VANDERBIJLPARK.- The Democratic Alliance (DA) successfully defended its position in the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) Ward 5 by-elections that were held last Wednesday.
The by-elections were held following the resignation of a former DA councillor’s resignation. DA candidate, Phillip Nothnagel, won the Ward by a landslide with an increased majority – bringing the DA’s share of the vote to 98.05% from 85.46%.
The African National Congress (ANC) by contrast saw their share of the vote drop from 6.16% to 1.95%. John Moodey, DA Gauteng Provincial Leader said that the people of Emfuleni have emphatically renounced an ANC government that has become increasingly synonymous with poor service delivery, corruption of the state and general disregard for the hardships and daily struggles of ordinary hard-working South Africans.
“Ahead of next year’s local government elections, the message is clear: the momentum is with the DA. “Where the DA governs, it delivers better services than the ANC, for all of the people, and so increasingly people are turning to the DA and rejecting the ANC. Success in local elections has served the DA well in the past, and has proven to be a springboard for the party.
We must therefore continue to work hard in areas and communities where we have managed to gain a foothold and continue to build up our majorities as done in this latest by-election,” Moodey said.
