DA leader and the party's mayoral candidate for the City of Joburg, Helen Zille, has committed herself to getting rid of corruption and cadre deployment that has crippled the finances of Joburg.
Local government expert Professor Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy has cast doubt on the feasibility of Helen Zille's ambitious promise to stabilise the City of Joburg's struggling finances within 100 days of her potential mayoral appointment.
This comes as the DA federal leader made a bold commitment to restore the city's financial stability within her first 100 days in office, during Tuesday's campaign event, where she engaged with academic expert Professor Morris Mthombeni from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).
The former mayor of Cape Town articulated her vision for Johannesburg, describing her strategy as focused on rooting out corruption by empowering "dedicated and professionally trained civil servants", rather than relying on cadre deployment.
Should she be elected to lead the City of Gold, Zille told Mthombeni that her team would not be taking any leave days in December, as this time would be crucial to steering the Joburg ship towards a better financial standing.
