DA Leader unveils Local Government Election posters in Tshwane
25 April 2016
Today I unveiled the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) first 2016 Local Government Elections posters in Atteridgeville, Tshwane, as we begin this historic election season which will culminate on Election Day come 3 August.
Today marks 100 days until this year’s Local Government Elections, and the election posters launched today form a crucial part of our campaign, as they allow us to communicate our message in the communities we seek to change.
We will be rolling out our biggest and most comprehensive campaign to date, as we seek to grow and win in municipalities and cities across South Africa. We will have more volunteers, knocking on more doors, and reaching more voters than ever before. We are serious about winning more cities across the country in order to bring change that moves South Africa forward again.
This past Saturday, we launched our Manifesto at the Rand Stadium in Johannesburg - the biggest event in the history of the Democratic Alliance. Our Local Government Election Manifesto is a Manifesto for Change. Change that creates jobs, change that stops corruption, and change that ensures better service delivery for all South Africans.
Our Manifesto commits to creating jobs and opportunity by investing in infrastructure led growth that provides the environment conducive to private sector investment that creates jobs, as well as creating a comprehensive Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), which fairly benefits all recipients. In addition to this, our Manifesto commits to speeding up the delivery of title deeds to state-subsidised housing so that recipients have legal ownership of their homes.
The Manifesto also commits to cutting corruption by establishing an effective system to process complaints and to report corruption; by appointing all government staff fairly, based on the value that they add; by excluding councillors and other public representatives from the EPWP recruitment; and by opening up the tender process at the Adjudication stage.
The winds of change are truly blowing across our country. I have seen it myself. People across the country are fed up with corruption, with unemployment, and with excuses. They demand better service delivery and true accountability. They have waited long enough. They know that it is time for change.
Throughout this campaign, I am dedicated to bringing this message to everyone that will listen: A vote for the DA is a vote for change. Real change, not empty promises. We have the track record, and we have the candidates to bring about real change to Tshwane, Port Elizabeth, and Johannesburg. These cities, with a DA government, will change for the better. They will act as tangible examples of the improvement the DA brings, and show the country that change is possible.
When given your vote, the DA delivers. Nine out of ten of the best municipalities in the country are DA-run. We seek out the most qualified people for the job, not the best connected. The Western Cape has consistently been the province achieving the best matric results and the most improved electricity, water, and sanitation delivery, to name a few. In Midvaal, unemployment has improved so much that Midvaal now has the lowest unemployment rate in Gauteng, at just 12%. Wherever we govern, people can see and feel the DA difference.
The DA’s vision for the future is one that everyone in this country wants to see: a non-racial, growing, working South Africa. With your vote, we can make it a reality together.
Come 3 August, every South African has the opportunity to vote for change. Now more than ever, it is imperative that we all think about the direction of our country and how to use the opportunity to vote to shape our future.
South Africa deserves better.
South Africa deserves change that moves our country forward again.
Issued by Mabine Seabe, Spokesperson to the DA Leader, 25 April 2016
