In the run-up to the Local Government Elections, the DA has announced Mayoral candidates in three of the Eastern Cape municipalities, outside of Nelson Mandela Bay, which the DA can win.
These three are the DA-run Kouga Municipality, and the Eastern Cape Karoo municipalities of Inxuba Yethemba and Dr Beyers Naude.
“We have spent a year on our very thorough candidate selection process and we are confident that our mayoral candidates are the right people to get things done,” said Andrew Whitfield, the DA Provincial Chairperson in the Eastern Cape.
“In the Kouga Municipality, where the DA government has been a beacon of hope for local government in the Eastern Cape since taking over in 2016, our candidate is the current Mayor, Cllr Horatio Hendricks.
In the Inxuba Yethemba Municipality, our candidate for Mayor is Cllr Monde Desha who has served as a DA councillor for six years and as caucus leader for five years.
In the Dr Beyers Naude Municipality, our candidate is Cllr Ewald Loock who served as Mayor of the erstwhile Baviaans Municipality for 13 years.
The DA is ready to retain a majority to keep making progress in the Kouga Municipality and bring even more prosperity to this region.
We also believe we can win outright majorities in Inxuba Yethemba and Dr Beyers Naude as a result of the complete neglect by the ANC and the work we have done over many years in those municipalities,” said Whitfield.
Towns like Cradock (Inxuba Yethemba) and Graaff-Reinet (Dr Beyers Naude) used to be the pride of rural Eastern Cape, but decades under an ANC government have seen these towns reduced to rubble and stripped of their former glory.
Residents have become accustomed to raw sewage flowing in the streets, massive potholes, rubbish not being collected and constant water and electricity outages.
The lack of service delivery has destroyed the local economy, and unemployment has sky-rocketed.
But where the DA governs, we get things done, and a prime example of this is the Kouga Municipality.
Some of the successes achieved in Kouga are:
Kouga passed its first-ever R1 billion budget in 2020.
1 596 households have received access to electricity for the first time.
Africa’s first eco-friendly plastic road was constructed.
More than 20 000 potholes have been repaired since 2018/19
R151,2 million was secured in drought disaster funding.
1 827 historic title deeds have been delivered to beneficiaries
Kouga is the most financially stable municipality in the Eastern Cape.
The DA has a plan to keep making progress in Kouga and save the people of Inxuba Yethemba and Dr Beyers Naude from the corrupt, inept and destructive ANC.
Our candidates and their teams will be out in their communities to share the DA’s message of change and prosperity with the residents of these municipalities.
Because where the DA governs, we get things done.
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