Msimanga said the current state of affairs provides Gauteng residents with minimal cause for celebration ahead of Freedom Day on Saturday, which will this year mark 30 years of democracy.
The 1994 elections were a turning point for all residents of this country. The dream of a system where all our people are equal before the law had now become reality.
The IEC received 16 submissions from independents when it closed its candidate registration on 8 March, but only 10 have made it to the provisional lists.Five independent candidates qualified to contest for seats in the National Assembly, and six will contest the provincial legislature election.
Former Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi believes the DA is not innocent in the practice of cadre deployment in government, saying DA-run municipalities could not appoint senior management staff without the approval of the party's federal executive.