GOOD Party names 6 councillors for City of Cape Town
It was one of several parties that chose not to submit names for proportional representative candidates to the Electoral Commission in August.
Lindsay Dentlinger
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Facebook/ForGoodZA
The Good Party has named its councillors who will take up its 6 seats in the City of Cape Town following last week’s local government elections.
It was one of several parties that chose not to submit names for proportional representative candidates to the Electoral Commission in August.
Instead, it’s now listed ward candidates who were unsuccessful in these attempts, as its PR councillors.
They include Roscoe Palm and Lulama Benge, both returning councillors for the party, Ayesha Mahatey, Good’s National Youth Chairperson, Kaden Arguile, former radio broadcaster Fiona O’Keane-Cloete, and land and housing activist Lorenzo Johnson.
Good Party Secretary Brett Herron said its councillors will be focused on reforming municipal tariffs, stopping the sale of public land that can be used for affordable housing, redirecting safety resources to youth programmes and opening up municipal accounts and procurement committees to allow for transparent public participation.
"These six councillors carry a strong mandate to hold the ruling party strictly accountable, to fight social, spatial and economic injustice, and to work tirelessly to ensure Good’s six pledges for Cape Town are implemented by the DA-led government," said Herron.