Thabo Motaung is ANC-candidate in Standerton by-election
Other candidates who will contest the by-election are Corné Stoltz, standing as independent, Thinus Janse van Vuuren from the DA and Hillel Coetzer from the Freedom Front Plus.
The ANC candidate for Ward 4, which includes Meyerville and TLC, claims to have the community’s interest at heart.
According to Thabo Motaung, the two areas need not be separated and everybody should be assisted as far as service delivery is concerned.
“Previous councillors did not attend to the community of TLC. The ANC wants to rectify the situation. People recognised my value and wanted me to assist them,” Motaung said.
The voter number stands at 1 300 and on by-election day of October 25, Laerskool Kalie de Haas and TLC will be open for residents to cast their votes.
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A part of Stanwest also falls under Ward 4 and according to the candidate, the bridge between Stanwest and TLC is in urgent need of repairs.
“Nobody has yet come forward to assist the locals,” he added.
The candidate highlighted valuable businesses in the industrial area such as Cofco, Standerton Mills, Earlybird, Meadow Feeds and Westech Industries Africa.
Motaung has been a member of the ANC since 1998. He went to school at De Kuilen-farm, Erdzak in Grade 7, Madi Combined School and then Khula-Sakhile Secondary School to complete his matric.
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He holds a N3 in mechanical engineering and is busy with an N4 through a TVET College in Johannesburg.
Other candidates, who will contest the by-election, are Corné Stoltz, standing as an independent, Thinus Janse van Vuuren from the DA and Hillel Coetzer from the Freedom Front Plus.
Motaung said the biggest problems in Ward 4 are electricity, water and unemployment among the youth.
The candidate said canvassing is going smoothly.
