Cilliers Brink

13/09/2026

Vandag wil ek dankie sê vir Blanche. Een van ons hardwerkende activists in Eersterust. Werk hard vir hierdie kosbare gemeenskap, en ons sien dit💪🏼💙

12/09/2026

My 2nd Mayoral Pledge is about protecting Tshwane’s electricity infrastructure from cable thieves. We’ll use CCTV, drones and smart technology to detect and deter criminals and protect the electricity infrastructure our city depends on⚡

11/09/2026

A great time at Padstal Beerfest today! 🍻💙 Tomorrow, we’re heading to Oktoberfest. See you there!

11/09/2026

Pledge 5 of a DA government in Tshwane will partner with communities to protect these spaces. Drones to monitor illegal occupation. Metro police working alongside neighbourhood structures.

10/09/2026

ontbytSAKE kykNET Gala Dinner 👌

10/09/2026

It was great to meet Alfred Adriaan at the Ontbytsake awards ceremony 🥂

10/09/2026

Law and order is a top priority for us in Tshwane🚨🚔

Body cams can give our law enforcement officers better tools, greater accountability and stronger evidence when fighting crime. This is about using technology to make our streets safer.

10/09/2026

Tshwane cannot claim recovery while fire trucks sit idle
by Cilliers Brink, DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate

The sight of dozens of Tshwane Fire and Rescue Service vehicles sitting at a municipal mechanics yard, instead of being available to protect residents, is a stark illustration of the consequences of the City’s financial and political mismanagement.

These are critical fire engines and emergency-response vehicles. Their job is to respond when a resident’s home is burning, when a business catches fire, or when lives are at risk.

Yet many of these vehicles are sitting idle while the City struggles to meet its financial obligations.

This is what happens when a municipality fails to pay its bills and fails to properly manage its fleet. Vehicles that should be on the road end up in workshops and yards, firefighters are left without the equipment they need, and residents ultimately carry the cost of political failure.

It is particularly concerning when the ANC continues to speak about Tshwane being on a path to recovery.

A City that cannot keep its emergency fleet operational cannot seriously claim recovery.

This is not a reflection on Tshwane’s firefighters. The men and women of the Tshwane Fire and Rescue Service continue to serve residents under difficult circumstances and routinely put their own lives at risk to save others.

The problem is the political leadership that has allowed the City's finances and basic systems to deteriorate to this point.

A functioning municipality must pay its suppliers, maintain its assets and ensure that critical emergency equipment is available when residents need it. Financial recovery is meaningless if it does not translate into functioning services on the ground.

Under a DA government, this is precisely the kind of failure we would work to prevent.

The DA would put proper financial controls in place, ensure that municipal bills are paid on time, introduce effective fleet management and maintenance systems, and treat emergency-response vehicles as critical assets that must remain operational.

We would also ensure that municipal management is held accountable for the condition and availability of the City's emergency fleet.

Residents should never have to wonder whether there is a functioning fire engine available when they call for help.

Tshwane needs a government that understands that sound financial management is not an end in itself. It is what allows a municipality to deliver services, maintain infrastructure and protect its residents.

The ANC may say Tshwane is recovering.

The fire trucks sitting idle tell residents otherwise.
*For Media Enquiries* *Kuhle Maseko DA Tshwane Media Liaison* *066 216 8352* *[email protected]*

10/09/2026

And we’re only getting started…
It’s time to take back your city and get
Tshwane moving forward again.

Cilliers Brink, the Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate in Tshwane, has launched an aggressive campaign which, according to the latest polls, is working.

10/09/2026

Great step for the Nation’s Capital. When I met Minister Dean McPherson in 2024 about Pretoria’s inner city, he said he would do this. And now he is. I look forward to working with Dean to get our city WORKING.