DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate Cilliers Brink photos supplied by DA
By Ald Cilliers Brink
DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate
DA announces 70 candidates to contest current ANC Wards in Tshwane
The DA’s support is expanding into more wards.
There are no more ANC strongholds.
Today, the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane announced the names of our Ward Councillor candidates who will contest the 70 wards currently governed by the ANC.
The DA has undertaken a rigorous candidate selection process to identify community champions who have spent years serving residents through various leadership roles.
Township communities have suffered for far too long under ANC councillors who fail to address service delivery challenges in their wards and seem more concerned with water tankers than water flowing from taps.
The recent by-election in Evaton, Emfuleni saw the DA win our first 100% township ward in Gauteng.
In Tshwane, the DA increased our support by 229% in the Ward 10 by-election in Mamelodi in October 2025.
These results show that times are changing. The ANC has no guaranteed strongholds.
Across Gauteng, and increasingly across Tshwane’s townships, residents are choosing the DA a party that is focused on fixing roads, keeping the lights on, ensuring water flows from taps and fighting corruption.
Any party that wants to govern Tshwane will need to win new wards. The DA is the only party with the support, capacity and momentum to do so.
The 2026 Local Government Elections will give residents the opportunity to vote to experience the difference a DA ward councillor can make as part of a DA-led government that will get Tshwane working again.
Our message to voters is clear: help us take back our city from those who profit from crime and corruption.
Together, we can get Tshwane working.
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