Why are so many of the ANC’s councillors in Cape Town black, party asks
ANC Western Cape secretary Faiez Jacobs says to win support in the province, councillors should represent the ‘broad constituency and democracy of Cape Town’
26 June 2017 - 16:12
The ANC in the Western Cape has criticised the leadership of its Cape Town region for failing to choose racially diverse councillors in the city. Provincial secretary Faiez Jacobs said that of the city’s 55 ANC councillors‚ only six were not black and there was not a single white person. "We are concerned that our councillors don’t represent the broad constituency and democracy of Cape Town‚" Jacobs said on Monday.
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