Rasool back on campaign trail for ANC
The ANC has turned to recalled former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool to help consolidate the ruling party's support in the province for the local government election. Rasool braved yesterday's cold and wet weather to campaign for the ANC in a number of predominantly coloured areas, a constituency the party sees as key to regaining lost ground and hopefully reclaiming the City of Cape Town in next month's poll."In 2009 I campaigned for the ANC. In 2014 I came back for a week to particularly work within the areas, the coloured middle class and Muslim communities," said Rasool, who was speaking at a city housing project in Heideveld. Rasool went door to door in Heideveld and in his own neighbourhood of Surrey Estate.Rasool said he was also campaigning for the party "because I think that we have an excellent mayoral candidate in Xolani Sotashe"."I have worked with Sotashe for 20-plus years, both in the struggle and in government. "I've seen him grow and seen what he's done for the Lwandle community and I thought that I will do more this year, because I have absolute confidence in the mayoral candidate and I know he can do for the Cape what he has done for Lwandle," said Rasool.Rasool was recalled as Western Cape premier by the ANC's NEC in July 2008, a post he had held since 2004...
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