Cape Town – DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga has vowed that the party will reclaim the Tshwane Metro after ActionSA’s Dr Nasiphi Moya was elected mayor.
In an interview with broadcaster Newzroom Afrika, Msimanga said that the DA will return to the opposition benches and launch its 2026 election campaign earlier than planned.
He said that Tshwane residents need to hear the party’s message.
Watch the interview below (Courtesy of Newzroom Afrika)
Moya won with 122 votes, defeating her former boss, DA’s Cilliers Brink, who garnered 86 votes.
Msimanga is determined to see the DA back in government, either before or by 2026.
“What we are going to do is, we are going back into the opposition benches. We are going to launch our 2026 campaign. We will be launching our 2026 election campaign much earlier than what we wanted. The people of Tshwane need to be hearing our message and that’s what we are gonna be doing.
“We will be preparing to come back into government. If the outcome of the previous election is anything to go by, we have some serious work to do and we then going to return in government – whether we do it before 2026 or we do it in 2026, but we are coming be back.”