DA leader Helen Zille DA leader Helen Zille
Mogomotsi Magome
PRETORIA: DA leader Helen Zille has urged residents of Siyahlala informal settlement west of Atteridgeville to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela by voting for the DA.
According to Zille, the ANC was an insult to the former statesman as its government was littered with corruption, in contrast to Mandela’s stand against graft.
Zille invoked the names of Mandela and Walter Sisulu to say that the DA was the only party fighting corruption.
She addressed residents in the informal settlement after a walkabout in the morning, interacting with locals and DA volunteers.
She described the conditions there as appalling, saying it was tragic that residents in Siyahlala and other areas were still lacking basic services like proper sanitation.
Zille said her party had a great track record of service delivery and that was what it would bring to Siyahlala if it won the elections.
“I have heard people say ‘Helen, we know the DA is great on service delivery, but we cannot forget the heroes who fought for our liberation’. I always tell them that of course we cannot forget our heroes, but we will be betraying them if we continue to vote for people who steal our money to enrich themselves,” she said.
Zille noted that Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka had confirmed that the Western Cape was the best-run municipality in the country.
“If you want to turn things around you have to vote for the DA,” she said.