One more ANC-led municipality in the Eastern Cape has become a target for an opposition party takeover.
As far back as May 2014, the DA showed its intentions to run Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and as the 2016 local government elections loom, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) yesterday announced the party was gunning for the troubled King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality.
Speaking with the Daily Dispatch yesterday, UDM national leader Bantu Holomisa said the party stood a “good chance” at winning the municipality.
“We stand a better chance of winning the municipality given the fact that there is a proliferation of independent candidates coming from the ruling party.
“Almost every ward in KSD there are lots of independents which came from the ANC who feel that they have been dislodged by their processes,” he said.
The UDM had control of the municipality in 2000 but lost to the ANC in 2001 when members crossed over to the ruling party.
Last week Holomisa met with party members in the region to form a task team to be responsible for rolling out the party’s campaigns leading up to the local government elections.
“The UDM will consolidate and take advantage of the situation in KSD. We launched our manifesto in December .
“During February and March we will have to make sure we get the best candidates.”
The chairman of the UDM KSD electoral task team, Mzimkulu Mpangele, yesterday said his team had the colossal task of being the driving force behind the party’s campaign in the area.
Mpangele said that when the party was in charge of the municipality in the early 2000’s they accelerated service delivery.
“We eradicated the sanitation bucket system and built proper streets,” he said.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane said: “We are working tirelessly as the ANC to regain all of our municipalities.”
UDM targets KSD municipality
As far back as May 2014, the DA showed its intentions to run Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and as the 2016 local government elections loom, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) yesterday announced the party was gunning for the troubled King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality.
Speaking with the Daily Dispatch yesterday, UDM national leader Bantu Holomisa said the party stood a “good chance” at winning the municipality.
“We stand a better chance of winning the municipality given the fact that there is a proliferation of independent candidates coming from the ruling party.
“Almost every ward in KSD there are lots of independents which came from the ANC who feel that they have been dislodged by their processes,” he said.
The UDM had control of the municipality in 2000 but lost to the ANC in 2001 when members crossed over to the ruling party.
Last week Holomisa met with party members in the region to form a task team to be responsible for rolling out the party’s campaigns leading up to the local government elections.
“The UDM will consolidate and take advantage of the situation in KSD. We launched our manifesto in December .
“During February and March we will have to make sure we get the best candidates.”
The chairman of the UDM KSD electoral task team, Mzimkulu Mpangele, yesterday said his team had the colossal task of being the driving force behind the party’s campaign in the area.
Mpangele said that when the party was in charge of the municipality in the early 2000’s they accelerated service delivery.
“We eradicated the sanitation bucket system and built proper streets,” he said.
ANC provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane said: “We are working tirelessly as the ANC to regain all of our municipalities.”
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