Municipal elections: DA sticks to its stalwarts as ANC & EFF look to wrestle control of Cape Town

Twenty years since taking control of the Cape Town metro, the DA is largely sticking with its stalwarts to keep the city under its control in the upcoming municipal polls.

It’s named aldermen JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg just below incumbent mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis among its top three candidates.

Meanwhile, the ANC has placed party campaigner Banoyolo Yawa as number one on its list ahead of the current opposition leader in council, Ndithini Tyhido, who is among its mayoral contenders.

While the ANC’s provincial convenor Jeremiah Thuynsma is on the party’s mayoral shortlist, he does not appear on the party’s candidate list to contest the upcoming polls.

The EFF is offering its parliamentary whip Nontando Nolutshungu as its mayoral candidate and the only PR candidate to appear on its list.

After entering the Cape Town City Council for the first time in 2021 with seven seats, the National Coloured Congress has nominated Ellen Pakkies as its mayoral candidate.