WATCH: BOSA names Roger Solomons as Cape Town mayoral candidate

By Akani Nkuna

Build One South Africa on Saturday named its national spokesperson, Roger Solomons, as its mayoral candidate for Cape Town, entering a widening race to challenge the Democratic Alliance’s control of the city in the November local government elections.

Solomons accepted the nomination at an event at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, where he said the 2026 local government elections would be a contest about affordability, inclusion and whether the city’s economic gains were reaching working-class communities.

“The next chapter for Cape Town must be a deliberate shift, from stability to shared progress, where growth, safety and opportunity are experienced across the whole city. Administrative competence and relative stability have been achieved, and that must be acknowledged,” he said.

“But competence alone does not create justice, and stability alone does not create inclusion. I am not stepping up to lead Cape Town because I believe