Under Cilliers Brink's leadership, we can build a Capital City that works for all its people
21 February 2023
The DA in Gauteng is proud to announce that Cilliers Brink, our national spokesperson and regional chairperson in Gauteng North, has been selected as the DA candidate for the position of Executive Mayor of Tshwane. His candidacy has also been endorsed by the multi-party coalition government. We hope to have him elected at the first available opportunity.
The new mayor of Tshwane faces a daunting task. The combination of lockdown, the period of unlawful ANC administration, poor financial decisions, and prolonged stage 6 load-shedding has had a devastating impact on Tshwane’s finances. The multi-party coalition is under constant attack by the ANC and the EFF, and sustained effort is needed to hold the parties in this coalition together.
But we are confident that Cilliers can do the job, and do it with distinction.
A law graduate of the University of Pretoria, he has spent most of his political career either in, or dedicated to, local government. He was first elected a councillor in Tshwane in 2011, and served as member of the mayoral committee for Corporate and Shared Services from 2016 to 2019. In addition to his role as national spokesperson, he has served in the portfolio committee of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (CoGTA) since his election to Parliament in 2019.