist is ignoring that confirmed expenditure is R621 million / not your alleged R777 million.

[Times LIVE @TimesLIVE]

ActionSA says water tanker contracts in question were awarded under Cilliers Brink as mayor.
https://t.co/2gfSK6kejP

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

@JordiGriff @nasiphim @CilliersB Resorting to personal insults the moment you’re challenged on facts says more about you than it does about me.

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

It’s disgusting how you’re using this to attack @nasiphim when the alleged transactions in the article took place between July and November 2023, while your boss @CilliersB was the Mayor.

Do facts suddenly stop mattering when you’re chasing headlines?

The Deceitful Alliance.

[Jordan Griffiths @JordiGriff]

Another water tanker scandal exposed under Moya's ANC led Tshwane.
After blowing R777 million on tankers.
Sunday Times reports 2 ANC Tshwane leaders received R32 million from water tanker tendering despite not even having water tanker trucks!!!
Short🧵 on the "water blessers"

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

Interesting that some of the alleged transactions in the article you’re now presenting as a scandal occurred between July and November 2023, when you were the Mayor.

What did you do at the time to investigate these matters? Or is your interest only now driven by the headlines?

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

What has happened to Tshwane under an ANC government and an ActionSA mayor? Read the front page of today’s Sunday Times 🔙⏮️💧🚚

[Eyewitness News @ewnupdates]

ActionSA demands Minister Macpherson repay R839,000 Brazil travel costs
https://t.co/9GK5A1STqH

[ActionSA @Action4SA]

"South Africans are tightening their belts. Ministers must do the same and not expect taxpayers, already under pressure, to finance the getaways of ministers and their partners." - @KobeMalebo

https://t.co/81iekqBzDF

[André Coetzee @afcoetzee]

To be clear, are you saying that @Treasury_RSA’s assessment of the budget - confirming it is credible and fully funded - is wrong?

That National Treasury is incompetent, and you and your flip chart know better?

This is @Our_DA arrogance on full display.

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

The DA voted against the ANC-led Tshwane adjustment budget today.

Why?

• R125m unauthorised water tanker spending
• No new allocation, but spending continues
• R5.3bn effective deficit
• Revenue R750m behind target
• 455% increase in tanker spending vs DA term

This budget is not funded. It’s disguised.

Tshwane deserves better. 💙

#backbrink