The DA congratulates our caucus leader, Councillor Nico Pienaar, who was elected as the new mayor of Lephalale yesterday afternoon.
The run-up to the council sitting to elect a new mayor was marred with division within ANC ranks which turned violent during the sitting.
We could not allow the mayhem and lack of leadership to continue and decided to put forward our own candidate who clinched the position from the ANC.
We will now focus on a smooth transition and clean governance together with political parties who are committed to put the residents of Lephalale first.
Our energetic mayor and his team are united in our quest to ensure transparent governance, building the economy and the municipality’s finances, creating jobs, delivering services and tackling water issues.
We have the utmost confidence in Mayor Pienaar to uphold our standards of governance and we call upon all residents to rally behind the mayor to bring about positive change.
