Did we win?

Damn right we did, we won big, huge in fact, and we can high five the contribution we each made towards making history together.  The results from the voting districts below speak volumes.  For the full results from the IEC, select the blue hyperlink from the relevant Voting Districts of each Provincial and National DA vote.

Ward 57 Election Results
	Provincial		National
Voting District	DA	ANC	DA	ANC
Hartleyvale	652	70	613	79
Mowbray	1134	680	1014	873
Zonnebloem	1352	208	1298	224
Nazareth House	2111	66	2093	68
Obs Junior	1080	280	993	352
Queens Park	1438	172	1125	182
Thandokulu	571	688	471	801
Chapel Street	927	294	901	371
Blackpool	1324	186	1303	217

Voting at Queens Park

Read in Twee Seuntjies en ‘n muis some delightful coverage by Murray La Vita of Die Burger about the queue, the opinions and thoughts of voters during the generally festive and orderly atmosphere at Queens Park High School on voting day.

Twee seuntjies en ‘n muis

Election Activities

The next few weeks are going to be filled with hectic political activity and Ward 57 will be no exception.  A DA Breakfast fundraiser, canvassing, walk abouts, talks, leaflet distributions and all the buzz which will most definitely see us achieve the kind of result which this Ward deserves – a comprehensive DA win. All DA supporters are welcome to attend the planned activities.

For a photographic round up of recent activity on Facebook, such as Paddy catching a MyCiti bus after our Election info table on Derry Street; Campaigning in Woodstock with Ward 55 last Saturday, which was great fun; and last night’s DA Blue Wave at St Peters with our high energy Min of Housing Madikizela. A blue tornado! See the Democratic-Alliance-Ward-57 page. 

DA ready for May 7 Election

The Democratic Alliance welcomes President Zuma’s announcement that the 2014 national and provincial elections will take place on Wednesday 7th of May. We stand ready to fight the closest election in the history of democratic South Africa.

This will be the jobs election. On 7th May, voters will have the opportunity to decide which party has the policies and the political will to cut corruption and create jobs.

When the DA launches its manifesto on 23rd February in Polokwane, we will present a very clear choice to the electorate. Our offer is centred on creating 6 million REAL jobs by growing the economy at 8% over the next decade.

We will make this election a battle of ideas; even as our opponents cling to the outdated politics of racial mobilisation.

Tens of thousands of DA activists are fanning out across the country to deliver the DA’s message of hope, change and jobs. We are the most diverse party in South Africa and we are growing in every community.

We can make history in this election. We can put the politics of the past behind us and move boldly towards the South Africa we dreamed of in 1994.

Know your DA – 2

The truth about the DA
The DA fought against apartheid and now the DA is working to fix the wrongs of apartheid. Some people don’t want you to know this. You deserve to know the truth.

The DA supports BEE
Everybody who suffered under apartheid must benefit from BEE, not just the friends and family of politicians. The DA’s BEE will create jobs, not billionaires.

The DA supports Social Grants
We will never take away your social grant. The DA’s social grants will lift people out of poverty and into jobs.

The DA supports Land Reform
It is wrong that black people were denied access to land under apartheid. The DA will speed up land reform and give emergent farmers the support they need to be successful.

Read more about Know Your DA Phase 2