Political parties want to win the hearts of voters
Political parties are using different forms to win the hearts of the voters as the local government elections are approaching next year. To strengthen their constituency, former Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba’s Action SA party collaborated with other small parties in Limpopo.
Mashaba said when announcing their collaboration with the Independent Community Activists Forum, Magoshi Swaranang Movement led by Phauwe Mphahlele, Democratic Union Party, Thabazimbi Residents Association as well as F4SD that they believe in attracting all the members of other parties who have the same vision.
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He stated that all the councillors who belong to other smaller parties and recently joined Action SA will have dual membership to avoid losing their seats in their respective municipal councils until next year’s elections.
“These members are the only ones who will be allowed to have their dual memberships. It is good for all the residents across several local governments who are represented by the councillors who have realized that when uniting around a shared basket of values and ideas we can hold hands and work together for an irreversible betterment of the lives of all our communities,” he said.
AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS APPROACH, POLITICAL PARTIES FORM A COLLABORATION
Mashaba emphasized that much of the pain is felt by the communities on the ground as they are the ones experiencing a lack of service delivery from the local government. He says they came up with a solution to the problem by working together and planning to take over leadership at local government.
“There must be improvement of lives for all our communities, irrespective of where they are located. We are on this drive to grow our reach to help us prepare the ground for a bigger takeover in next year’s local government elections,” added Mashaba.
Phauwe Mphahlele from Magoshi Swaranang Movement who is also a councillor at Lepelle-Nkumpi municipality said they have decided to join Action SA because they realized that it recognizes them as the representatives of the traditional Leaders. He said communities are the most vulnerable and feel the pain of lack of services from the municipalities.
