Brett Herron Good party pick for mayor
FORMER mayoral committee member for transport Brett Herron was given the nod as the Good party’s mayoral candidate for Cape Town in the upcoming local government elections.
While taking several jabs at the City’s DA-run government, Good party leader Patricia de Lille launched the GOOD LGE2021 campaign, with the candidate announcement, at the Cullinan Hotel in the CBD, yesterday.
More than two years ago, De Lille resigned as mayor after “continually bumping heads with conservatives”.
“I resigned on my own terms, after winning four court cases against the blue liars who tried to discredit my good name.
“They have recently had to pay almost R1 million towards my legal fees. After leaving, it became important to me to create a political home for good people who want to do good work,” de Lille said.
She said the party was ready to increase its presence across five provinces.De Lille said the party would be submitting its candidate list today, and had drafted its manifesto.
“We have unfinished business in the City of Cape Town, and there’s nobody better qualified, more experienced and passionate than Brett to get the job done.
“Brett has been doing exceptional work in the provincial legislature, from where he has sought to hold both the provincial and city governments to account. He is a lawyer, with a real legal degree, who is driven by desire to be an excellent public servant, rather than desperation for a job,” she said.
In his acceptance speech, Herron outlined how the party would, among others, advance spatial, economic, social and environment justice by rebuilding relationships with the taxi industry and improving the public transport system; address the city’s homelessness problem; and introduce an accessible public participatory budget, and better housing opportunities.