Mayor Msimanga gets on track
TRAIN TRIP: TSHWANE MAYOR ENGAGES WITH RESIDENTS TO LISTEN TO THEIR GRIPES
‘We don’t want to be a governing party that does not listen to what they want.’
Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga took a Metrorail train from Pretoria train station to Saulsville Metrorail station in Atteridgeville yesterday as part of a “listening tour” in Tshwane to engage with Gauteng residents on issues they faced daily.
Some of the grievances from commuters to the mayor were bad service and the poor quality of trains. They say they have raised these issues in the past but nothing has been done about them.
They also complained about the state of housing.
While addressing the community, Msimanga mentioned he had grown up working at a local spaza shop pouring paraffin into bottles and packing chips for a living.
“We’ve started this tour to listen to what the people of Gauteng want. We don’t want to be a governing party that does not listen to what they want.
“That’s why we are here ahead of the 2019 elections when the Democratic Alliance (DA) plans to win in Gauteng,” Msimanga said in a video the mayor shared on social media.
He said the youth were tired of unemployment and he was there to listen to the challenges in order for the DA to bring change to the community.
Last Thursday, a proposed motion of no confidence by the ANC and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) against Msimanga was withdrawn. The EFF’s motion of no confidence was dismissed on a technicality.
The ANC followed the EFF out of council chambers following the withdrawal of their own motion against Msimanga.
The Tshwane mayor has made it clear that he was unfazed by the attempts to oust him and added that EFF’s choice to support the ANC was a clear demonstration that they supported corruption and wrongdoing. –