The GOOD party has announced RISE Mzansi’s Axolile Notywala to fill one of its councillor vacancy in the Cape Town City Council.
PICTURED (Screenshot - Bush Radio): Rise Mzansi's Axolile Noywala GOOD Secretary-General & Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Brett Herron, says Notywala previously served as the National Coordinator for the Right2Know Campaign and as the General Secretary of the Social Justice Coalition. He was also the RISE Mzansi’s Western Cape Premier Candidate for the May elections.
‘’We are pleased to welcome Notywala as a councillor who brings with him demonstrated experience as an activist and community organiser, but more importantly, a heart committed to our shared priorities around social, spatial, environmental, and economic justice,’’ said Herron.
‘’Going forward,
Notywala will take up dual membership, allowing him to remain a RISE member who
is active in its structures while representing GOOD as part of the caucus in
Council. We are confident that this is only the beginning of a much broader and
richer project that will add immense value to the development of social
democracy in South Africa,’’ he added.
RISE Mzansi says this move cements the commitment between the two parties.
‘’The 2024 election outcome has given a decisive line of march
from the electorate that South Africans need reconfiguration of the political
landscape. It is clear that political parties can no longer work in silos, when
the country is in dire need of parties and a government that responds to socio-economic
demands people have,’’ said Vuyiswa Ramakgopa, RISE Mzansi National
Chairperson.
‘’The two parties will now move towards putting processes
and systems in place to assist their deliberations towards a concrete way of
working together compared to some artificial attempts at pre-election coalition
agreements,’’ she added
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