ANC elects a part-time Mayor for Metro in crisis

28 May 2015

The DA notes the election of Danny Jordaan as Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, by an ANC-only Council meeting.

The election of Jordaan may as well have happened in the boardroom of Luthuli House.

Jordaan will be nothing more than a part-time Mayor for NMB, as he jets-in and out fulfilling SAFA commitments.

The very afternoon of his election he will jet off to Zurich to the FIFA congress, leaving the people of NMB behind and leaderless.

Who does Jordaan really serve, when he leaves NMB moments after being elected?

The people of Nelson Mandela Bay have been handed a part-time Mayor by the ANC, who now has serious questions to answer over the $10 million bribe FIFA 2010 World Cup scandal.

In a Metro that has been dragged to its knees by the ANC, committed and hands-on leadership is required to turn the ship around. This election of Jordaan is simply a ploy, when our people desperately need a new hope for improved governance.

A real change for Nelson Mandela Bay can only be brought through the ballot box, not through the ANC shuffling its leadership. The same ANC that destroyed Nelson Mandela Bay is still in government, just with a new face.

The DA is set on winning Nelson Mandela Bay in the 2016 election. The DA will bring a full-time Mayor and committed leadership to the City. I pledge to the people of the Bay a new hope for change and delivery, under a DA-governed Nelson Mandela Bay.

The DA will invest in the dilapidated water infrastructure, we will deliver the bus system that the ANC continues to bungle and will bring delivery to the all communities, including those sidelined by the ANC.

Today is a false start for a sinking ANC.

Statement issued by Athol Trollip, Mayoral Candidate: Nelson Mandela Bay, May 28 2015