LGE2021 | Who knows the community better than its people, ask independent candidates
This was the sentiment shared by three women who have thrown their hats into the ring for the positions of councillors and mayor in next month’s local government elections.Lydia Morake, who is contesting ward 45 in Soweto, told City Press that her decision to stand as a councillor candidate was the result of years of government neglect.“It’s a basic need. I don’t understand why government has failed in the provision of electricity.
She added that after only ever seeing ANC officials lead in her community, the time had come for change. Morake also champions women’s empowerment and said it was important that women in her ward “be given equal opportunities to those of males”, as many jobs had been reserved for men.Women’s empowerment is also high on the agenda for Mandisa Mashego, who is contesting the City of Johannesburg for the Abantu Batho Congress , which describes itself as an Afrocentric, Pan-Africanist and womanist revolutionary movement.Mashego is the party’s interim director.
“We need people who’ll take a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our young people, develop their skills and ensure that they prosper. “As a country, we’ve achieved political freedom, but we’re not even close to achieving economic freedom.”Morake’s younger counterpart, Nkele Galedzana , hopes that she will clinch the position of councillor for ward 75 in Johannesburg.
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