THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced its five mayoral candidates for the upcoming municipal elections.
DA leader John Steenhuisen said the party is announcing the candidates now to ensure voters have time to get to know them.
“Very few other parties have done this, the ANC certainly does not seem to have any desire to let you know who their mayoral candidates are. And this is a shame because South Africans deserve far better from this hard one democracy where they get to play an active role all the way up to election day,” said Steenhuisen.
“It’s still not too late for this to happen. I’d like to challenge the ANC to do what we’ve done, for the sake of our democracy. Make this election the open contest it was always meant to be. Put your candidates out there in front of the people, alongside ours.”
The announcement was made in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, on Monday.
Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni is Refiloe Nt’sekhe.
In the City of Tswhane our candidate for Mayor is Randall Williams.
In the City of Johannesburg, our candidate is Mpho Phalatse.
In Nelson Mandela Bay, our mayoral candidate is Nqaba Banga.
- Inside Politics