Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. Picture: Twitter / @geordinhl DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has described the City of Ekurhuleni as a gangster’s paradise for corrupt politicians and officials. Hill-Lewis was speaking in Boksburg on Wednesday, where the party’s mayoral candidate in the city, Khathu Rasilingwane, launched her pledges ahead of the upcoming elections.
“We thought we could not be shocked in South Africa anymore. But every day, there are more and more revelations about how everything in Ekurhuleni is corrupted. “And I mean every single thing.
State Capture never ended in Ekurhuleni. “In fact, Ekurhuleni is now the epicentre of what is known as the Gangster State. Where every contract, every service, everything is corrupted, so that politicians and senior officials can steal millions and millions out of the city,” he said.
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“What the residents see are the symptoms of this Corrupt Gangster City – broken roads, broken substations, broken water systems, broken finances and broken trust. “When things are this bad, you need some strong medicine. You need a leader who is firmly committed to restoring honesty.
Who is resolute about ripping out corruption. Who will stop at nothing to build a professional, honest, ethical city government,” he said. Hill-Lewis said Ekurhuleni can be fixed, but he appealed to voters to give their mayoral candidate a chance to start turning things around on election day, November 4.
“We have such a leader in Khathu Rasilingwane! And she has a team that is just as committed as she is. Together, Khathu and the DA in government in this city can restore hope that Ekurhuleni can work.
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