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Today, the DA in KwaZulu-Natal is proud to announce our candidate for uMngeni Deputy Mayor, Sandile Mnikathi.

Sandile will work side by side with the Mayor-elect, Chris Pappas on this 5-year journey of governing our newest municipality.

This young and dynamic councillor, has gone through a rigorous candidate selection process that we subject all of our public representatives to.

Sandile is a proud resident of uMngeni. He went to Howick Prep and then to Howick Secondary. He holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Political Science and Philosophy. He also holds an Honours degree in International Relations and is currently studying towards a PhD in Political Science.

Mnikathi has a proven political track record in the DA. Just last week, he was able to win a ward off the ANC in the local government elections. He also currently is a member of the DA KZN Provincial Executive Committee and Provincial Management Committee.

The DA in KZN has full faith in Sandile and his leadership, and believes that alongside Mayor-elect Pappas, will rebuild uMngeni to be the shining example of how a transparent, corrupt free municipality can deliver services to its residents.

We wish Sandile well on this new role in government and commit to providing our support to this exciting new administration.

Issued by DA KZN Leader, Francois Rodgers MPL