DA leader John Steenhuisen says his party will turn around Metsimaholo municipality in a similar way it did with Midvaal municipality in Gauteng.
Metsimaholo is one of the municipalities that is expected to be highly contested in the upcoming local government elections.
“The sewage is running down the streets and all the while this is happening, our children have got no jobs. There is no future for our families. We feel scared in our own homes,” said Steenhuisen. Steenhuisen said the party's manifesto showed how good the party was at getting things done.“Just across the river is a municipality called Midvaal, the best-run municipality in Gauteng. It's got the lowest unemployment in Gauteng.
“We are going to clean up this town. It's not going to be easy but we are going to fight it [voting district by district], ward by ward, municipality by municipality.”