Democratic Alliance MP and finance spokesman, Geordin Hill-Lewis, is set to stand for election as the mayor of Cape Town.
The party is in the process of selecting candidates for the upcoming local government elections.
Hill-Lewis is a regular critic of finance minister Tito Mboweni and the ANC’s handling of the economy.
He was chief of staff to both Federal Chair Helen Zille, when she was party leader, and Mmusi Maimane. He is part of the main team around party leader John Steenhuisen.
In a letter to DA councillors, Hill-Lewis praised the work of the ward representatives in Cape Town, describing them as the ‘engine that makes the city work’.
He said: ‘And the DA has shown that clean efficient government is possible in South Africa.’
He believes that the city could be at the cutting edge of innovation and technology – ‘more dynamic, more inspiring, more youthful, more successful – taking its place among the great cities of the world’.
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