Baloyi joins Mashaba’s ActionSA

SEDIBENG.- Bongani Baloyi, one of the youngest Executive Mayors to have been at the helm of the Midvaal Local Municipality (MLM) through his party the Democratic Alliance (DA) was announced as a member of Herman Mashaba’s Action SA on Monday afternoon.

Baloyi resigned from the DA in December promising to announce his future soon. Throughout his reign the MLM was ranked as one of the best performing municipalities in the country. He was largely credited for its rise when he was elected mayor in 2013 at the age of 26. He was one of the youngest elected mayors in the country when he was appointed. Welcoming Baloyi Mashaba said that Baloyi’s reputation in South African politics has arisen from a blend of his youth and the excellence he achieved as the Mayor of Midvaal Municipality, receiving seven consecutive clean audits under his leadership.

“ One of the features that impressed me about Baloyi was my engagements with him when I launched ActionSA, and I sought to bring him into the party. He remained committed to see out his term of office for the people of Midvaal, even if he was politically willing, and he wanted to leave with dignity. Baloyi’s joining of ActionSA does not take place in a vacuum,” Mashaba said.

He added that: “ An important part of our efforts to grow our party to be the challenger that South Africans need in 2024 is the need to deepen our leadership pool within ActionSA. For ActionSA to grow we will need more leaders with their own voices bringing the kind of skills, experience, youthfulness and excellence that Baloyi epitomises. In this respect ActionSA can promise South Africa a long list of high-profile individuals, throughout the course of 2022, that will be joining our party and demonstrating the momentum we will carry in 2024.”