ActionSA’s James puts crime, affordability at centre of Cape Town mayoral bid

By Akani Nkuna

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba on Saturday unveiled Dereleen James as the party’s mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town, with James vowing to tackle drug and substance abuse, crime and poor service delivery across the metro.

Addressing party members and supporters at Voorspoed Primary School in Hanover Park, James said many of Cape Town’s challenges, particularly on the Cape Flats, required decisive leadership and community mobilisation.

She said women had a critical role to play in confronting crime, gangsterism and substance abuse.

“I stand for the many mothers and families on the Cape Flats. This province has not accidentally become known as the Mother City. It is going to take women to take a stand against criminality,” she said.

“I need women to stand up and take their rightful place. We are going to take back these streets. For too long, people have been stripped of