ANC regional chair Ndithini Tyhido is among candidates interviewed for the job of Cape Town mayor by the party.
Several candidates are in the running for the ANC's Cape Town mayoral candidate as the party looks to revive its fortunes in a city where it secured just 18% of the vote in the 2021 local government elections.
Interviews with the shortlisted candidates, including ANC Dullah Omar regional chairperson Ndithini Tyhido and Western Cape ANC leader Jeremiah Thuynsma, were concluded last week. The party's National Executive Committee (NEC) is now expected to decide who will lead its campaign in Cape Town ahead of the 2026 local government elections.
The candidates are being considered under the ANC's new Centralised Mayoral Selection Programme, which, for the first time, opened the nomination process to members of the public for mayoral candidates in South Africa's eight metropolitan municipalities and 28 strategically identified secondary cities.
The new approach comes as the ANC attempts to reverse years of electoral decline, driven by voter dissatisfaction over poor service delivery, deteriorating infrastructure, water shortages and allegations of corruption in municipalities it governs.
