Johannesburg – Member of Parliament, John Steenhuisen, led his political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), to erect its first election poster in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday morning.
The poster was controversially put up outside the ANC government offices in eThekwini, thereby triggering a conflict of interest.
The DA said that their key message to the public is that they are ready for the elections.
“We aim to bring change to metros and municipalities destroyed by years of the African National Congress’ catastrophe,” the DA said.
On their posters is their national slogan stating, “DA gets things done”.
DA is adamant that the ability to deliver is the most significant criteria in all spheres of the government, especially the local government which situates immediately and directly impacted citizens.
Their messages place an emphasis on the promise of service delivery in a clear short-worded text.
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Message from DA National Spokesperson, @Siviwe_G.
The message on our posters – and our national slogan for these elections – is simple: “The DA gets things done”.
Across all spheres of government this ability to deliver is the only criteria that matters. #VoteDA pic.twitter.com/MXpld1WMhR
— Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) September 8, 2021
The party will be detailing their 2021 LGE manifesto on September 25, for the purpose of the voters, in a live-stream event.
In a statement Steenhuisen said, while the ANC and other political parties have been trying to have the elections postponed because of the catastrophic internal warfare, they have already put their campaign together.
He further stated that they also trust that the Constitutional Court of South Africa will not be in favour of the ANC on candidate submissions.
“Their disastrous preparations and missed deadlines deserve no different treatment to that of the IFP in 2011 and the NFP in 2016. The DA will not allow either the ANC or the IEC – or both – to manipulate the rules.”
“Actions speak louder than words. Given a clear mandate to govern and five uninterrupted years to start ushering in the DA difference, we will demonstrate that there can be no going back to an ANC government. We will demonstrate that only the DA gets things done.
“We are ready, we are fired up and we say: Bring it on!”
We are ready for the 2021 elections, and we are ready to bring real change and get things done in communities across the country.
Actions speak louder than words, track record is what voters must look at when deciding.
This morning I have put up the first DA election posters. pic.twitter.com/3xNDtPhVe5
— John Steenhuisen MP (@jsteenhuisen) September 8, 2021
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