ANC announces its East Cape candidates

THE ANC in the Eastern Cape officially announced and paraded its mayoral candidates for two metropolitan and six district municipalities yesterday.

ANC Eastern Cape provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane introduced the eight hopefuls in King William’s Town.

Mabuyane said they would continue and complement the work of the ANC before the August 3 elections.

“They will add more on the face of the ANC‚ that is our president‚ and add more on the ANC as a brand itself; a brand that we all believe is stronger than anything we’ve ever seen on South African soil‚” Mabuyane said.

The eight mayoral candidates are:

Sixolile Mehlomakhulu‚ for the Alfred Nzo District Municipality‚ is the region’s ANC chairman and deputy mayor of the Alfred Nzo Municipality.

He is also a former Congress of SA Trade Unions leader in the region;

Winnie Nokhwezi Nxawa‚ for the troubled and cashstrapped Amathole District Municipality‚ is one of the longest-serving ANC councillors in the Nkonkobe Local Municipality;

Kholiswa Vimbayo‚ for the Chris Hani District Municipality‚ is the region’s ANC chairperson and is the Intsika Yethu Local Municipality mayor;

Xola Pakati‚ for the Buffalo City Metro Municipality‚ is deputy mayor and the Dr WB Rubusana region chairman;

Zibonele Dumzela‚ for the Joe Gqabi District Municipality‚ is the region’s ANC chairman and also the mayor;

Danny Jordaan‚ for the Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality‚ is the mayor;

Nomakhozasana Meth‚ for the OR Tambo District Municipality‚ is mayor and Eastern Cape South African Local Government Authority provincial chairwoman; and

Khunjuzwa Kekana‚ for the Sarah Baartman District Municipality‚ is the mayor and a member of the regional executive committee.