Following the tragedy, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference issued a statement that decried those who “unscrupulously exploit the homeless and the poor.”
After holding recent engagements with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Freedom Front Plus and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), ActionSA has confirmed Johannesburg Caucus Leader Funzi Ngobeni as the nominee for the mayoral position in Johannesburg. News of Ngobeni’s nomination comes in the wake of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) unilateral announcement of Mpho Phalatse’s candidature.
ActionSA can confirm that it has been holding engagements with the IFP, the FF Plus, the ACDP and the UIM to determine the viability of rallying around a Mayoral Candidate that can stabilise governance for the benefit of all residents in Johannesburg. In the wake of the DA’s unilateral announcement of Mpho Phalatse’s candidature, these parties have engaged in this process because of their commitment to governance stability, service delivery and combatting corruption – all of which cannot succeed with the ANC and EFF in government.