Habib Bobat – Lenasia Ward 9 elections – What has the DA done for Lenasia

			Let's move on to the DA Mohamed Yaish
		

			Qasim.
		

			Mohamed, again, like the ANC, the DA is
		

			no stranger to Linesia.
		

			They have ruled in different wards in Linesia.
		

			What tangible achievements can you speak to the
		

			audience today about that the DA has achieved
		

			when they were in Linesia, and why should
		

			they give the DA another chance?
		

			What's different this time around?
		

			Sure.
		

			Jazakallah Moulana for the question.
		

			In terms of what the DA has achieved
		

			within Linesia, I think within certain campaigning and
		

			so forth, it's been known that we were
		

			in governance within roughly about 10 years, which
		

			is not the truth.
		

			The reality is within the specific ward, it
		

			actually amounts to about seven years.
		

			We've had plus, minus two counselors and so
		

			forth.
		

			However, within those times specifically, we've also got
		

			to look at the council and what was
		

			happening within the council and why things were
		

			very difficult for service deliveries and things to
		

			be happening.
		

			As much as the DA were advocating for
		

			the relevant resources and things to be placed,
		

			we've got to realize that with the council
		

			not being controlled within those given time frames,
		

			it made it very tough for the DA
		

			to engage and so forth.
		

			The difference now is firstly that the candidates...
		

			You mean in seven years, you weren't able
		

			to overcome that obstacle?
		

			No.
		

			I'm not saying that they weren't able to.
		

			It was something that they worked for.
		

			However, I can't speak for previous candidates.
		

			I can speak to what the party did
		

			try to do and that was firstly building
		

			of infrastructure, improving of infrastructure, improving of various
		

			roads, and maintaining of parks within those years
		

			has been noted by the council in those
		

			spaces.
		

			If I can move on to the latter
		

			part of your question, which was the difference
		

			now firstly is the change of governance.
		

			That is something that we need to note.
		

			And secondly, that I am standing as the
		

			candidate.
		

			I'm a young person.
		

			I'm energetic.
		

			I have a vast amount of experience within
		

			community upliftment and development programs and so forth.
		

			And these are the things that we can
		

			work.
		

			Now that we have the space and the
		

			structure, we can definitely work this.
		

			Thank you.
		

			Shukran.