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DA Leader Mmusi Maimane doing meet and greets #DAmanifesto@dancalderspic.twitter.com/zp16lpM2Ls
— Boikhutso (@ThatDudeBeeKay) April 23, 2016Speaking to about 20,000 people at Rand Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday, Maimane said for five years Ratings Afrika had ranked large municipalities according to their financial management.
"Of all our metros, the ANC-run Tshwane and Johannesburg are right at the bottom of the list, with scores of just 24 and 37 out of a hundred," he said.
"At the top of this list you’ll find the DA-run City of Cape Town with a score of 75."
Maimane said affordable and reliable public transport was key to "transforming cities into vibrant business hubs".
He told the crowd: "If you elect the DA to govern your municipality, we will invest heavily in public transport because we know how important it is to connect South Africans to opportunities to work, learn and play.
Stadium nearing filling point at #DAmanifesto launch @dancalderspic.twitter.com/7kow0Nb8EX
— Boikhutso (@ThatDudeBeeKay) April 23, 2016"The DA has changed the face of public transport in Cape Town by rolling out the MyCiti bus rapid transit system. Since its launch in 2010, MyCiti has recorded 32.5 million passengers - school children, workers, pensioners and tourists. This world-class bus service is used by young and old, rich and poor."
Turning to property ownership, Maimane said the DA would speed up the delivery of title deeds.
"In the past three years, the DA-run City of Cape Town has given 15 000 title deeds to make the poor the real owners of their own homes. This is more than any other metro in the country," he said.
DA government worked at provincial level as well. "The DA-run Western Cape has the lowest unemployment rate out of all nine provinces, dropping from 25% to 19% in the past three years. We run the best expanded public works programme in the country, with the highest number of jobs," he said.