Hill-Lewis takes campaign to Joburg, urges residents to reject city’s failure

By Akani Nkuna

The Democratic Alliance (DA) federal leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on Johannesburg residents to reject the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) persistent challenges and failures, emphasising that most of the challenges confronting the city can be fixed.

Speaking in Johannesburg on Thursday during the DA’s campaign roadshow where hundreds of party supporters and members gathered, Hill-Lewis emphasised that the idea of getting CoJ working for all sounded simplistic yet powerful and added no political party stood a chance competing with the DA’s pledge.

“Even if you were not born here, you live here now. You want your family to have a better future. You want your family to be able to live in safety. You want your family to be able to have access to job opportunities; that is why you are involved in this campaign,” he said.

“No South African, no Joburger ever has to accept the