WATCH: Zille dives into Joburg pothole, but stunt won’t guarantee mayor position

Screengrab of Helen Zille taking a swim in a pothole. Political analyst and North West University professor Andre Duvenhage says the DA’s Joburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille showing herself swimming in a water-filled pothole in Fourways, is bringing a lot of momentum to her party and the state of affairs in the City of Johannesburg. Zille posted the video, complete with Mozart’sEine kleine Nachtmusik, of her swimming in the massive crater located on Balder Road, Douglasdale, last week.

The DA’s federal chair said the stunt was meant to shed light on the deteriorating infrastructure in the City of Johannesburg. In the video, Zille attempts a backstroke, but she has a lot of work to do if she wants to beat South Africa’s golden girl Tatjana Smith’s records and medal tally at the Olympics. Duvenhage toldThe Citizenthat Zille’s stunts are getting attention.

“This is an indication that she’s hitting the media, and we know that Joburg has fundamental infrastructural challenges, and to focus on this as a legacy of the ANC is definitely going to benefit her campaign. I have no doubt about it. “It’s interesting that the DA and other parties are focusing on basic service delivery.

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Potholed streets are becoming a symbol of the inability of the ANC to govern and to deliver services in a proper way,” Duvenhage said. ⛱️🌊 Just another day in the City of Johannesburg.Let’s get Joburg working. Register to#VoteDA.

Visithttps://t.co/SzMWMxGkD8.pic.twitter.com/et8oAkQw8v Duvenhage added that while Zille hopes her stunts will propel her to the Johannesburg mayoralty, they are only part of her campaign. “I will compare it to cards, and you have a certain hand to play. She doesn’t have all the cards. But what she has is enough to probably give her a position if, and this is a very important if, if the ANC is performing like some analysts are predicting they will perform close to 20%,” Duvenhage said.

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