By Akani Nkuna
The DA has nominated former City of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink as its Mayoral Candidate for the 2026 Local Government Elections.
Brink said the nomination gives him an opportunity to redeem himself and continue the work he began during his first tenure.
Speaking at the Barnyard Theatre in Menlyn, Pretoria, on Friday, Brink was unveiled by DA Federal Leader John Steenhuisen as the party’s Tshwane candidate.
He pledged to root out corruption in the city and ensure the completion of projects that were initiated under his previous administration but left unfinished.
“We want to be clear about what we did in Tshwane,” said Brink.
“It was tragically interrupted and now against appointing a competent administration embarking upon energy independence making sure we get private investment expertise into the city to draw jobs and investment.”
He added: “Those things we started and the work is not finished. That
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