By Lebone Rodah Mosima
Werner Pretorius, a former Democratic Alliance (DA) public relations and ward councillor, was onTuesday announced as the party’s mayoral candidate for the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State.
Pretorius said the municipality was suffering from severe mismanagement, with millions of rands unlawfully spent while residents faced persistent service delivery backlogs.
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The party described Pretorius as a “proud, on-the-ground activist for the residents of Mangaung.”
He holds two degrees from the University of the Free State and previously served in the DA Student Organisation, including as Student Representative Council treasurer.
Pretorius earlier told media that Mangaung was the worst-run metropolitan municipality in the country.
“It is a textbook case of a failed metro. If anyone wants to write a thesis on municipal failure, Mangaung would be the prime example,” he said.
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