“When I am elected mayor on August 3‚” the Democratic Alliance’s Herman Mashaba said on Tuesday‚ “I will put the ‘Job’ back into Joburg.”
This‚ the hopeful said at the unveiling of the opposition party’s new jobs posters‚ would involved reversing the legacy of the African National Congress’ (ANC) incumbent‚ ParkS Tau.
“Unemployment is a scar on Tau’s record and his silence on the jobs crisis is unacceptable‚” said Mashaba.
“For far too long he has promised to create opportunities and jobs for the people of Johannesburg. His latest‚ self-serving catch phrase of a ‘new economic democracy’ is nothing but a fallacy. I ask you here today‚ economic democracy for who?
“Mayor Tau puts his cronies first and you last. As a result jobs are not being created and service delivery remains a distant dream for too many residents of this city.”
Mashaba‚ who amassed his fortune with the Black Like Me grooming products‚ said he would use his credentials “as an entrepreneur” and his knowledge of what “it takes to run a successful business…to grow the city economy and create jobs”.
“By assisting entrepreneurs to start businesses‚ helping job seekers to find work‚ cutting corruption and wasteful expenditure‚ and improving service delivery‚ I will create thousands of jobs to restore the hope of those who have been left behind‚” he said.
“We cannot allow the economic decay of Johannesburg at the hands of ANC mismanagement to continue.”
- TMG Digital
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