Emfuleni hung council: DA promises to prioritise residents

The Democratic Alliance (DA) mayoral candidate at the Emfuleni Municipality, Kingsol Tshabalala, says despite the municipality heading for a hung council, his party will leave no stone unturned to ensure the embattled municipality prioritises residents.

The DA, which had eight wards before the elections, won twenty-six wards from the African National Congress (ANC) traditional strongholds in the Vaal.

It won thirty-seven of ninety seats in the council ahead of the ANC’s 22.

Tshabalala says they are aware of the work ahead to change the fortunes of the municipality.

“We are going to work hard to turn this municipality around and ensure that Emfuleni becomes a municipality that works for all our communities. We are promising the residents that we are going to end the chaos that is currently bedevilling Emfuleni Local Municipality and ensure communities get services they deserve that they have been starved for so long. We promise that we’ll change for the better. It will be the municipality that prioritises the needs of the residents.”