On 2016-08-09 22:56:47 Franci$co said:
There is still lots of work to do to be honest.
I agree, and there's relatively little time too, ditto funds.
That is why I've said that it would be best if both Tshwane & Jhb (the city) would turn into a DA-coalition, but maybe Tshwane only is more practical... and mind, then the difference will be more stark: 1 working city next to the abortion Jhb is, perhaps this contrast may help the next general elections better. Also, this way (only Tshwane under DA-coalition) funds will be spent more visible, as they will not seem 'diluted' when spent in Jhb-city (few know where the boundary lines are and the rest will remain a mess) only.
With Tshwane in the hands of largely the DA the private sector will be more willing to aid here too, this opposed to helping only a small part of the Jhb metropolis where, again, the effects will be less noted due to the rest of the big city remaining unaffected.
The DA story in CT started similar, the city itself they got.
They made it work, visible to anyone visiting from Gauteng, they feel 'aborad' in CT these days, for it is clean, safe, traffic behaves, everything works and you even can walk the city at night.
Look at the DA territory now in the Cape... it is huge, which means that the outlying areas have taken note of what has happened to CT, and they want this too!
Same will happen with Tshwane and PE, that is why these two cities are paramount for the DA to get (shared ie coalitioned) control of!
And when THAT happens then the door is open, it will not be closed anymore. Here's to hoping it will turn this way, the peoples of SA have been stolen from for too long for which they did not get anything, and they know it - some only need to SEE it!