Brink pledges service delivery overhaul, tougher policing in Tshwane

By Charmaine Ndlela

Democratic Alliance (DA) Tshwane mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink on Friday used Workers’ Day to launch the party’s five-year plan for the capital, casting the election campaign as a mission to “get Tshwane working”.

Speaking at Mamelodi West Community Centre, outside the capital Pretoria, Brink said the focus was not on a traditional Workers’ Day rally but on setting out a governance plan to restore services, improve safety and rebuild the city’s economy.

“Because if the city works — if we have a steady supply of services, if the streets are safe, if there is value for what you pay — then investors will come, and the work will follow,” he said.

Brink described Tshwane as destabilised by political instability, coalition infighting and corruption, but said the DA had not “lost faith” in its ability to turn the city around through the vote.

He accused current leaders at